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Why Choose our Metal Detectable Cable Ties / Zip Ties?
Glad you asked! The short answer is safety, quality and performance.
Safety
Designed for the food & beverage processing and
pharmaceutical industries, our metal detectable cable ties/zip ties meet quality
assurance and safety standards set by HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical
Control Point) guidelines. They are also manufactured in facilities certified
to ISO/TS, IATF 16949, ISO 9001 and AS9100 standards. These ties are magnetic
and x-ray detectible (detection level depending on sp
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Dec 04, 2020
Want to Brew Clean Beer? Our Brew Kits help make your job easier.
We know that brewing is a labor of love… and that 90% of your work
is cleaning. We’ve developed four Brew Kits, exclusive to Union Jack, just for you!
Based on core products used by brewers for cleaning and material handling needs,
our kits help make your job easier and keep your brewhouse and beer clean. Union
Jack chooses our food safe products based on quality, performance and customer recommendations.
And, we bundle them based on best use to make shopping easier and faster for
our cust
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Oct 08, 2020
Choosing the Best Food-Grade Shovel For Your Food & Beverage Facility
When it comes to material handling in any food and beverage facility, choose a shovel that is food contact approved, lightweight, color-coded, and durable. Next up in Union Jack’s Product Battle Series is the “Shovel Battle” ... how will yours stack up?
Increase your Shovel IQ
When it comes to material handling in your food & beverage facility, you need to consider a number of factors in the tools/utensils you use to ensure you are FSMA and HACCP compliant. Otherwise, you could be
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Oct 14, 2019
3 New Color-Coding Options to Enhance Your GMPs/HACCP Plan
Union Jack now offers our most popular cleaning and food processing tools
in three new colors. Our FDA-compliant and hygienically designed
shovels, scoops, brushes, silicon bands, buckets /lids,scrapers and wall brackets are
now available in Brown, Lime and Gray. These 22 products are currently available
in the following 12 colors: Pink, Green, Blue, Red, White, Yellow, Orange, Purple,
Black, Brown, Lime and Gray.
There are currently no regulations requiring particular
color cho
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May 14, 2019
Do Your Metal Detectable Products Measure Up?
Union Jack understands the importance of contaminant
detection in the food/beverage processing and pharmaceutical industries. A
single recall due to foreign object contamination can cost millions of dollars,
result in bad press, affect contracts with large retail operators and invite
lawsuits against both the processor and the retail entity selling the product. For
companies using metal detection as part of FDA-mandated HACCP (Hazard Analysis
and Critical Control Point) /GMP’s (Good Man
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Jan 15, 2019