Safety Products Global Introduces FoodProtect Series

IRVINE, Calif. — Safety Products Global (SPG) announced the launch of the FoodProtect Series, a controlled cutting system designed for food processing and manufacturing facilities. The FoodProtect Series combines safety cutters and accessories from Klever, PHC and Slice to provide food safety, quality assurance and operations teams with a single, standardized way to manage the cutting tools used on the line every day, SPG said. 

"Your HACCP plan identifies hazards. Your cutting tools should too," said Jarrod Streng, president and CEO, SPG. "Cutting happens everywhere, and the risk it carries to product integrity and to the people doing the work, has gone largely unmanaged. FoodProtect gives manufacturers a way to manage that risk in their food safety plan and control the controllable."

The combined portfolio is designed to address all three hazard categories defined under HACCP — biological, chemical and physical — within one standardized system:

• Food Hazard Prevention: Metal-detectable blades and handles, NSF-certified designs for Food Zone and Non-Food Zone use and KLEEN antimicrobial protection (ISO 22196 certified) give manufacturers tools that can be documented as preventative controls in a written food safety plan, SPG said. 
• Worker Protection: Concealed-blade designs limit exposure at the point of highest laceration risk, according to the company. SPG also said Klever cutters are Made in USA, helping reduce supply chain risk alongside injury risk.
• Enterprise Consolidation: FoodProtect is designed to let facilities replace dozens of unsafe, inconsistent utility knives with a standardized set of safety cutters, according to SPG. 

The launch is anchored by two products:

1. The Klever ExcelXD MD, a metal-detectable concealed safety cutter with Smooth-Kut technology, rated to cut double-wall corrugate. The proprietary Smooth-Kut technology helps prevent corrugate from clogging the blade for a faster, more ergonomic cut, SPG said. 
2. The PHC Metal Detectable Coil Lanyard, which gives workers up to four feet of flexibility and reach while reducing the risk of dropped or misplaced tools on the line, according to the company. Both are available now.

The FoodProtect Series is available now globally through SPG's distribution network, including most major distributors. More information is available at https://foodprotect.safetyproducts.global/.