Posts Tagged ‘Metal Contamination’
53 UK Metal Contaminated Food Recalls in 2023
In 2023, the UK Food Standards Agency issued five (5) alerts relating to 53 separate products regarding metal contamination in food products that had reached the public. This was down from ten (10) in 2022 and the same number as in 2021. The metal-contaminated food products were supplied by leading UK supermarkets, including Tesco, Asda,…
Read More3 Metal Parts Contaminating Plastic Waste
Recycling plastic waste is challenging at the best of times. However, when contaminated with ferrous metals, recycling is hindered by equipment damage, production downtime and poor end product quality. Thankfully, installing the optimum magnetic separator ensures that such ferrous metal contamination is removed. In this article we look at three examples of ferrous metal contamination…
Read MoreThree Metal In Food Safety Alerts
Between July and November 2019, the UK Food Standards Agency has issued three food alerts regarding metal contaminated food products. This brings the total number of metal-in-food contamination alerts to eight for 2019. This is a rise from four in 2018 and six in 2017. In all cases, the Food Standards Agency stated that ‘The…
Read MoreNew High Temperature Drawer Filter Magnet
Bunting is launching the FF350, a new Drawer Filter Magnet designed for use in high temperature applications, at the K2019 Show (16-23 October 2019 Dusseldorf, Germany). The FF Series of Drawer Filter Magnets collect and separate ferrous metal contamination from gravity fed, dry, free flowing materials. Mounted inside the outer housing are extremely strong Neodymium…
Read MoreCleansing Plastic of Metal at K 2019
Removing metal from virgin and recycled plastics is the focus on the Bunting stand (Hall 10/J 47) at the international K 2019 exhibition (16-23 October 2019, Düsseldorf, Germany). Metal contamination is an issue for any company producing plastics products or managing plastic waste. In virgin plastic manufacturing processes, metal damages processing equipment and the quality…
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