Chicken inspection
Loma Systems has supplied two X5 Spacesaver x-ray machines to Crown Chicken’s processing plant in Norfolk, UK.
They are inspecting a new range of whole birds that are skin packed in aluminium foil trays to help further reduce the risk of consumers contracting potentially lethal food poisoning bug campylobacter.
A long standing user of Loma’s IQ3 metal detection systems, Crown Chicken has installed the two X5 Spacesaver systems, which offer 25 per cent improved detection performance and 20 per cent smaller footprint than similar machines, at the end of separate lines where they are operating at speeds of up to 40 packs per minute.
Capable of providing checks for broken or damaged products and overall monitoring of fill levels and portion control, the units are a key part of Crown Chicken’s stringent quality control and HACCP procedures.
