Temperature monitoring of building automation system by temperature Recorder UX100-014

Alison Williams, Head of Quality Assurance, Ready Foods, Inc. Feedback on temperature monitoring information from Onset temperature loggers for building automation systems.

The following is Williams talking to Alison, Quality Assurance Director at Ready Foods, Inc, out of Denver, Colorado. Alison is directly responsible for the company's written quality prerequisite programs and policies, development and maintenance of HACCP regulations, regulatory standards and enforcement, and third party audits UX100-014M.

Ready Foods, Inc, was founded in 1972 by the Abarcar family. Their goal is to produce a complete food line for the Mexican food service and retail industries. In time, the company used its food processing knowledge to expand into soups, making sauces, and deli items. Ready Foods, Inc, has grown into a full service custom food processor. Customer satisfaction is an important aspect of our business. We have always been committed to providing our customers with a legally compliant, timely product quality product and we have always been successful. Food safety is our number one priority, and we take it very seriously, which is why we have dedicated expertise, as well as reliable resources.

What kind of role does the UX100-014M play in your operation's temperature monitoring?

All of our products require strict temperature monitoring. This includes raw materials, such as fresh produce and dairy products, as well as our finished products such as soups, sauces, gravies, and dressings. We started using the HOBO® UX100 Thermocouple Record UX100-014M in the refrigerated area of ​​our facility. They provide an excellent high-resolution screen, accurate real-time temperature, and act as a backup system to our building automation system, which provides continuous monitoring throughout the facility.

What monitoring method is implemented before the data logger is used?

Previously, we had been using disposable data loggers, utilizing carbon graph ribbons, as a backup to our building automation system. We found these to be very inefficient and inaccurate as a reliable backup to our cold storage control scheme.

Tell us how to collect and view temperature data?

The data logger measures and records the temperature every five minutes on the clock. We want to make sure the temperature stays between 32° and 41°F. To view and analyze the data, we can utilize Hoboware® Pro software, which we are currently using for ONSET records. Our data is analyzed on an as-needed basis and verified at least once a month. It gives us a secondary assurance that proper temperatures are being maintained, and it also allows our building automation system to alarm with time-correlated stamped readings from the loggers.

What are the main advantages of the technology?

Ready Foods, Inc To us, data loggers are verification units that provide real-time temperature data on an easy-to-read display. We like the fact that the UX100-014M are portable and can be moved around. The fact that their UX100-014M is battery powered is also an advantage. For example, if our building automation system is struck by lightning, we know our backup system will be accurate and reliable.