Part 1: The History and Future of Food Packaging Technology

As populations grew and transportation capabilities expanded in human history, the food industry became a global network of growers, processors, storage facilities, distributors, and packagers. The worldwide reach of the food market actually dates back as far as the late 15th to mid-17th centuries. Merchant ships during this time brought exotic foods to Europe, even in the dead of winter. Lemons and other citrus fruits in season during the winter in warmer parts of the world were frequently featured as luxury imports on Northern European tables in Dutch still life paintings. For example, this Pieter Claez still life from 1643 (Minneapolis Institute of Art) showcases lemons and shellfish as exotic foods brought from other regions to Dutch ports. As food packaging technologies progressed through the Industrial Revolutions, the market became even more accessible globally. Today, Forpak equipment plays an important role in supporting the worldwide food industry. Our innovative food packaging designs improve production efficiency, limit downtime, and increase sanitation in any facility.

Food Packaging

Food packaging has come a long way since lemons were brought to Pieter Claez’s table, and it continues to advance as demand for more sustainable and biodegradable options grows. The future of food production will likely see an increase in automation, a decrease in single-use plastics, and even better sanitation to prevent spoiling and the spread of foodborne illnesses.

History of Food Packaging

A brief history of food packaging technologies can help us understand what materials helped propel our current packaging systems forward at different times.

Cloth and Pottery:

The use of cloth and pottery for storage are two of the oldest human inventions. Pottery sherds as old as 29,000 BCE have been found in the Czech Republic. Textile evidence dates back much further, but fabrics degrade over time, making them harder to categorize. Some of the oldest fabric-making tools are dated to at least 50,000 years ago.

Paper and Glass:

Both pottery and glass are also ancient storage systems. The first uses of paper date back as far as the 2nd century BCE in China, and the oldest use of glass vessels is thought to have occurred 3,600 years ago in Mesopotamia.

Tin:

In the early 1700s, the first uses of tinplate storage systems were manufactured in England, France, and the Netherlands.

Canning:

In 1809, French brewer and confectioner Nicolas Appert found that food cooked and sealed in a glass jar did not spoil. Around 50 years later, Louis Pasteur would discover why food protected from microbes was stable.

Paperboard:

While paper had been used for centuries, the first use of corrugated paper/cardboard didn’t occur until around 1870. This was followed by the first invention of a folded paperboard box design for Quaker Oats cereal in 1880.

In the second part of this blog series, we’ll cover the development of plastics, barcode systems, and more throughout the history of food packaging.

To learn more about Forpak equipment, contact us today at (612) 419-1948 or forpaksupport@multisourcemfg.com. You can also request more information online or request a quote to get started with us.

NSF 3A Standards for Meat & Poultry in the Food Industry

Forpak has been designing and building innovative solutions for food packaging and processing for more than 30 years. Our commitment to providing state-of-the-art systems to customers across the globe means we continue to uphold our own values and meet strict industry standards that the FDA, USDA, and ANSI set for the food industry. Because hygiene and sanitation are critical to protecting the health and safety of food consumers throughout the world, each facet of the industry must follow and uphold rigorous standards and laws. Our current food growing, processing, storing, and distributing systems are capable of supplying foods from many different countries to communities year-round, thanks to massive changes in industrial regulations over the last 100 years. Forpak equipment is well-suited to supporting the current food system, and it can easily be integrated into existing production lines.

 

Our equipment improves the efficiency of many different downstream production lines, adding seamless operations for laning, sorting, stacking, conveyors, transfers, reject systems, and more. We also work with clients to build custom systems that can meet specialized facility needs. For the meat and poultry industries in particular, our equipment meets NSF 3A sanitation standards.

 

The NSF 3A standards were put in place to regulate the sanitary qualities of processing equipment. Hygiene is important for all aspects of the food industry, but for meat and poultry production it is especially critical because of the many foodborne illnesses that can be carried in beef, chicken, turkey, pork, and others.

 

The 101 on NSF 3A food industry standards.

 

3A standards often pair with different FDA and ANSI compliances, but they more specifically regulate the equipment itself and the materials used in its making. Surface treatments, coatings, construction, and longevity of equipment are all called into question when gaining 3A certifications. 3A standards do not cover operator safety, handheld tools, and other aspects of a meat and poultry packing facility.

 

All Forpak equipment meets NSF 3A standards.

 

Forpak equipment is able to meet every 3A standard because of its full washdown capabilities, use of food-grade stainless steel and durable plastics, NEMA 4X enclosures, and anti-harborage designs. To help eliminate production downtime, our equipment can be quickly and thoroughly sanitized with high-powered washing tools. Our enclosed Allen Bradley controls also eliminate the need for direct human interaction with our automated equipment. Forpak designs are long-lasting systems that have a low risk of cracking, breaking, chipping, or dissolving even over years of heavy use. If you are looking for the best-quality automated solutions to add to your production line, you won’t find better than Forpak equipment.

 

The NSF 3A standards for meat and poultry are meant to protect a safe food industry system that can handle large-scale production and a global supply. We continue to meet those strict standards in addition to other international standards for every aspect of the packaging and assembly industry.

 

To learn more about our equipment, contact Forpak at (612) 419-1948 or forpaksupport@multisourcemfg.com. Request more information online or request a quote to get started with us today.

Importance of Allen Bradley PLC Controllers for Forpak Food Packaging Systems

For more than 30 years, Forpak has worked to incorporate the best quality materials, intelligent systems, and reliable automated components that meet all food safety standards into our equipment. Our food production solutions are utilized in facilities worldwide that handle a significant quantity of products daily. One of the reasons why our equipment is so trusted globally for food packaging systems is our use of Allen Bradley PLC programmable controllers and components in our innovative designs. Allen Bradley controls allow facilities to seamlessly integrate our equipment into existing systems and make adjustments at any time to maintain a smoothly running production line. Forpak equipment offers key automated production line capabilities, including laning, sorting, stacking, conveyors, autotransfers, reject systems, and options for custom operations.

Food Packaging Systems

Reliable precision in an automated food packaging system is critical for any facility. Precise controls reduce the downtime of a production line due to jams, inaccuracies, and other belt issues. Our use of Allen Bradley controls in NEMA 4X Watershed Enclosures also allows for greater sanitation. They provide full washdown capabilities while eliminating the risk of human error and contamination.

Allen Bradley controls are a state-of-the-art example of modern programmable logic controllers (PLCs).

What is a PLC?

A PLC is a ruggedized computer control built specifically for industrial use. They are designed for integration into assembly lines, robotic device systems, and other forms of production automation monitoring. Through the use of real-time computing, PLCs are instrumental in their ability to quickly detect and respond to changes. In industrial settings, a PLC needs to be protected against damaging exposure to liquids, debris, temperature extremes, vibrations, electrical noise, and impacts. That’s why a ruggedized casing is crucial in these types of harmful conditions.

Allen Bradley Quality

Allen Bradley controls use intelligent software systems that operate at high speeds and high capacity ranges. These systems are some of the best technologies available to industrial facilities, including food production. The Allen Bradley brand is over 120 years old. In the 1960s, Odo Josef Struger invented the first Allen Bradley PLC systems and continued to work in a leadership position to develop standards for PLC programming language. Today, Allen Bradley controls are used around the world and offer large, small, and micro applications in hundreds of industries.

Forpak’s use of Allen Bradley PLC controls means our customers can trust our equipment to perform at peak precision and capacity at all times. Our preventative maintenance and routine maintenance program services can make your equipment run indefinitely. This helps avoid the expense and stress of production downtime, repairs, and other inconveniences.

Summary of Food Packaging

To learn more about the benefits of Allen Bradley controls and other features of our food packaging equipment or the industries we serve, contact Forpak at (612) 419-1948 or forpaksupport@multisourcemfg.com. Request more information online today or request a quote to get started with us today.

Advanced Vision Systems for Food Packaging Solutions

MultiSource Manufacturing LLC and Forpak have partnered to design and build high-quality, innovative solutions for food packaging for over 25 years. Our designs are intelligent, automated systems for downstream production on a sanitary factory line. Not only does our equipment provide tools for automated laning, sorting, stacking, autotransferring, and rejection systems that can be easily integrated into existing facilities, but also our designs also meet industry standards for hygiene and sanitation, including NSF 3A and Baking Industry Sanitation Standards Committee (BISSC) standards. Forpak designs are industry-leading food packaging solutions that are used around the world. Our incorporation of advanced technology, including Allen-Bradley controls and Cognex vision systems, are just part of why our customers trust Forpak equipment to support their production line.

Allen-Bradley Controls

Forpak utilizes Allen-Bradley controls in NEMA 4X Watershed Enclosures that allow full wash-down sanitation to minimize contamination and prevent harborage. These control enclosures simplify and speed up cleaning procedures to limit the downtime of your production line.

Cognex Vision Systems

While your production line is in operation, our use of Cognex vision systems are key in the automated controlling of imperfect or defective goods rejection. Rejection systems are an important part of any automated line to prevent the accidental packaging of damaged goods.

Food Packaging Solutions

Forpak Reject Systems use Cognex technology to target, divert, and remove discrepant products, protecting quality goods and keeping your downstream line moving. For any food packaging solutions, reliable and precise vision systems are essential. That’s why we rely on Cognex In-Sight vision systems that combine the use of a camera, software program, and processing unit into a single device.

The newest Cognex vision systems are industrial-grade, learning camera machines. These systems can solve complicated visual puzzles with optical character recognition (OCR), verification of package assembly, and the detection of discrepancies.

Cognex vision systems serve to:

  1. Inspect: On a production line, Forpak reject camera vision systems continually inspect moving products in any format, including goods moving in single file lines toward flow wrappers, products in disorganized grouping, and even stacked products.
  2. Identify: While vision systems inspect products passing through, they will be able to identify any damaged, inconsistent, or discrepant goods with vision software that can compare spatial geometries to a control.
  3. Guide: When discrepant products are identified, our reject systems automatically can guide those goods off of the conveyor line. This is done by dropping the discrepant goods below the production line, pushing them aside, or separating them into another transfer line.

Cognex a Version of Food Packaging Solutions 

A reliable reject system will eliminate inaccuracies in your production and packaging operations, reduce factory downtime, and help protect sanitation and hygiene. To learn more about our use of Cognex vision systems in our food packaging solutions, contact Forpak at (612) 419-1948 or forpaksupport@multisourcemfg.com. You can also request more information online today or request a quote to get started with us today.

HACCP Principles and Food Safety with Packaging Equipment

The ideals of safety in the food industry include sanitation and hygiene, of course, but also involve the protection of food quality in terms of nutrients and flavors, worker safety, sustainability, and effective distribution worldwide. The global food industry is a complex system that has evolved to meet the needs of a population of 8 billion. Because of the sector’s complexities, strict standards set by international agencies and governments are required to maintain a working system without compromising safety or furthering climate change. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and other organizations play a large role in regulating the food industry in the United States. Since 1997, these agencies and others have adopted Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) principles for food safety. As a manufacturer of innovative food packing equipment, Forpak follows strict industry guidelines including HACCP principles to maximize efficiency and safety.

Food Processors

HACCP has seven core principles that food processors can utilize to pinpoint issues in their systems and correct those potential hazards before they damage food quality, employee safety, or facilities.

For food safety and the prevention of other hazards, HACCP principles include:

Analysis of hazards:

Collecting data about the conditions of a hazard is a key first step in correcting those problems. Analyzing a stage in your assembly process for hazards also helps you follow the same pattern for future hazard points.

Find critical control points:

Once a hazard analysis sets your foundation, determining the critical control points will help you work to prevent that hazard from continuing. Control points are any kinds of steps, tools, or other components of your operations where control over safety can be applied.

Set limits:

Your limits are whatever minimum and maximum levels a control must be applied to reduce or prevent hazards. This can be a physical, chemical, or biological control limit.

Monitor process:

Observe changes you make in your controls and their limits to determine if more adjustments are needed and to collect data on that process.

Correct errors:

If your data collection on changes to control points and their limits results in a continued hazard, you should correct parameters to reduce that error. This principle also covers any corrections needed to noncompliance to laws, regulations, and standards.

Verify process:

When your control points and limits are accurately and reliably reducing or eliminating a hazard, establish a verification step that can be used in the future on other HACCP processes. Different steps of a HACCP process can be verified with varying frequencies depending on their scope of impact.

Keep detailed records:

To improve all your HACCP practices and corrective actions in general, you need to keep detailed records and establish procedures around those documentation processes.

At Forpak, we follow HACCP principles in all our manufacturing operations to ensure our products protect worker, equipment, and food safety in the packing industry. To learn more about our automated equipment, contact Forpak at (612) 419-1948 or forpaksupport@multisourcemfg.com. You can also request more information online today or request a quote to get started with us today.

Importance of Food Industry Safety and Sanitation for Meat Packing

As populations soared in large cities, food packing throughout the United States had a grim start. The early factories, slaughter houses, and packing plants had very poor sanitation. Fortunately, the situation in the meatpacking industry is much different today. Factories are held to strict standards and every step of the raising, slaughtering, packing, and distributing of livestock meat adheres to the standards of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and other regulatory organizations. At Forpak, we design and manufacture equipment that helps our customers maintain a streamlined packing system that meets food industry sanitation standards. Forpak equipment offers innovative solutions for multiple downstream production line operations, including stacking, conveying, autotransfers, reject systems, laning, sorting, and more.

Meat Industry

The meat industry in the United States began with fur trader William Pynchon when he started salt packing pork into barrels and shipping them to the West Indies. However, by the early 1800s, cities like Boston and Cincinnati were earning nicknames for the thousands of animals processed in various packing plants. In 1833, Cincinnati alone was processing 85,000 pigs a year, giving credence to its nickname “Porkopolis.”

USDA

In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln established the USDA to oversee the safe processing of meat products. After the turn of the century, when meat packing plants grew much larger thanks to industrial advances, the hygienic side of the industry couldn’t quite keep up. When Upton Sinclair published The Jungle in 1906, which detailed the dirty and brutal world of the meat industry in the United States, conditions would take a turn for the better.

Federal Meat Inspection Act

Over the years, multiple improvements have come to the meat industry thanks to government regulations like the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act, both in 1906; the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921; meat grading laws; the establishment of the FDA in 1931; the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1939; the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act of 1958; and many others.

Food Industry

Sanitation and hygiene in the meat packing and food industry in general helps to prevent the spread of many foodborne illnesses. When it comes to meat products, sanitation and inspections, as well as the proper handling of livestock, prevent widespread illnesses from pathogens including:

Salmonella:

Exposure to Salmonella bacteria causes symptoms such as diarrhea, fever, and stomach cramps. In some cases, infection can result in hospitalization and death.

Listeria:

Infection from Listeria monocytogenes causes diarrhea, fever, fatigue, muscle aches, and even sepsis in the bloodstream and meningitis (brain infection).

Escherichia coli:

coli infections can cause diarrhea, secondary urinary tract infections, respiratory illnesses, pneumonia, and other diseases.

Trichinella:

Most commonly associated with pork, the Trichinella worm is a parasite. Exposure to Trichinella can result in symptoms like nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, fever, fatigue, and stomach pains.

Preventing the spread of these illnesses requires our continued dedication to supporting safety in the food industry. To learn how our equipment can fit into your production line, contact Forpak at (612) 419-1948 or forpaksupport@multisourcemfg.com. You can also request more information online today or request a quote.

Forpak Technical Support and Extra Maintenance Services for Your Food Packaging Equipment

The global food industry has some of the most rigorous safety standards compared to most other types of production. Not only do these standards and regulations apply to the product, equipment, and factory practices, but also to the shipping, storage, distribution, and other business processes. Down to particulars like the shelf life of packaging materials, the food industry imposes requirements and sets standards meant to protect the consumer, the manufacturer, and the planet. While these regulations are strict, they are critical for a reliable, safe, and sustainable industry that can feed the world. A large part of the food industry that can make or break safety standards is the packaging process. Food products are harvested and distributed on a wide-scale global network for today’s cosmopolitan, internationalized consumers. Packing such a range of food items for shipping and storage in all kinds of climates is a challenge that packaging engineers and food processing facilities have met in many ways. With our own engineers and packing experts, Forpak works with facilities in the bakery, pizza, and meat industries to provide innovative solutions to the world’s food packaging equipment obstacles.

Forpak Food Packaging Equipment

Forpak food packaging equipment designs are unique systems for the full factory automation of several conveyor steps, including transfers, stacking, sorting, laning, reject systems, and more. We also work with clients to tailor custom designs that meet their facility needs. All our designs can be integrated seamlessly into existing production lines with limited downtime in customer schedules.

Installation and Maintenance

To make the installation and maintenance process as fast and reliable as possible, Forpak technicians provide complete technical support in addition to our new preventative maintenance benefits program.

Technical Support

Our technical support starts with the installation and start-up of your new equipment. Forpak equipment can be installed in any production line, but with our own technicians in the facilities with exactly the right tools, knowledge, and experience, your equipment can be quickly and perfectly integrated. Our service technicians will perform the installation and new equipment start-up process. We also offer Machine Operator Training for our equipment to any of your staff members.

Warranty

With ongoing technical support, Forpak customers will benefit from a 12-month parts warranty, spare parts packages, and 95% of all parts available for same-day shipping. Our tech staff is available for phone support during all business hours, but we also provide on-site support with certified Forpak technicians. We work with customers to schedule all the necessary upgrades, parts replacement, and preventative maintenance through our brand new support program.

Preventive Maintenance

Our preventative maintenance program is designed to support Forpak customers with comprehensive care. Customers benefit from discounts, personalized maintenance, and optimized scheduling, and they can also expect a significant increase in equipment longevity and a reduction of repair downtime.

To learn more about our preventative maintenance program and technical support for our food packaging equipment, contact Forpak by calling (612) 419-1948 or emailing forpaksupport@multisourcemfg.com. You can also request more information online or request a quote to get started with us today.

Food Packaging Solutions Protect Workers

As computerized systems, software, and hardware technology continue to develop today, most industries have started to integrate more automation into production facilities. Robots and other automated systems are critical parts of even the smallest manufacturing or processing plant. Because of the increased use of automation, the way the human workforce operates has changed over the last ten to twenty years. Production line workers who previously spent their days performing repetitive manual duties can now dedicate their time and skills to higher-level projects. At Forpak, we support this change in the food industry with our innovative food packaging solutions. Our designs provide automated systems for conveyor belt packing lines, including sorting, laning, stacking, transfers, and rejection capabilities. We also provide custom designs engineered for specialized functions and facility spaces when needed.

Food Packaging Solutions

Not only do automated food packaging solutions eliminate the risk of human contamination, improve packing precision, save time, and support sanitation in a food handling facility, they also protect worker safety in a number of ways.

Protecting Workers

Removing workers from roles that can be accomplished faster and more accurately with automated technology protects workers from the following:

Injuries from repetitive motion:

The traditional factory assembly line requires a significant amount of repetitive motion. Workers often develop chronic injuries and conditions from those daily repetitions, such as carpal tunnel, tendonitis, and bursitis. Automated systems can perform those repetitive motions, preventing potential long-term injuries.

Back injuries:

Many factory jobs require workers to lift heavy materials, often over 50 lbs., frequently. While workers might adjust to these conditions and develop more ergonomic ways of moving heavy objects, back injuries are still the most common workplace injury in many industries. Automated systems can reduce or eliminate the need for workers to move heavy materials in a facility.

Injuries from fatigue:

With increased use of automation, workers have significantly fewer physically demanding jobs. The physical demand on workers prior to the integration of automated systems often led to fatigue-related injuries towards the end of a production shift. Automated systems help keep workers more alert and less exhausted throughout the day.

Exposure to hazardous conditions:

There are many kinds of facilities where hazardous or extreme conditions are required for production or are a result of the manufacturing process. In the food industry, workers can often be exposed to freezing temperatures and processing elements such as boiling water. Automated systems ensure less harm and safer workplace settings while maintaining better accuracy.

COVID-19:

Finally, automated systems have proven highly effective in protecting workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thanks to automation, facilities can keep workers at a distance, which prevents the spread of the virus and allows for greater sanitation between shifts.

To learn more about our automated food packaging solutions, contact Forpak at (612) 419-1948 or forpaksupport@multisourcemfg.com. Request more information online or request a quote to get started with us today.

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The Importance of Reject Systems for Food Packaging Equipment Hygiene

Any industry that directly impacts the health and well-being of our global population requires strict regulations, guidelines, and standards for quality, consistency, and trustworthy practices. From the pharmaceutical industry to the food industry, ethical companies involved in the production, packaging, storage, and distribution of goods all strive to maintain reliable operations that protect sanitary, safe consumables. In the food industry, growing trends toward sustainability and reducing waste are intertwining with existing standards for hygiene and food safety. Supporting these trends means making changes in all food production facilities, including harvesting, processing, packing, and shipping. At Forpak, we design innovative solutions for food packaging equipment to meet industry needs for increased sanitation and sustainability. Our equipment provides intelligent systems for automated conveyors, transfers, laners, sorters, stackers, and reject systems. We also provide custom equipment designs and fabrication to meet specialized needs across the food industry.

Food Packaging Equipment

Making smart adjustments in all kinds of food packaging equipment can continually improve the way packing facilities meet sustainability and sanitation standards. In particular, our reject systems can significantly reduce inaccuracies that lead to food waste and improve hygiene on the production line.

Reject Module System

Forpak has designed a unique reject module system that can be quickly and easily installed onto existing belt systems. In fact, the Forpak Reject Module can be installed and removed without taking apart belting, which limits the need for maintenance and cleaning. It’s also a lightweight design and can extend the overall lifetime of sensors and belts with discrepant product removal and product diversion.

Less Food Waste

The automated reject system pinpoints products that don’t fit tight standards, using laser systems to measure dimensions and other discrepancies. With automated, continuous rejection for discrepant products and programmable product diversion on any production line, facilities will see superior sanitation and less food waste.

Sanitation

Our reject system increases sanitation with its full wash-down capabilities, thanks to NEMA 4X watershed control enclosures, stainless steel components, and anti-harborage designs. It also reduces the risk of contamination between products and limits packaging inaccuracies that can cause increased human exposure to food items. An ergonomic design with a flat belt path protects the smooth transition of discrepant goods, preventing broken particles of products from lingering until the next cleaning.

Time Saver

In addition to promoting sanitation, our reject systems save facilities time, energy, and material costs. Rejecting discrepant products or following diversion programs helps eliminate food waste at the consumer level.

To learn more about how our reject systems work and their ability to support industrial hygiene, food safety, and global sustainability in the food industry, contact Forpak at (612) 419-1948 or forpaksupport@multisourcemfg.com. You can also request more information online today or request a quote for our food packaging equipment design services.

Standards Met with Forpak Food Assembly Equipment and What They Mean

As a manufacturer of processing equipment used in the packaging of food products in multiple areas of the food industry, we understand our responsibility to uphold hygiene, sanitation, and quality standards through our designs. Forpak’s innovative solutions for equipment used in the packing of food products in industrial facilities follow strict regulations set by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and many other organizations that set requirements and quality standards for food safety. Our food assembly equipment designs include automated, intelligent systems for stacking, laning, sorting, transfers, conveying, reject systems, and more. We also work with clients in need of custom designs that fit specifications for their particular packaging facilities. Our equipment can be easily integrated into existing production lines and maintained in the long term with the protection and benefits of our preventative maintenance program. For more than 30 years, Forpak has worked to meet advanced demands for automated packing equipment while supporting food industry standards for safety and quality.

Food Assembly Equipment

We build our food assembly equipment to accommodate the main industries of meat and poultry, baked goods, and pizza packaging. Our equipment is currently operating on a global scale in many production facilities around the world. Because of our international customer base, we continue to meet specialized industrial standards for the meat and bakery industries.

Federal and International Standards

In addition to federal and industry-specific food safety and environmental standards, we also meet strict specifications for the NSF International and American Institute of Baking (AIB) International organizations.

NSF 3A for Meat and Poultry

NSF International was founded in 1944, originally as the National Sanitation Foundation. The organization grew to cover sanitation in global markets and solidified into today’s certification and standardization system that we know as NSF International, accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Our commitment to meeting NSF 3A Standards for meat and poultry packaging equipment means we create equipment with materials, surface treatments, coatings, sealants, and controls that are durable and washable. Our equipment can be sanitized without risking damage to machine integrity or other detriment, and our designs can be subject to high pressure and humid environments for extended operations without compromise.

BISSC for Baking

The Baking Industry Sanitation Standards Committee (BISSC) is a subsidiary of AIB International and works as an office of certification for fabricators and designers of bakery equipment. The first form of the BISSC was founded in 1949. Today, the BISSC works with ANSI standards for manufacturing equipment for baked goods covering sanitation and food safety. This standard outlines similar requirements for design, materials, and surface treatment of the NSF 3A and other food industry standards, but also establishes strict limitations for corrosion resistance, absorbency, toxic construction materials, protective coatings, and cleaning methodologies.

Both NSF International and the BISSC standards guide our design and manufacturing processes. Our goal as a fabricator of food assembly equipment is to continue to uphold global food safety to the best of our abilities. Contact Forpak at (612) 419-1948 or forpaksupport@multisourcemfg.com; you can also request more information or a quote to get started with us today.