Food-Grade Weighing Quality Assurance with Hygienic Methods & FDA Compliance

Food-Grade Weighing Quality Assurance with Hygienic Methods & FDA Compliance

In the food industry, Food-Grade Weighing Quality Assurance (QA) is a comprehensive approach that extends far beyond simply getting an accurate weight. It's a critical system that ensures consumer safety, maintains product consistency, and guarantees compliance with stringent regulations, particularly those enforced by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration). This process integrates specialized weighing equipment with rigorous hygienic practices to prevent contamination at every step.

Hygienic Design and Material Selection

The foundation of food-grade weighing QA lies in the equipment itself. Scales and systems must be designed from the ground up with sanitation in mind.

• Materials: All food-contact surfaces must be made from non-porous, corrosion-resistant materials like 304 or 316L stainless steel. These materials are easy to clean and resist the growth of bacteria. Plastic components, if used, must be "food-grade" and free from harmful chemicals like BPA.

• Design Principles: Equipment should have a smooth, crevice-free surface to prevent the accumulation of food particles and microorganisms. Features like rounded corners, sloped surfaces, and self-draining designs are essential to avoid standing water and dead spaces where bacteria can thrive. Wires and cables should be routed internally or sealed to prevent them from becoming a contamination risk.

• Washdown Capabilities: Food-grade scales must be able to withstand frequent, high-pressure washdowns. Their IP (Ingress Protection) rating is a key indicator of this capability. An IP65 rating protects against water jets, while an IP69K rating offers the highest level of protection, specifically for high-temperature, high-pressure washdowns.

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SMARTWEIGH INSTRUMENT CO.,LTD , established over 15 years, which is one of the largest manufacturers and exporter in China. Our workshop occupy 20,000 square meters and located in a very convenient and beautiful city, Changzhou, it is close to Shanghai and only take one hour by high speed railway.

  Our company have advanced production equipments like Bending machine, pre-arch machine, shearing machine, qutomatic welder, automatic welding robot, plasama cutting machine, and baking paiting room, to help us increase the product quality and  production productivity  Our company also have the senior technician team and design team. Many products have been applied  patents. 

  Under the advanced test equipement, technical workers and rich experice, we manufactured high qualified truck cales, platform scales, bench scales, crane scales, highway axle scales, as well as spare parts like indicators and loadcells. We have exported to RUSSIA, KSA, USA, UK, HOLLAND, SPAIN, ITALY etc many different kind of countries, our good quality and timely delivery has attracted over 200 long term distrbutors all over the world.

Our yearly export collection amount keep about 5000,000 to 10000,000 USD, among of this, our project for the foreign railway, highway and government is the majority. By the way, We can supply both ODM and OEM design also.

  Our company havs been awarded ISO 9001, CE, SGS, OIML cetificate for our products, all weighing scales are 

pre-calibrated before shipping, We deicated to the spirit of " Quality come first forveve and technology detemines the productivity"since extablished, and we have benifited from it and quietly brilliant for over 15 years.

More and more wonders and brilliant future will be made be by SMARTWEIGH!