Food Safety Certifications with X-Ray Inspection

There are two main advantages when comparing X-ray systems and metal detectors as a Critical Control Point, and why X-ray is most often the best solution when applying for food safety certifications.

1. More thorough reporting and traceability that X-ray systems have to offer.

Food producers are able to:
- Save every product image for later analysis, which makes it much easier to examine the rejection reasons without damaging the packaging
- Improve traceability, when each production batch is recorded
- Analyze the production process and see, if there’s any room for improvement

When a metal detector rejects a product, there’s no way to see why it was rejected other than opening the product packaging. In a situation where there have been multiple rejections, it is not so likely that all the products are thoroughly examined, but with an X-ray system, it is easier to check the reason from the saved X-ray image.

2. X-ray systems are more flexible and offer more adaptability.
Let’s say, if something changes in your production process (e.g. packaging material), it is not a problem for X-ray inspection but can be for a metal detector. Also, when the food safety standards become stricter and more demanding (i.e. requiring the detection of non-metallic contaminants), only X-ray can provide the flexibility to keep up with the requirements without upgrading the CCP and HACCP Plan.