All you´re right, the hand hend? is not valid, I
described the tunnel for the detection of metal
inclusion.
Marcelo
--- Jon McGraw <JonMcGraw@seafreeze.com> escribió:
> Well put and I totally agree.
>
> Jon McGraw
> Seafreeze
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: GregoryScher@ln.amedd.army.mil
> [mailto:GregoryScher@ln.amedd.army.mil]
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> Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 12:11 PM
> To: Pamela Tom
> Cc: Marcelo Hidalgo; owner-seafood@ucdavis.edu;
> Seafood HACCP Discussion
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> Subject: Re: Metal detector
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> In my humble opinion as an Auditor I would have a
> ton of questions about
> the validity of that process (hand held). I would
> not consider it a valid
> method to ensure metal above specified limits (FDA,
> Spec, ect) is kept out
> of product.
>
> Conventional methods pass the product through a
> calibrated, verified
> channel that has been set to a products specific
> density, temperature, and
> other characteristics. It is verified and human
> error for the most part is
> removed. With hand held it has no validity. If
> hand held metal detector
> was a plants control under HACCP for metal inclusion
> I would say that it
> will not ensure that metal does not get through.
> There are many ways to
> address metal inclusion without using metal
> detection at all e.g.
> inspecting blades at specified intervals. Bottom
> line is that hand helds
> will only give a false sense that a hazard is being
> addressed.
>
> Greg Scher, CQA
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> Pamela Tom
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> Hidalgo
> owner-seafood@ucd
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> Hi Marcelo,
>
> Thank you for mentioning the U.S. Food and Drug
> Administration's
> "Fish and Fisheries Products Hazards & Controls
> Guidance." The third
> edition (June 2001) of the Hazards Guide states the
> following about metal
> fragment sizes:
>
> "FDA's Health Hazard Evaluation Board has supported
> regulatory action
> against product with metal fragments of 0.3" (7 mm)
> to 1.0" (25mm) in
> length. See FDA Compliance Policy Guide #555.425."
>
> Source: Chapter 20: Metal Inclusion (A Physical
> Hazard)
> http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~comm/haccp4t.html
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> The table of contents for the Hazards Guide is at:
> http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~comm/haccp4.html
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> Some companies may have operating limits that are
> more stringent than the
> regulatory action level or critical limits in their
> HACCP plan.
>
> My original question focuses on comments regarding
> the use of hand-held
> metal detectors. One person wrote to me and
> mentioned that you need to
> verify that they will work and that a lot of human
> error is involved. Are
> there any other thoughts on hand-helds?
>
> Pamela Tom
> University of California
> Sea Grant Extension Program
>
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>
> On Thu, 16 Jun 2005, Marcelo Hidalgo wrote:
>
> > He all
> >
> > About your question, the metal detector is used in
> all
> > factory in Ecuador, Colombia y Peru in precooked
> Tuna
> > loims, it is very important to assure that your
> > product is free of metal littlepieces ( 0.001mm)
> >
> > Is a requiare of FDA, in if you want to export for
> > there (USA), you need it. In other hand, with this
> you
> > save a lot claims for metal pieces.
> >
> > Could you review the Seafood and Fisheries Guide
> in
> > the metal detector part.
> >
> > Marcelo Hidalgo
> > Quality Assurance Inspector
> > TRIMARINE-SOUTH AMERICA
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