Is it compulsory to install a metal detector in a chain of food production?
The most important cause of food pollution is certainly the continuous contact of food with metallic equipments. To face this problem, In Italy there is the D.L.n. 155 of the 26/05/1997 that imposes the control of the critical phases of the production process in order to respect the directives HACCP. The missing control of such norms, can involve remarkable economic penalties. Moreover it is necessary to keep in mind that many chains of great organized distribution (G.D.O.) demand and will demand to their suppliers products which have been submitted to rigid controls. The use of metal detectors on the food production lines protects both the final consumer and both the same productive system, avoiding serious damages, neither problems of legal nature and image.
