Line clearance - Line clearance checks before the next run

In a pilot, ConductVision can be set up to flag labels or product left on the line before the next run and to read the label loaded for it, for your packaging and quality leads to check.

A bottling line with green bottles on conveyors, stainless steel piping and control cabinets

What a pilot can flag

Label mix-ups can start when the last batch's labels or product stay on the line. A person on your team still signs off the clearance.

Leftover labels

Labels or label rolls from the last run still on the line, where the camera can see them.

Leftover product

Product or packaging from the last run still on the line, where the camera can see it.

Reading the label

The text on the label loaded for the next run, where the camera is close enough to read it, for your team to compare with the work order.

Allergen changeovers

Leftover labels or product, and the label text, when a line changes over from a product with an allergen to one without it.

What the rules say about clearing the line

21 CFR 211.130 covers drug packaging and 21 CFR 117.135 covers food allergen controls.

21 CFR 211.130(e)

Inspection of the packaging and labeling facilities immediately before use to assure that all drug products have been removed from previous operations. Inspection shall also be made to assure that packaging and labeling materials not suitable for subsequent operations have been removed.

21 CFR 117.135(c)(2)

Food allergen controls must include those procedures, practices, and processes employed for: (i) Ensuring protection of food from allergen cross-contact, including during storage, handling, and use; and (ii) Labeling the finished food, including ensuring that the finished food is not misbranded under section 403(w) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

Pilot - How a pilot starts

A pilot is one area of one plant. We look at footage you choose to share with us and agree with your team on what to watch for. A first look at your footage shows whether the camera views will work. Your team sets the criteria before any results come in. You decide whether to roll out, change the scope or stop.

You bring: Video from the cameras that already see the packaging line at changeover
We set up: One packaging line and the clearance steps in your procedure
You get: Flagged clips for your packaging and quality leads to review, and a report of the results checked against the criteria your team set

ConductVision works with the camera system you already run. We do not install cameras. ConductVision runs on a computer at your site. Full recordings never leave your network, and short clips leave it only as your statement of work sets out. Faces can be blurred, or people shown as simple figures, when your policy calls for it.

Plan a pilot

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