The most typical issues that food manufacturers deal with in the packaging of their food products are: overfilled or underfilled packages, packages that are missing components (such as leaflets), damaged or compromised seals, and labels with missing, incomplete, incorrect information.To remedy these issues,
automated inspection devices are used in the production process to assist with several of these production challenges.
Food checkweighers and
x-ray inspection systems for food help to monitor for correct filling and missing components, while x-ray and
machine vision inspection can be used to inspect package seals.
Vision inspection can also be used to check that labels are present, correct, contain all the required information, and are not damaged.