Metal Detectable Brush Bristles Do They Work ? Debra Smith, lobal Hygiene Specialist, Vikan A/S, Denmark Introduction : Foreign body contamination of foods can be a safety or quality issue, or both. Regardless, if a food is contaminated by a foreign body, the repercussions for the food business can be expensive and damaging. Consequently, the food industry constantly seeks ways to minimise the risk of foreign bodies in food, including the use of metal detection. One source of foreign body contamination is food industry cleaning brushware, where the bristles can snap, be cut, or detach from the brush head and enter the food product. Brushes with metal detectable bristle are available to the food industry and have been marketed as a way of detecting foreign bodies from this source, but do they work? Debra Smith Global Hygiene Specialist
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