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[highlind chick]

Hi, at present our metal detector is located in our high rish area so therefore none of our raw poultry can be metal detected. The detector is too big too be removed out of the high risk area.

In BRC 5.3 - foreign body detection this clause means that i will need to get a metal & foreign body detector in one? Is this correct? If so i will then need to buy 2 units so that raw and cooked products can be checked. Does anyone have any information on this or information on where I could locate small, inexpensive units. We are currently a very small food production company and therefore do not have a big output. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Madam A. D-tor]

Hello Highlind chick

5.3 of BRC, issue 5 is saying that you need foreign body detection. This can be a metal detector, but also a X-ray or camera detection system is foreign body detection.
5.3.1 says you should have foreign body detection unless you can justify (and ofcourse document) that it is not necessarry.
So, can you explain why you did not have foreign body detection for your raw poultry products until now? perhaps that is your justification?

Esspacially if the raw poultry products are filets or leg meat and it is supposed to be prepared by your customer or consumer, the risk from metal/foreign contamination leading to harm people is small.
If the poultry products are cubes, strips or on another way cut products, metal or foreign body contamination will certainly be a risk. Consumers will not really look at the products, when preparing them.

Hope this helps.