In 2019, there were 124 recalls by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). These food recalls involved 20,427,455 pounds of goods. Some of the leading causes of food recalls include undeclared allergens, the presence of foreign materials, and the presence of pathogens such as Salmonella and Listeria.
The two faces of food recall (safety and cost) put the importance of hygienic conveyors in the spotlight, and highlight the challenges of cleaning traditional conveyor systems, especially hard to clean systems like Spiral Conveyors. So, how can you ensure product safety and avoid economic losses with your RTE food application?
Time is of the essence for frozen food manufacturing companies. The goal is to achieve the perfect balance between speed and quality. From processing and packaging frozen dinners, frozen pizza, frozen beef foods, frozen chicken food products, or frozen vegetables products, everything must be perfectly timed so you can achieve your production goals.
SideDrive Conveyor Co.’s spiral conveyors offer a game-changing edge-driven technology that allows for a fast but smooth belt motion even when going up, down, or at turns or curves. It is perfect if your production line involves direct food contact, packaged frozen food products, pastries, frozen foods, and more. Here are their advantages compared to the traditional spiral conveyors:
Because of its open design, there are minimal harborage points, unlike a traditional spiral conveyor with drums and cages that are hard to clean behind. This keeps the line clean and lowers the risk of contamination. There are also no metal parts used in building SideDrive’s belting so no lubrication is required and no risk of metal shavings.
Unlike a traditional conveyor system, ours has an expanding and contracting plastic modular belting system that helps protect fragile products by eliminating transfers, creating a smooth effortless motion. When conveying products such as frozen pizza, pastries, and produce during the different processing stages, common issues include breakage, proper curing and tearing packaging. Our transferless solutions enable long-run continuous conveyors with the ability to turn, cure, or take on inclines with reliable, elegant transport. The smooth motion helps reduce spills, product breaks & damaged packaging from start to finish on the production line.
Food safety risk is also significantly improved since our spiral conveyors are much easier to clean than traditional spirals and conveyors. Our sanitary spiral conveyor was engineered to withstand repeated cleaning and high-pressure washdowns. This dramatically lowers the threat of food contamination that will lead to recall.
If you are in the RTE foods industry, SideDrive Conveyor Co. offers solutions to streamline your production.
Contact us today to discuss the best conveyor design that can help bring your business to the next level.