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Enhancing Food Safety: The Indispensable Role of EaglAI in the F&B Packaging Industry

The food and beverage packaging industry plays a pivotal role in ensuring the safety and quality of food products before they reach consumers' tables. Every consumable item undergoes production and subsequent packaging, ensuring its suitability for retail.


However, containers, despite appearing clean, can still harbor various contaminants.

Although it is highly inefficient for factory personnel to inspect every single container, such inspections are necessary to prevent potential quality, health, and safety issues. Impurities, contaminants, and improper sealing can jeopardize the integrity and hygiene of any food product. To tackle these concerns, advanced products leveraging the power of artificial intelligence (AI) can be utilized.


This blog explores how EaglAI Detect enhances quality control by detecting impurities and identifying sealing defects in the F&B industry.


Food processing and packaging plant

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Detecting Contaminants and Impurities

One of the key concerns in the F&B packaging industry is the presence of contaminants, such as hair, impurities, foreign particles etc., which compromise product quality and hygiene. Traditional methods of inspection, including human visual checks and X-ray stations, often fall short in detecting minute impurities. EaglAI's advanced AI-based solutions overcome these limitations by employing cutting-edge computer vision algorithms along with CCTVs and industrial image capturing stations right on the edge.


By utilising a high-resolution industrial image capturing setup, EaglAI Detect meticulously inspects the packaging process. It analyses the containers for any signs of contaminants, such as foreign particles or substances. The AI algorithms employed by EaglAI Detect can identify even the tiniest impurities that may go unnoticed by human operators or conventional inspection methods. By promptly identifying contaminated or defective containers, EaglAI Detect enables proactive rejection before the consumable products are packaged, thereby safeguarding the hygiene and integrity of the final products.


Upholding Hygiene Standards

Maintaining strict hygiene standards within the F&B packaging industry is crucial to ensure the safety and well-being of consumers. EaglAI recognizes this need and offers EaglAI Protect, an AI-powered solution designed to enforce hygiene protocols and minimise the risk of contamination by humans.


EaglAI Protect deploys its cutting-edge AI and video analytics algorithms on an existing IP based CCTV network to monitor and enforce hygiene practices among operators. It examines critical aspects such as the use of hairnets & masks, adherence to uniform standards, and proper glove usage. By doing so, EaglAI Protect acts as a proactive measure to prevent contaminants from entering the packaging process, safeguarding the quality of the final products.


Addressing Improper Sealing

Another common challenge faced by the F&B packaging industry is the improper sealing of containers. Inadequate seals can lead to product spoilage, compromised freshness, and an increased risk of contamination. Products can also get stuck between seals which leads to a decrease in the amount of final product reaching the end customer. EaglAI addresses this issue through its advanced technology, providing valuable insights into the exact location as well as the type of sealing quality issues.


Using its AI algorithms, EaglAI pinpoints the location and type of sealing defect, allowing for immediate corrective measures.


Worker wearing proper PPE while inspecting bottle seals

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Enhance Food Safety with Packaging

In the F&B packaging industry, maintaining hygiene and product quality is of paramount importance. EaglAI products, such as EaglAI Detect & EaglAI Protect, revolutionise the way contaminants, impurities, sealing and hygeine issues are detected and addressed. With its advanced AI algorithms and machine vision technology, EaglAI Detect provides a reliable, efficient, and accurate solution for inspecting packaging containers, minimising the risk of compromised hygiene and ensuring the delivery of safe and high-quality food and beverage products to consumers.


As the F&B industry continues to prioritise product quality and safety, EaglAI Detect emerges as a vital tool in meeting these objectives and building consumer trust.

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