Metal Contaminated UK Food Recalls 2024

Metal contamination in a cereal bar

There were fourteen (14) food alerts issued by the UK’s Food Standards Agency relating to metal contaminated food in 2024.  These alerts are only raised when the presence of metal poses a potential risk to the consumer. The metal contaminated food products were produced by a wide range of suppliers, many of whom provide foods…

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Solving Quarrying and Mining Tramp Metal Problems

Electro Overband Magnet installed in a gold mine

Tramp metal exists in all mining and quarrying operations.  The problematic contamination is difficult to avoid.  The nature of mining and quarrying – extracting ore and aggregate using large heavy equipment – results in a wide variety of tramp metal contaminating the mined material.  Such metal needs identifying and removing before potentially causing costly damage…

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