EU and FDA standard limits for ferrous, non ferrous and stainless steel

Hello everyone. We are seafood processors and in a process of metal detector buying, can anyone help me to find out the European and FDA standard limits for ferrous , non ferrous and stainless steel, I need this standard for "IQF frozen  ready to cook fish, shrim & squid" , "ready to eat" fish and shrimp based asian curries" and "breaded fish and shrimp" products,  as we will buy three metal detectors for these three production lines. Thanks, Nazia Ammad

Hello Everyone

 

we are seafood processors and in a process of metal detector buying, can anyone help me to find out the European and FDA standard limits for ferrous , non ferrous and stainless steel, I need this standard for "IQF frozen  ready to cook fish, shrim & squid" , "ready to eat" fish and shrimp based asian curries" and "breaded fish and shrimp" products,  as we will buy three metal detectors for these three production lines. 

 

Thanks

 

Nazia Ammad

Hi Nazia,

Afaik, no Official, categorical, Standards/Limits exist except for a (very) few locations like Canada.

A "nearest" Official FDA response to yr query is here -

CPG 555.425 - Adulteration involving Hard or Sharp Foreign Objects.pdf   15.08KB   51 downloads

The "operational" detection limits (Sensitivity) for a given machine correspond to its LOD which varies depending on factors such as design, test material, Product presentation, food matrix etc.

JFI here is an oldish example of some typical Sensitivity expectations using standard test pieces -

MD Sensitivities.pdf   36.7KB   53 downloads

Thanks Charles, hope your docs will help me on this.