Safety

In food production and processing environments, maintaining high standards of safety and hygiene is critical. One of the most pressing concerns is foreign body contamination, which can lead to significant health risks, costly product recalls, and damage to a brand's reputation. To help mitigate these risks, the use of detectable products has become an essential Read More

Article courtesy of Radical Materials What is SteriTouch® antibacterial / antimicrobial and how does it work? The antibacterial/antimicrobial surface protection uses innovative technology that harnesses the natural sterilising properties of silver. This protection is permanently embedded into several BST products and will not wear off over time. Silver has been used for centuries for its natural Read More

Global Standard for Food Safety Issue 8 Clause 4.9.6.2 states "Pens used in open product areas shall be controlled to minimise risk of physical contamination (e.g designed without small parts and detectable by foreign body detection equipment)" BST are pleased to state that all our detectable pens conform to this requirement.  The BST Detectapen® features a polypropylene co-polymer body and core which are met Read More

BST Detectable Products & Freaks of Nature discuss the importance of controlling foreign body contamination Freaks of Nature, based in Ossett (West Yorkshire), launched their plant based desserts with Tesco in April 2017 to huge success. Their delicious desserts, which include ‘Mango Fandango’, ‘Cocoa Loco’ and the new ‘Strawberry Blonde’ and ‘Choc & Awe’ Cheesecakes Read More

There is no straight forward answer to this question, as the answer is dependent on a) the type of plastic used in the detectable product b) the type of metal detector used to inspect the food and c) the type of food being processed. Each of the above three factors can affect the probability of Read More

FoodPro Manufacturing Ltd, part of Browns food group, are a leading ready meal manufacturer with over 30 years’ experience and boast clients such as ASDA, Morrison’s, Iceland, Tesco, Lidl, Aldi, NISA, P&H, Spar & Birdseye. Their range of products include frozen traditional, Indian, Italian and Chinese meals, as well as deserts. Their state of the Read More

PTK are a leading global manufacturer of pharmaceutical machinery, with stylish designs, robust structures, state of the art technology and high performance: rotary tablet presses, automatic capsule filling machines, coating machines and high speed mixers. Gareth Gregg, Manager at PTK GB first met BST Detectable Products at the 2015 PPMA show, where he saw the Read More

MDS are the CEIA UK distributor for industrial metal detection equipment in the food, pharmaceutical and textile industries. They supply and service metal detection systems, bespoke conveyor systems, data management systems and even offer a metal detector rental service. After experiencing problems with their existing metal detectable pens, MDS turned to BST for a higher Read More

February 2016 saw two very high profile product recalls caused by plastic contamination. Firstly we had the extensive recall of Mars chocolate covering 55 countries caused by red plastic fragments, followed shortly by an Oatibix recall where pieces of blue rubber were found in the flakes. Both incidents have inevitably caused huge expense to the companies Read More

  Metal detectable labels and tags for the food industry have been around for a while, however always at a considerable price premium. Detectable labels and tags work by having an aluminium foil core used to trigger a metal detector – it’s this foil core that adds the extra expense. BST have been working hard with our manufacturing Read More