Microbiological and chemical hazards in food are critical considerations, and food manufacturing companies are concerned about managing physical hazards, both in terms of potential food safety risks and consumer dissatisfaction.
Physical hazards enter the food chain as pollutants, additives or foreign substances. It is therefore extremely important to have a solid program to combat the ingress of foreign matter at different levels of the chain. When foreign materials are found, additional techniques are used to identify them. This proactive identification encourages rapid and effective investigation of the root cause and triggers a continuous improvement approach.
Foreign substances in food are among the biggest causes of material consumer complaints. Foreign substance is a technical term that refers to any foreign substance, whether physical, chemical or biological, found in food products. Often impurities make food unfit for human consumption. Its origin and nature may be biological (animal, plant, insect, human), plastic (packaging, raw materials, containers), mineral (stones, wares, minerals), metal (processing, wares) or glass (packaging, wares).
Food producing companies need to understand risk factors by raising internal and external awareness, promote best practices and develop preventive action through vulnerability assessments, mitigation plans and ongoing reviews. A comprehensive audit and review plan with suppliers and raw material producers should ensure management throughout the entire value chain, from the procurement stage to the consumer.
A company's food safety culture forms the basis of its foreign material management program and remains essential throughout the entire process. Adequate measures and a performance framework related to the program encourage progress and improvement in the fight against foreign matter.
Various analytical techniques can be used in foreign body identification analyses . The most common are microscopy, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, and X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy. Sometimes more specific techniques such as electron microscopy, elemental analysis, or other specialized methods are used.
Our organization also provides foreign substance diagnosis and analysis services with its trained and expert staff and advanced technological equipment, among the numerous test, measurement, analysis and evaluation studies it provides for businesses in various sectors.
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