The detection of foreign material is always a priority in the meat and poultry processing industry. The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has strict guidelines on the presence of foreign material on broiler meat, with any product contaminated with foreign material to be segregated and decontaminated or discarded accordingly.
“Detection of foreign material is important in processing poultry to guarantee the safety of the product, meet the legal requirement and to consumer health,” said Dongyi Wang, assistant professor of food science at the University of Arkansas. “Presumably, undiscovered foreign bodies like plastic, metal, or other organic material may injure the consumers and lead to product recalls; erode the company’s reputation; and entail heavy costs.”
That’s why effective detection systems are needed to ensure quality control and maintain consumer trust in the brand. Each processing plant will have its own procedures in place for monitoring foreign contamination and removing the contaminant from production…