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QUALITY CONTROL

ABCs
of

In-line
Protection
It's time to get back to the basics of inspection before you receive your first,
or another, complaint of physical contamination.
BY REBECA LÓPEZ-GARCÍA, PH.D.
inding any type of foreign matter in a food product is one of the most unpleasant experiences for
a consumer and, subsequently, the processor. The
experience may not only seriously undermine
customer loyalty to the product or brand, but it also may
trigger a recall, because the Food and Drug Administration considers foods containing foreign bodies to be
adulterated (see "Regulatory Summary," Page 119). This
is serious, since foreign bodies remain the nemesis of
food processors and represent one of the leading causes
of consumer complaints.
If the object in question poses a health hazard,
the product may even be involved in a Class I recall.
According to a market research study recently conducted
by Harris Interactive, Rochester, NY, consumers are very
concerned about the recent string of product recalls. Of
the 2,563 adults surveyed online between April 10 and
16, 79% stated that they were aware of food recalls and
almost one-third (29%) considered recalls to be a "serious concern." More than 50% of respondents said they
would switch brands temporarily in case of a safety and
health recall on a product they usually purchased, while
15% stated that they would never purchase the recalled
brand again. A full 21% said that they would avoid using any brand made by the manufacturer of the recalled
product. Thus, in a market ripe with concern about

F

food processors' ability to deliver safe and wholesome
foods, finding foreign material in a product may be very
serious business. How can you protect your company?
Think of your ABCs.
'A' IS FOR ANTICIPATE. Too many bakeries have
become complacent about prevention of foreign material contamination and resort to the common phrase:
"That will never happen to us." Many times, a nut or bolt
missing from a piece of equipment or a frayed portion
of conveyor is never questioned if it does not affect the
functionality of the machine or process, but have you
ever asked yourself where did the nut or bolt go? In-line
product protection is not only essential to protect
the final product from consumer complaints but also
extremely important to protect costly processing equipment from mechanical damage.
Protecting products from contamination with most
foreign materials is a matter of common sense and
application of good manufacturing practices (GMPs).
The definition of a foreign or extraneous material or
body may be very broad, but a good approach to understanding it may be quite simple and obvious: If a material
is present in a product, and it was not meant to be there,
then it is foreign.
It is also important to consider that foreign materials

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