Meat tests show up clear X-ray winner
The recently launched X-ray system from Ishida has come top in an independent European evaluation.
Six X-ray equipment suppliers took part in the tests by European researchers involved with meat handling and slaughtering.
The researchers wanted to get an update on what the latest food X-ray technology could do in detecting contaminants in meat products.
Each company's equipment was compared for detection sensitivity and consistency. Two different meat products were used - 3.5kg pieces of chilled (4°C) unpacked pork belly and 3kg pieces of chilled (4°C) unpacked pork loin.
The meat samples were randomly contaminated with two types of hard bone, six sizes of stainless steel wire, five diameters of steel ball, four sizes of plastic pieces and six sizes of glass pieces.
In order to get reliable results, the test meat pieces were run a number of times through each machine.
Two of the six machines failed to meet the minimum inspection criteria and were eliminated. Of the four remaining machines, the Ishida IX-GA model came top in every test, showing a better rate of detection for all types of contaminants in both meat products.
The Ishida IX-GA range can also be set to find specific contaminants and to increase the detection sensitivity for the most typical contaminants of a specific food item.
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