New Detectable Markers Make Food Safer to Produce

It is now simple to halve the risk of producing meat and food products contaminated with plastic. Food safe marker pens that were once supplied with a loose lid are now available from Detectamet as a one piece item. The company has put food safe direct marker inks in a patented retractable housing so that a potential source of contamination can be removed from the processing area. Furthermore the one piece housing is made from Detectamet’s metal and X-ray detectable plastic so that the risk of plastic contaminated products is even less.
Write-and-retract detectable marker pens were launched by Detectamet 24 months ago. They contain permanent or write-on/wipe-off coloured inks. Highlighter re-fills were then offered to save waste. This new marker uses special inks that are safe to use for marking meat carcases or other foods such as cheese rind.
James Chrismas Detectamet’s MD explained “A few months ago a technical manager in a large abattoir tried our one piece retractable marker for permanent writing on boxes to help prevent marker pen caps disappearing in his company’s products. He had used permanent markers with a loose cap and then he switched to our write-and-retract versions.”
“He immediately asked for a topless pen with a meat safe ink that he could you use to write directly onto meat” James explained, “and our new retractable food safe ink markers are the result.”
They are supplied in a food visible blue housing and the user can choose the special type of ink for writing on meat carcases or writing other food, for example chees. Both ink types can be chosen with either red or blue coloured ink. Both of the ink types are safe for marking of all food products, but the meat ink is more suitable for effectively marking the surfaces meat carcases.
The plastics and the inks have been tested to ensure that they fulfil the requirements for safe contact with food under EU and US regulations. The refills can be supplied for DIY replacements. For more information contact james.christmas at detectamet.com

Detectamet was founded over 12 years ago, and has businesses near York in the UK and in Richmond, Virginia in the USA. The company designs, makes and supplies food production companies with more than 1000 tool designs and pieces of equipment made from X-ray and metal detectable plastics and from stainless steel. By using these pieces of equipment should they get into the finished food product they can be found by the standard detection equipment used by food companies. Detectamet products are supplied in nearly 100 countries around the world. The company was recently presented with the Queens Award for Enterprise in International Trade

Derrick Blunden
Marketing & Communications
Detectamet Ltd
Unit 55 Halifax Way
Pocklington Industrial Estate
York YO42 1NR

Tel: +44 (0)1759 304200

Email: derrick.blunden@detectamet.com
Web: www.detectamet.co.uk

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