Continuous processors permit lot traceability
Continuous Processors (photo) enable food, nutrition, chemical, pharmaceutical and other manufacturers to track and trace lots in a continuous-processing environment. Devised to support compliance with the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the Continuous Processors can establish a positive cutoff for lot traceability from nearly any desired point based on volume, weight, time, shift, raw material lot or other criteria. The processors mix, blend, react, compound, crystallize, encapsulate, and perform other processes with multiple liquid, dry and viscous materials in a single step. The result at discharge meets specifications for moisture, texture, color, uniformity and other properties as targeted. — Readco Kurimoto, LLC, York, Pa.