Detection of foreign bodies in canned foods using ultrasonic testing

Foreign bodies in packaged foods may pose both a safety risk and a risk of perceived degradation of quality. Foreign bodies could be small metallic or nonmetallic pieces that are accidentally dropped into the food products. In this paper, the ultrasonic method is used to detect the foreign bodies in...

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Main Authors: Hrairi, Meftah, Elias, M. A.
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/2043/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/2043/1/Food_UT.pdf
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description Foreign bodies in packaged foods may pose both a safety risk and a risk of perceived degradation of quality. Foreign bodies could be small metallic or nonmetallic pieces that are accidentally dropped into the food products. In this paper, the ultrasonic method is used to detect the foreign bodies in canned foods. In order to establish a technical concept for the detection of foreign bodies in canned foods, an experimental investigation was carried out using pulse-echo ultrasonic testing. A number of simulated foreign object pieces were deliberately put inside the canned food and the results were analyzed. The approach demonstrates that ultrasound has potential for application in many industrial food packaging environments where foreign objects need to be detected.
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spelling iium-20432016-01-29T03:24:49Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/2043/ Detection of foreign bodies in canned foods using ultrasonic testing Hrairi, Meftah Elias, M. A. TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Foreign bodies in packaged foods may pose both a safety risk and a risk of perceived degradation of quality. Foreign bodies could be small metallic or nonmetallic pieces that are accidentally dropped into the food products. In this paper, the ultrasonic method is used to detect the foreign bodies in canned foods. In order to establish a technical concept for the detection of foreign bodies in canned foods, an experimental investigation was carried out using pulse-echo ultrasonic testing. A number of simulated foreign object pieces were deliberately put inside the canned food and the results were analyzed. The approach demonstrates that ultrasound has potential for application in many industrial food packaging environments where foreign objects need to be detected. 2011-05 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/2043/1/Food_UT.pdf Hrairi, Meftah and Elias, M. A. (2011) Detection of foreign bodies in canned foods using ultrasonic testing. In: 2nd International Conference on Biotechnology Engineering (ICBioE 2011), 17-19 May 2011, The Legend Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Hrairi, Meftah
Elias, M. A.
Detection of foreign bodies in canned foods using ultrasonic testing
title Detection of foreign bodies in canned foods using ultrasonic testing
title_full Detection of foreign bodies in canned foods using ultrasonic testing
title_fullStr Detection of foreign bodies in canned foods using ultrasonic testing
title_full_unstemmed Detection of foreign bodies in canned foods using ultrasonic testing
title_short Detection of foreign bodies in canned foods using ultrasonic testing
title_sort detection of foreign bodies in canned foods using ultrasonic testing
topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/2043/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/2043/1/Food_UT.pdf