Under FDA FSMA Preventive Controls requirements, food manufacturers must maintain documented, repeatable foreign material detection throughout production. As packaging operations increasingly rely on large cases, mixed packs, and multipack configurations, maintaining consistent inspection performance at secondary packaging stages has become increasingly important.
Eagle Product Inspection’s advanced Pack 1000 PRO x-ray system helps processors address these challenges by delivering high-speed contaminant detection and inline quality control capabilities for large boxes and cases containing multiple individually wrapped food products.
Designed specifically for large-case inspection applications, the Pack 1000 PRO provides 1,000 mm (39.3") inspection coverage at the belt and is capable of high-speed imaging up to 76 meters per minute (250 FPM). Using an optional integrated barcode reader, the system can inspect mixed cases and support multilane production environments while maintaining reliable contaminant detection performance.
The Pack 1000 PRO supports processors by:
- Inspecting large boxes, cases, and mixed-case configurations at high production speeds
- Supporting mixed-case and multilane inspection applications
- Simultaneously performing inline quality control checks including mass measurement, package integrity, broken product detection, and component count verification
- Providing inspection documentation to support FSMA preventive control verification activities
"Secondary packaging inspection presents a different set of challenges than inspecting individual products," said Christy Draus, Head of Marketing at Eagle Product Inspection. "Processors need to maintain reliable contaminant detection across larger inspection areas while also verifying product quality, package integrity, and product counts. The Pack 1000 PRO helps processors strengthen product quality programs while maintaining efficient production flow through a single inspection system."
The Pack 1000 PRO reflects Eagle’s continued commitment to helping processors address evolving packaged food inspection challenges through advanced x-ray inspection technologies designed for today’s demanding production environments.