Despite the advances in X-ray and metal detection systems, keeping meat and poultry totally free of foreign objects remains an ongoing processor challenge.
Technology is not the end-all when it comes to safeguarding meat and poultry from foreign-object contamination.
While detection devices remain strong preventative tools, the plethora of elements that can contaminate proteins is making it virtually impossible for producers to totally eliminate all incidents, analysts note. Such objects include animal bone fragments and cartridge, wood, metal shards and slivers, glass, plastics, rubber, pieces of scouring pads and buckshot from people shooting animals.
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