Ready meals is a growing, multi-billion pound market in the UK where the need for contamination-free products is more crucial than ever, as failure to detect foreign objects in food can lead to costly recalls and can even destroy a brand, which is why there is a need for cutting-edge X-ray inspection and metal detection equipment.

Anritsu Infivis Ltd is a leading supplier of the preventative measures food manufacturers must take to ensure consumers don’t end up with a mouthful of metal, bone or glass fragments when chomping down on their meals – and this doesn’t just apply to TV dinners but every type of convenience food.

The company’s range of X-ray and metal detection systems can identify contaminants – whatever their size, shape and location – in fresh, frozen and ambient products to ensure ready meals are safe to eat for consumers, while offering manufacturers peace of mind.

In addition to accurately detecting the smallest fragment of a contaminant in food products, Anrtisu’s exceptional range of equipment, with its advanced signal processing technology and high-precision machine control systems, can also minimise false rejection rates.

Designed to help safeguard the integrity of food from contaminants, Anritsu’s world-renowned XR-75 Series of X-ray Inspection Systems, Metal Detectors and SSV Checkweighers are versatile and robust, food safety technology that offers the highest quality and performance.

The ultra-sensitive XR75 can also identify product shape defects and packaging integrity, while reducing the lifetime cost of ownership by over 20% compared to other systems, thanks to Anritsu’s Advanced Long Life Technology which incorporates low power design and longer equipment life.

Protecting consumers from contaminants in the food chain is paramount for both the retailer and supplier alike – finding the smallest foreign body in food can be seriously damaging both financially and to a company’s reputation.

X-ray inspection systems supplied by Anritsu are renowned for satisfying every regulatory safety standard around the world. Its Ultra-HD technology can detect down to 0.2mm diameter ferrous, non-ferrous and stainless steel sphere at production line speeds. Anritsu’s ability to detect contaminants with high accuracy, sensitivity and repeatability is unmatched in the industry.

Anritsu designs and develops all its products in-house to support every solution with 100% confidence. Its safety solutions for ready meals have earned global recognition for their outstanding performance, capability and credibility.

Recent investment in new infrastructure and staff in its UK operation to meet the growing demand for food safety equipment is a statement of intent by Anritsu, to provide the highest quality detection systems and after-sales service available on the market.