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While there are multiple hygienically designed machines and sanitation methods available to the industry, labor shortages and new or changing regulations pose hurdles for food and beverage manufacturers.

Food and beverage manufacturers encounter significant challenges beyond simply delivering products, including tightening regulations, rising costs, and labor shortages. Despite these obstacles, they continue to prioritize investments in food safety, traceability, automation, and sustainability to enhance operational efficiency.

New research from FlexXray explores how food manufacturers detect and prevent contamination from foreign materials, as well as their future investments in inspection technologies.

A spectrometer watching a conveyor or checking a stainless steel surface between shifts may sound futuristic, but research suggests we may not be as far from that factory as we think.

Some equipment costs less to buy. Some equipment costs less to own. Learn how to tell the difference – before you buy.

Whatever the manufacturing model, the fundamental principle remains the same: food safety cannot be designed solely around yesterday's problems. The facilities best prepared for the next pathogen will be the ones designed to recognize change, reassess risk and adapt before that risk becomes a recall.

Manufacturers have a strategic opportunity to unlock operational efficiency, supply chain transparency and direct consumer engagement by taking tangible steps in their 2D barcode journey.

Rather than a hodge-podge of sanitation and cleaning records scattered everywhere, why not tie them together digitally so they’re available in minutes or hours rather than days or weeks?

Contaminant-specific testing provides a clearer understanding of the dust, biological contaminants and loading characteristics present within individual production areas, allowing facilities to select filtration strategies that support operational performance, product quality and long-term system efficiency.

The Food Contact & Packaging Sustainability Training Subscription is aimed at regulatory, product safety, packaging and compliance professionals.