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Weighing and counting equipment
News Release from: Herbert Industrial
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 27 February 2006
The smart money's on traceability
Traceability at every stage of the food production process is the astute way to go, according to Suffolk based Herbert Industrial.
This British owned automation and weigh labelling specialists took the long range view some years ago They saw food production would increasingly be straight-jacketed by legislation and that consumer demands would drive quality to the limit
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 27 Sep 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Over the past 20 years the food industry has been rocked by Salmonella, Listeria, BSE, SVD, Foot and Mouth and the Sudan 1 food dye scare.
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While accuracy is paramount, the ability to validate the whole process and trace the occasional error, right through the production process to individual packs is the difference between closing a factory and a limited recall.
Herbert Industrial has combined weigh labelling and robotic packing with vision technology creating full traceability into the ideal marriage.
The result is infinite control and flexibility by pack validation.
For food manufacturers, processors and packers serious about meeting the needs of the 21st century consumer there is no better choice than Herbert Industrial.
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