There is concern that the Australian
meat inspection system is not catching the microbiological contaminants in the meat supply of exports to the United States.
«There is concern that the Australian
meat inspection system is not catching the microbiological contaminants in the meat supply of exports to the United States,» Food and Water Watch's Tony Corbo said.
Not exact matches
In addition to fat analysis, Eagle FA
systems simultaneously measure weight (critical for batch and recipe management) and perform x-ray
inspection of
meat for a wide range of physical contaminants including metal, glass, stone and calcified bone.
Tampa, Florida, January 2013 — Eagle Product
Inspection (Eagle) has partnered with Brazilian machinery distributor Schur to supply the latest x-ray technology
systems to food and beverage manufacturers and
meat processors in Brazil.
Eagle provides x-ray
inspection systems for foreign body detection in a wide variety of food and pharmaceutical applications packaged in cartons and boxes, including
meat, bakery, confectionery and beverages.
Our x-ray
inspection systems, which cover everything from packaged products of all sizes, to products in glass jars or bottles, to bulk products and
meat, allow food producers to comply with the toughest food safety standards and become players in the global food manufacturing arena.»
With multiple
inspection capabilities, the quality assurance
system inspects packaged
meat, poultry and dairy products for contaminants, while simultaneously measuring mass, inspecting seals and counting components
While all Eagle food
inspection systems are capable of detecting calcified bone down to 2 mm in food products, below are some of the Eagle x-ray
systems which are specifically designed for calcified bone detection in
meat and
meat products.
Gold
Meat has adopted a top range Ishida x-ray
inspection system for excluding bone fragments or foreign bodies.
The Community and Public Sector Union, which covered the former government
meat inspectors, also believes the new
inspection system is compromised.
It means that those [inspectors] are employed by the
meat plants, they have to meet production quotas at the same time as doing the
inspection role, and that that's a
system which doesn't have the same safeguards in it.