For HACCP compliance in food production processes & quick-serve restaurants temperature must be continuously monitored & documented. Wireless temperature monitoring can help optimizing operational procedure.
In the food industry high quality products are a crucial factor. Regulations like HACCP, FDA or ISO define temperature controlling requirements for all steps of handling and processing of sensitive food. Temperature monitoring is one of the most important factors in order to achieve effective traceability and quality assurance of environmentally sensitive foods. From a purely economic point of view the return on investment depends mainly on the reduction of food waste.
Wireless sensor networks offer a fully automated, 24 hours temperature & food safety monitoring solution reducing manual efforts and human errors. The license free 2.4 GHz technology allows deploying the solution across the world without further certification requirements on the existing equipment.
This kind of temperature tracking system fits the needs of temperature monitoring in food processes as well as monitoring of supermarket freezers and cold rooms in quick-serve restaurants without structural modifications.
Wireless sensors or adapter are easy-to-deploy networking devices that include pre-configured sensors like wireless temperature sensors or sensor interfaces. In principle nearly every existing sensor can be integrated to this kind of adapter via standard analog and digital input channels. This enables also the remote monitoring of the status of cold room doors for open or closed conditions.
Easy to configure alerts and alarms allow instantaneous communication of out of range conditions via email or SMS messaging. Based on individual user settings data can be collected, post-processed, archived, exported or transferred to higher-level systems. Visibility can dramatically be improved in terms of rapidness, accuracy and comprehensiveness. The gathered data can be accessed anytime from anywhere using an internet enabled pc. Whether there is just one small cold room or freezer or many large canteen kitchens, the wireless system is designed to give an instant access to all data.
Wireless temperature monitoring solution includes:
· Easy-to-deploy wireless sensors collecting data automatically in pre-set intervals.
· Simple integration via the gateway and monitoring software to higher-end software systems.
· Time-stamping at source to enable thorough analysis of temperature profiles and their correlation to external events also in case of delayed transmission.
· Store and forward messaging system to prevent data loss.
· Multiple gateway connectivity options including inexpensive GSM/GPRS.
· Support for sensor, alarm and data management as well as interfacing to existing systems and applications in one comprehensive solution.
With the wireless temperature monitoring system of E-Senza, product quality can now be monitored more accurately with ensured compliance with HACCP standards and at reduced labor costs.
