X-Ray Inspection of Cereal and Grains
Eagle Product Inspection systems provide exceptional detection of the following foreign objects in a wide range of loose and packaged applications, including cereals and cereal bars in food manufacturing and food packaging:
- Glass shards (including glass within glass contamination)
- Metal fragments (including metal within foil and metalized film packaging)
- Mineral stone
- Some plastic and rubber compounds
- Calcified bone
Eagle’s dual energy Material Discrimination X-ray (MDX) technology is especially valuable for inspecting foods with high variations in density, such as cereal.
Investing in one of our x-ray systems can also help food manufacturers to achieve compliance with Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP)-based Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI)-recognised standards, such as:
- The British Retail Consortium’s (BRC) Global Standard for Food Safety
- International Food Standard (IFS)
- Safe Quality Food (SQF) 2000 Code
- The Foundation for Food Safety Certification(FSSC) 22000
In addition to catching hazardous contaminants, our x-ray machines offer quality assurance and are capable of enhancing customer satisfaction by preventing damaged or missing products from reaching consumers by performing the following inline product integrity checks:
- Fill level inspection
- Mass measurement
- Seal inspection
- Component counts
Furthermore, metal packaging has no effect on the sensitivity of contamination detection and solutions are available to inspect products in a wide range of packaging types, such as:
- Unpackaged
- Tall rigid containers (including glass, metal and ceramic containers)
- Plastic containers
- Food Cartons/boxes
- Food Bags and sacks
- Food Pouches
- Food Tubes