Haunting every food manufacturer or processor is the possible recall of one of its products contaminated with a foreign material––a public event that would be costly not only in direct costs of recalling the product, but also in lost retailer and consumer confidence and damaged brand image. Rebuilding these often requires years of effort and expense.
FSMA (the 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act) requires each company to create a written food safety plan and implement it. Creating that plan—which includes providing for inspection of products and packaging at critical points on the line to detect contamination and remove it from the production stream—will guard against contaminated product leaving your facility and entering the marketplace where it can be subject to recall.