BRC Best Practice Guideline: Foreign Body Detection: Issue 2

Print (English Edition)

Author:

British Retail Consortium (BRC)

Publisher:

TSO (The Stationery Office)

Price: £27.00

The contamination of a product with the physical presence of something not intended to be there (a foreign body), often with the potential to cause harm, can result in issues that may include customer complaints, product wastage, and brand damage.

Any manufacturing or storage and transport business must have an effective control system to prevent product contamination by foreign bodies. This guideline focuses on the technologies behind X-ray and metal detection and promotes best practice on aspects to be considered when establishing and operating these systems.

This guideline provides a framework for the user to:

• Identify the requirements for foreign body detecting equipment

• Give guidance on selecting the design and positioning of equipment

• Give guidance on the effective operation of equipment

• Understand how to undertake testing of equipment.

Please note: This publication is also available to purchase as a downloadable PDF, please see below.

Extent	30 pages	ISBN	9780117025783
Size	A4	Price	£27.00
Format	Paperback	Published	12 Aug 2008
Availability	Colour copy: 3 - 5 days	Delivery	Delivery options and charges