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The pen is famously mightier than the sword! Well, we can’t think of many reasons you might need a sword in your food production facility, but there's a thousand and one mighty good reasons to have a reliable pen.

Our best-selling Metal Detectable & X-Ray Visible Elephant Pens are particularly suitable, because they're manufactured with our unique food-safe detectable polymer.

With their innovative design and robust performance, these pens have been specifically designed to help reduce your risk of foreign matter contamination.

Why Choose Metal Detectable Elephant Pens?

These pens have been designed and fabricated to be perfect for environments where safety is paramount.

Shatterproof Design: The robust construction ensures durability and reliability even in demanding settings.

Customisation: We offer a range of colour options to support

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is a critical component in ensuring the safety of both your workers and your consumers, as well as for maintaining the integrity of your products. However, misuse and misunderstanding of PPE can lead to contamination, injury and regulatory non-compliance.

So, let’s look at some of the more common PPE mistakes in food processing and provide practical tips on how to avoid them.

Basic principles of PPE in food processing

Let’s start with the essentials for effective PPE management in food manufacturing settings:

1. Adequate training

Mistake: Workers may not fully understand why PPE is important or how to use it correctly.

Solution: Implement comprehensive training programmes that cover the importance of PPE, how to wear it correctly and when to replace it. Regular refresher courses can help reinforce these concepts.