F&B Manufacturers urged
to do more to reduce risks of
foreign body contamination
Food and beverage (F&B) manufac- TPP-Series to the market, a range of
turers are being urged to pay greater polypropylene metal detectable cable
attention to reducing the risk of fo- ties to complement its existing range
reign body contamination throughout of detectable ties. The MCTPP-Series
production, as more high-profile cases is one of a range of products avai-
come to light. lable to F&B manufacturers which
help minimise the risk of foreign body
The message comes from leading
contamination, with other solutions
cable management specialist Heller-
including HellermannTyton’s me-
mannTyton, at a time when there have
already been serious incidents of plas-
tic contamination within food in the
UK since the start of the year. These
include major supermarkets and food
manufacturing businesses recalling
products after small pieces of plastic
were found within them, presenting
safety risks.
tal-content spiral binding, anther
are not used directly as part of the product with high metal content, to
food manufacturing process are still aid reliable detection with standard
safeguarded. equipment. The MCTPP-Series is
Richard Rands, UK Product Manager
for Fastenings and Fixings at Heller-
mannTyton commented: “Food and
beverage manufacturers need to have
procedures in place to satisfy HACCP
Foreign body contamination can be an
requirements.
expensive issue for F&B manufactu-
rers, not only forcing product recalls, “This doesn’t need to be costly for
but also potential court cases since manufacturers that already use
contaminated food and drink products detection systems. Starting sma-
present a serious risk of possible ll with specialist detectable cable
harm to the public. Longer term im- management solutions such as metal
plications can be even more serious, detectable cable ties and fixings, cable
with irreparable damage often being protection systems, RFID electronic
caused to consumer confidence in identification and printed ID markers,
a company brand, impacting future is a fast and effective way of introdu-
sales and profitability. cing measures which help to prevent
developed through a unique manufac-
turing process, involving the inclusion
of a metallic pigment, which enables
even small ‘cut-off’ sections of the tie
to be detected by standard metal-de-
tecting equipment.
Richard Rands added: “There are
a wide range of products available
to the F&B market which can aid
with the prevention of foreign-body
contamination. By adopting these
where possible, manufacturers can
be confident that the food products
they are delivering to the market are
safe, significantly reducing the risk
of recalls, and protecting consumer
contamination.” confidence.”
risk of foreign body contamination can HellermannTyton is helping the food For further information on Heller-
be reduced by using detectable cable and beverage industry reduce the risk mannTyton’s range of detectable cable
management solutions which ensure of foreign body contamination and management solutions, please visit:
that even plastic components that last year introduced its specialist MC- www.hellermanntyton.co.uk
According to HellermannTyton, the
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