Winland Electronics Inc. has introduced the EnviroAlert EA800 wireless environmental monitoring and data logging system. This product will help food shops throughout the EU meet Regulation 852/2004 of the European Parliament and the Council on Hygiene of Foodstuffs.
This regulation requires all food business operators shall put in place, implement and maintain a permanent procedure or procedures based on the HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) principles. There are 7 principles that are used to identify potential hazards and steps to eliminate or reduce these hazards by establishing limits, corrective actions and recording of critical information.
A potential hazard that is in every food shop is unsafe temperatures of storage coolers and freezers. This can result in costly losses of perishable food products or legal repercussions from customers consuming unsafe food.
The EA800 will provide peace of mind for food shop owners by providing an automated means of monitoring the temperatures of their coolers and freezers as well as providing an automated log of the temperatures that is required by inspectors. There are many types of shops that could use the EA800; bakeries, butcher shops, restaurants, convenience stores, grocery stores, schools, hospitals, food processing facilities, etc.
The EA800 provides the flexibility to simultaneously monitor up to eight zones for temperature, humidity, water leakage, and electrical contact using up to four wired and four wireless sensors. Each sensor zone has a designated output relay that can be connected to any security panel, dialler or transmitter to activate an alarm when programmed limits have been exceeded.
The data log feature will date and time stamp sensor data, event and alarm history. The sensor data can be programmed to log from every 30 seconds to once an hour. This data is stored in the EA800 and can be transferred to a USB memory stick and then transferred to a PC. A data template included on a CD, which comes with the EA800, is simply downloaded to a PC allowing the data to easily be viewed.
The EA800 can be installed quickly using the wireless sensors eliminating the need to run sensor wires back to the base unit.
To find out more about the EnviroAlert EA800 visit www.winland.com.
