How do Vision Sensors Help the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Improve Food Safety ?

1. How do Vision Sensors Help the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Improve Food Safety? By: Nicole Rabishaw

2. What is the Canadian Food Inspection Agency?

3. It is a government agency that is dedicated to protecting Canadians from food safety hazards and manages food safety emergencies.

4. What is the Vision of the CFIA? “To excel as a science based regulator, trusted and respected by Canadians and the international community.”

5. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency: • “Protects Canadians from preventable health risks.” • “Protects consumers through a fair and effective food, animal and plant regulatory regime that supports competitive domestic and international markets.”

6. “Sustains the plant and animal resource base.” • “Contributes to the security of Canada’s food supply and agricultural resource base and provides sound agency management.” • Sets, maintains and assesses quality controls.

7. Roles in Food Safety Food safety responsibilities are shared by every level of government, industry and consumers.

8. Roles in Food Safety Government: The CFIA helps keep our food safe with the help of many organizations from different levels of government (municipal, provincial, territorial and federal).

9. Industry: There are very strict rules that Industries must follow when it comes to handling, manufacturing and processing food. If a problem occurs they work with the CFIA to fix the problem and remove any unsafe foods.

10. Consumers: Consumers depend on the CFIA to ensure that the food they purchase is safe to eat. Consumers also have a role in making sure they keep their food safe as they prepare it at home.

11. How Does the CFIA Help Ensure Food Safety?

12. Enforces Canada’s packaging and labelling laws • Checks labels for accuracy • Confirms that any information that is given to consumers is honest in regards to: the identity of the product, the contents, weight, nutritional labels and health claims • Ensures that food is safe for consumption and • bacteria free • This leads us to…

13. What is a Vision Sensor?

14. A vision sensor is a type of system used in manufacturing to inspect products for quality control.

15. What does a Vision Sensor consist of? A vision sensor system consists of a digital camera (or cameras), direct lighting, computer software, touch screen display (user interface), and a computer processor

16. What does a Vision Sensor Consist of? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8UpgCYeMiU

17. How does a Vision Sensorwork? A vision sensor captures data by the use of a digital camera. When the images are processed, they are then analyzed and compared to specific criteria, which has been created in the software package. This criteria has to meet CFIA standards.

18. Criteria • Criteria can specify many details for inspection, such as: • Barcodes Blot or stain detection • Bacteria Colours Expiration dates Labels MeasurementsObject alignment Shapes Size Quantities Weight

19. Vision Sensors can inspect and identify these defects with increased accuracy, higher productivity and cost savings. They surpass human efficiency, for example some sensors can inspect 1,000pieces per minute.

20. How do Vision Sensors Help the Canadian Food InspectionAgency Improve Food Safety?

21. Vision sensors • can help identify any contaminants so that product can be disposed of before getting to the consumer.

22. Vision sensors can check • that expiration dates are properly labeled and • easy to read.

23. Vision sensors can help verify that the label is placed correctly on a product. In some cases this can • help make sure people don’t accidentally eat something they have an allergy to.

24. Vision sensors can ensure • that foods have the correct colour, size, shape • and quantity.

25. Quote “The CFIA works from the farm gate to the consumer’s plate to protect public health.” They “safeguard not just the food supply, but also the plants and animals upon which safe and high quality food depends.”

26. Thank you By: Nicole Rabishaw