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STRONG QC & QA

Properly executed packaging processes are critical in ensuring food products are safe for end-user consumption.
Today, an innovative food packaging inspection has been developed to better verify the accuracy of labels
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and printing and seal integrity at high to put speed

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Food Labeling Laws In response to The innovative food packaging inspection not only supports food safety compliance
increasingly stringent food labeling initiatives and but can provide substantial cost saving and brand protection.
law, the innovative food packaging inspection 1 The innovative food packaging inspection immediately detects non-conforming
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allows continuous and comprehensive high-speed products created by production line machine and material fabrication failure, substantially
product label inspection. It also provides fully increasing production line up time and decreasing cost. By preventing mislabeling,
automated imaging inspection of food packaging, manufacturers can always ensure correct packaging on retailers’ shelves. This will
ensuring the correct labeling of product weight, eliminate fines, maximizing product sales, and ensure consumer satisfaction.
batch numbering, pricing and other information.
This dramatically minimize instances of label ข้อมูลเพิ่มเติม/Additional Information
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The Need for Packaging Inspection
The European Union and the United States Food
and Drug Administration (FDA) have, within the
last 2 years, enacted laws that dictate the
information that must be on food packages.
The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act
(FSMA) is one the most sweeping reform of food
safety law in more than 70 years and was signed
into law on January 4 2011. Those secretary body
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aim to ensure the food supply is safe by shifting
the focus from responding to non-conforming
product (e.g. contaminated) to preventing them
from hitting supermarket shelves and being
consumed.
Prevention is Key Food packaging laws are
put into place so that consumer have enough
information to make informed choices regarding
food safety, nutrition and safe handling. Also, in
case of contamination, product can be traced in
the supply chain.
When food producers build their production
lines, they require labeling and printing equipment
that will produce food safety marking that comply
with legislation e.g. “Best Before” date. By law, this
is required to be printed with a minimum character
size and clearly visible to the consumer.
Comply with New Legislation The
innovative food packaging inspection can check
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that the label produced and applied to the product
specifies safety marking and the printing machine
on the production line are functioning correctly. For
example, if a printing machine malfunctions and
the “best before” date is no longer visible on the
product, then the vision system rejects the item.
This way, the food producer will always comply
with the law.
Innovative Technology The innovative food
packaging inspection also features innovative
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scanning technology .This consists of a single of
pixel sensor rather than a traditional digital camera
lens. The technology capture highly accurate
images of food products while processing data at
high throughput speeds. This enable manufacturers
to inspect individual packages for the correct
information and positioning. It will also check seal
integrity without reducing production speed.
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The innovative food packaging inspection can
verify top and bottom labels simultaneously and
the camera adjust for product ranging from 25 mm.
to 100 mm. in height, ensuring optimum inspection LINE @MTTH
regardless of package size.
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