Foreign body control usually fails in the most boring way possible: a small item goes missing, nobody knows when, and the evidence trail is vibes. BRCGS Issue 9 tightened expectations around portable handheld items in open product areas (Clause 4.9.6.2) - not just pens, but the wider universe of “stuff that can fall into product.”
Cable ties are the ultimate “tiny part, big consequence” item. They live inside panels, around guards, on conveyors, and in maintenance pockets—exactly where vibration, washdown, and human nature conspire to turn them into surprise foreign bodies. This guide is a practical playbook for food and pharma sites that want fewer near-misses, fewer line stops, and cleaner audit outcomes.
Food safety challenges don’t stop at national borders – and neither do we.
If you’ve landed on the Detectamet Australia website, you might assume we only supply within Australia. In reality, our Sydney-based team supports food and pharmaceutical manufacturers right across the Asia Pacific region with metal detectable and X-ray visible products that help reduce contamination risks and support audit compliance.
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