Yorkshire's Real Puddings

The Real Yorkshire Pudding Company improves HACCP Compliance with
Lock’s Inspection Systems

Doncaster-based Yorkshire pudding manufacturer “The Real Yorkshire Pudding Company” installed inspection equipment from Lock Inspection Systems Ltd to improve their HACCP programme. The two combination systems (metal detector and checkweighers) plus a single metal detector on conveyor each incorporate Lock’s DataChek management software. Datachek assists compliance with HACCP principles by keeping a central record of inspection data that can be accessed, downloaded and analysed remotely.

With over twelve years of manufacturing experience, The Real Yorkshire Pudding Company produces a wide range of high quality chilled and frozen pre-baked Yorkshire puddings to the retailers, foodservice industry and ready meal manufacturers throughout the UK, Europe and Canada. Using highly flexible manufacturing practices, TRYPC pride themselves on being able to meet customers’ needs by making high quality bespoke products without sacrificing efficiency.

The Lock WeighChek checkweigher and MET 30+ Universal 3f metal detector are operated independently. The MET 30+ Universal 3f has been chosen to allow a wide range of products (including frozen and chilled) to be inspected on a single production line. As all the systems are networked together with Lock’s management information system, the metal detector and checkweigher data can be accessed either from a remote PC or laptop. The real-time status of the machines and products are monitored, enabling validation and performance reports to be produced and any problems identified instantly.

With such a diverse product portfolio, The Real Yorkshire Pudding Company needed to be able to change checkweigher and metal detector parameters on a regular basis to achieve optimum performance. By incorporating DataChek on all machines, production crews are now able to manage these changes from a remote location for ultimate flexibility.Installed at the end of the packing line, the systems provide the final check before goods are delivered to customers. The pusher reject devices transfer contaminated, underweight or overweight packets from the line into a reject bin for manual checking. MET 30+ Universal 3f metal detectors will automatically select one of 3 crystal frequencies according to whether the product being inspected is at ambient, chilled or frozen temperatures, or whether it is packed in polypropylene or metallised film. By selecting the MET 30+ Universal 3fThe Real Yorkshire Pudding Company invested in a complete solution whereby it can run its complete range of products on each packing line for maximum productivity.

For The Real Yorkshire Pudding Company, Lock provided the best solution to address their need to comply with HACCP principles by offering a package tailored to their unique manufacturing requirements. “As an expanding business it is vital for us to install the most up-to-date equipment, capable of performing to the highest standards. The MET 30+ Universal 3f and CK checkweigher are ideal for us, as the detector automatically switches frequency when a different product is introduced;” comments Paul Holmes, Managing Director. “The two way communication system on the data management feature also provides useful feedback information on the metal detector and checkweigher performance. We can adjust the settings from the office as well as from the production line, which we have found to improve flexibility in addition to being convenient and labour-saving. We can now demonstrate clearly that we are compliant with HACCP principles, and this will open up significant new growth opportunities for TRYPC”.