Hello,
I have just started up a new automated packaging line for an RTE snack product. The pouches have an oxygen scavenger placed in them. With the machine being automated, the scavengers are on a roll and automatically cut and placed in each pouch. Currently, when I run out of scavengers I have to replace the roll which takes a few minutes and over the course of a day I lose around an hour of production time. If I could splice the scavenger rolls together I would save a lot of time and thus produce more product. The issue I have is that to splice the scavenger rolls I would need to use tape, which creates a foreign material issue. I could use food grade tape, but I am told by another source that this would still be against FDA regs.
Does anyone have any experience splicing oxygen scavenger rolls together, or something similar that is food contact?
Thank you!