Microwave detection of foreign objects inside bread loaves
Microwave detection of foreign objects inside bread loaves
Irie, Kenji ; Woodhead, Ian ; Tan, Adrian ; Hsiao, Jeffrey ; Zhang, A
Irie, Kenji
Woodhead, Ian
Tan, Adrian
Hsiao, Jeffrey
Zhang, A
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Food safety is a critical component of modern day food production. For baked products such as bread, existing methods for detection of foreign objects are typically limited to x-ray and magnetic (metal detection) technologies. We have developed a new method for detection of foreign objects based on near-field microwave scattering that, unlike existing commercial microwave methods which are limited to bulk flow of material in a pipe, is applicable to finished bread products.