JP2001256292A - Food processing history managing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a food processing history managing system capable of easily tracing a processing history in a food factory. SOLUTION: The food processing history managing system for managing the processing history of food in the food factory for food 2 to be processed by a food processing device 3 and delivering this processed food 2a to the destination of delivery after adding appreciation validity 11 determined on the basis of the data and time of delivery and departure, has a means 6 for measuring a physical quantity showing the processing history of foods in the food processing device 3 and operationally designating delivery information specifying the delivery means to the delivery destination, measuring instruments 4 and 5 for adding the operationally designated delivery information to measured value and outputting it and data file 21 for time sequentially accumulating and storing the measured value outputted from this measuring instrument and added with the delivery information while adding the attribute information and processing data/time information of the relevant food.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a food processing history management system for managing the processing history of food in a food factory.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a food factory that manufactures food such as lunch boxes and prepared dishes, processing from cutting of food ingredients to processing, heating, stuffing, wrapping, labeling, packing, and arranging delivery to a delivery destination are performed along a production line. Running in order. In foods produced using such a production line,
It is necessary not only to implement strict hygiene controls on the final prepared food, but also to strictly control the hygiene controls in each step of the production line to prevent food poisoning from occurring later. is there.

[0003] Specifically, for example, in the case of cooked foods such as croquettes and tempura, the foods are cooked by a fryer arranged in a production line. There are concerns that arise. Therefore,
The heating temperature and the heating time in the case of the heating processing by the flyer are recorded and stored for a certain period. In this case, the measured heating temperature and heating time are stored and stored together with the measured date and time.

[0004] Even if the food is heat-processed as specified, the quality of the food deteriorates over a long period of time after production, and eating the food with the deteriorated quality may cause food poisoning. There are concerns. Therefore, the expiration date is set for foods that are easily degraded, and the food is stipulated to be eaten within the expiration date.

[0005] The expiration date greatly varies depending on the food material of the target food and the processing and cooking method, and further differs depending on the season. In the above-mentioned bento and prepared dishes, the expiration date is as short as about one day. Therefore, since it cannot be placed in the sales floor for a long period of time, a delivery car that regularly patrols each store from a food factory at a fixed time, about three times a day in the morning, noon, and evening, Each food product manufactured at that time is mounted on each delivery vehicle and delivered to each dealer.

Here, the expiration date of each food will be described. The start time of the expiration date is the time at which the food was manufactured. However, for example, in a lunch box, a plurality of cooked items such as a staple food and a side dish are packed in the lunch box, and all the cooked items are not cooked (manufactured) at the same time. Therefore, the time when each cooked product is packed in a container, wrapped and made into a lunch box is defined as the production date and time of the food.

[0007] The food produced and labeled with the expiration date is immediately put on a delivery vehicle and delivered to each dealer. As described above, since the departure time of each flight of the delivery vehicle is fixed, conversely, the production time of each food is adjusted to be in time for this time. Therefore, the start date and time of the expiration date of each food item delivered to each store on the same flight are all the same, and are the factory departure date and time of the corresponding flight.

Incidentally, when a plurality of cooked items are packed like a lunch box, the expiration date of the cooked item having the earliest (shortest) shelf life is taken as the expiration date of the whole lunch box.

[0009]

Strictly speaking, however, the production time of each food is not the departure time of the flight, but is before the departure time and at a different time. Since the difference between the actual production time and the departure time of the flight is slight, and the expiration date is set with a sufficient margin, there is no problem in actual operation.

[0010] However, if a person who has eaten the food sold at the store has any physical abnormality, it is checked whether the physical abnormality is caused by the food or not. It is necessary to determine the cause.
As a method of investigating this cause, the manufacturing date and time of the relevant food was estimated from the expiration date written on the label of the relevant food, and the heating temperature and heating time at the relevant manufacturing date and time recorded were searched. It is verified whether the heating temperature and the heating time are normal.

However, as described above, the production date and time estimated from the expiration date is the departure date and time of the flight equipped with the food. Therefore, even if the stored heating temperature and heating time are searched using the manufacturing date and time estimated from the expiration date, it is guaranteed that the heating temperature and heating time are the heating temperature and heating time of the food in question. There is no.

Further, when the food is composed of a plurality of cooked items such as a lunch box, each cooked item is manufactured on a different production line at a different timing, and is later assembled into one container to form a lunch box. . And, in the case of cooked foods that can be stored, they are manufactured together a long time ago and stored until packed in a lunch box. For such foods,
It does not make any sense to estimate the date and time of manufacture of each prepared food item from the expiration date attached to the label.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and when food to be processed is processed by a food processing apparatus in a food factory, stool information is added to a measured value of a physical quantity indicating a processing history. By retaining the memory, it is possible to efficiently search for the processing history of the processed food from the expiration date attached to the shipped food, and to investigate the cause when an abnormality occurs in the shipped food. An object of the present invention is to provide a food processing history management system that can be implemented efficiently.

[0014]

According to the present invention, a processed food to be sequentially carried in is processed by a food processing apparatus, and the processed food is attached to a delivery destination with a best-before date determined by a delivery departure date and time. The present invention is applied to a food processing history management system that manages the processing history of food in a food factory to be delivered.

In order to solve the above problems, the food processing history management system of the present invention measures a physical quantity indicating a processing history of each food in the food processing apparatus and specifies a flight to be delivered to a delivery destination. A measuring instrument having means for specifying the operation of the stool information and outputting the measured value with the stool information specified by the operation, and a measurement value with the stool information output from the measuring instrument, And a data file that accumulates and stores in chronological order with attribute information and processing date and time information.

In the food processing history management system configured as described above, a measuring instrument for measuring a physical quantity indicating a processing history of each food in the food processing apparatus is operated and designated with flight information for specifying a flight to be delivered to a destination. A switch such as a changeover switch is added.

In general, a worker working in a food factory knows which flight the processed food to be processed by the food processing apparatus is delivered. Therefore, when the worker sets the stool information on the measuring device and measures, the measured value is written in the data file with the stool information and the attribute information of the corresponding food attached. Therefore, if any abnormality occurs in the delivered food at a later date, the processing history of the lot or batch containing the food can be grasped by looking at the stored contents of the data file.

Further, another invention is directed to the food processing history management system of the invention described above, and further, in response to a search request specifying food attribute information and a shelf life, a delivery departure date and time determined by the shelf life is set. Search means for determining flight information determined by the delivery departure date and time, and searching for a measured value in a data file using the flight information and the input attribute information, and a search for outputting the measured value searched by the search means A result output means is added.

In the food processing history management system configured as described above, if any abnormality occurs in the delivered food, the expiration date and attribute information attached to the food are operated and input as search keywords. Processing histories such as measured values of lots and batches containing the corresponding food are automatically retrieved from the data file and output.

According to still another invention, the food processing apparatus in the food processing history management system of each of the above-mentioned inventions comprises a fryer for heating and processing the processed food, and the measuring device measures the oil temperature of the edible oil stored in the fryer. It consists of an oil thermometer that measures and outputs the measured oil temperature with stool information specified for operation.

[0021]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a layout diagram of a food factory to which a food processing history management system according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. In this food factory, three production lines 1a, 1b, 1c are laid. For the sake of simplicity, it is assumed that the production lines 1a, 1b, 1c have the same configuration.

Each production line 1a, 1
b, processed foods 2 such as croquettes carried into 1c
Is carried into a flyer 3 as a food processing device. In the fryer 3, the processed food 2 which is sequentially carried in is conveyed from the inlet to the outlet in the oil tank by a metal conveyor accommodated in the oil tank. Then, in the process of being transported by the metal conveyor, the processed food 2 is heated and processed by the edible oil stored in the oil tank to become the food 2a. Therefore, the heating temperature and the heating time for the processed food 2 are controlled to optimal values by the oil temperature of the edible oil and the transport speed of the metal conveyor.

The oil temperature of the edible oil is constantly measured by an oil temperature meter 4. Further, the transport speed of the metal conveyor is constantly measured by the speedometer 5. The oil temperature gauge 4 and the speedometer 5 include:
Food 2a produced on this production line 1a, 1b, 1c
Switch 6 for operating and inputting the flight information for specifying the flight of the delivery vehicle 14 that delivers the delivery to each of the dealers that are the delivery destinations. More specifically, the delivery vehicle 14 has
Since the food factory departs three times at a predetermined time, such as evening, the operator operates the changeover switch 6 to set [1] in the morning with one flight, two lunches, and three evenings. ,
Specify [2] and [3]. Oil temperature gauge 4 and speedometer 5
The measured oil temperature and transport speed are attached to the flight information (flight NO) of [1], [2], and [3] designated by the changeover switch 6 and sent to the data processing device 7 composed of a computer. It should be noted that the flight numbers of [1], [2], and [3] are set once by the operator using the changeover switch 6, and are not changed unless the operator again performs the changeover operation with the changeover switch 6.
Maintain O.

The food 2a heated and processed by the fryer 3 is
In the next wrapping M / C 8, a plurality of pieces are packed in the container 9 and wrapped with, for example, polyethylene. The wrapped food 2a is labeled 1 by the next labeling machine 10.
1 is pasted. As shown in FIG. 4, on the label 11, a food name 11a such as "croquette", a price 11b, a production date and time 11c, a shelf life 11d, a flight number, and a product code 11 represented by a bar code are printed. I have.

The food 2a to which the label 11 has been affixed by the label affixing machine 10 is packed in a case (box) 13 by the next packing machine 12 for each delivery destination. The case 13 containing the food 2a is loaded on the delivery vehicle 14 of the designated flight. When the departure time of the flight designated for itself is reached in the morning, afternoon, and evening, the delivery vehicle 14 departs from the food factory and travels to each designated store.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the data processing device 7 composed of an information processing device such as a computer. In the data processing device 7, an operation unit 15 such as a keyboard for inputting various commands and various data by an operator (operator), for example, a display unit 16 for displaying search results, a printer 17 for printing and outputting search results, Each production line 1
[1], [2],
[3] An input circuit 18 to which the oil temperature and the transport speed to which the flight information is added are input, and an output for sending each data to be printed on the label 11 to each label sticking machine 19 of each production line 1a, 1b, 1c. Circuit 19, clock circuit 20 for measuring the current date and time
Is incorporated.

Further, in the data processing device 7, a data file 21, an attribute information memory 22 for temporarily storing attribute information of the food 2a specified by the operation unit 15, and respective data to be printed on the label 11 are temporarily stored. A label print buffer 23 and a search condition buffer 24 for temporarily storing search conditions specified by the operation unit 15 are provided.

A plurality of data areas 21a are formed in the data file 21, as shown in FIG.
In each data area 21a, the lot No. and the item No. of the food 2a (food to be processed 2) being heated and processed by the flyer 3 at the time when the oil temperature or the transport speed is measured by each oil thermometer 4 or each speedometer 5 are stored. , Line number, date and time (processing date and time), flight number, measurement item, and measurement value are written.

The lot number indicates a unit such as 200 to 500 pieces, and the item number is a number (NO) assigned to a food group classified under specific conditions. In this food factory, each processed food 2 is sequentially carried into each of the production lines 1a, 1b, and 1c in a unit of 20 to 30 batches. The flight number is the flight information of [1], [2], and [3] described above. The measurement item is a measurement item of “oil temperature” or “transport speed”. The measured values are the actually measured oil temperature (° C.) and speed (m / sec). Among these, the lot number and the item number are the attribute information of the measurement target.

Further, the data processing unit 7 has a data writing unit 2 formed on an application program.
5. A print data transmission unit 26, a search unit 27, and a search result editing unit 28 are provided.

FIG. 5 shows a search menu 29 displayed on the display unit 16 when searching for each measurement value stored in the data file 21. In this search menu 29, the operator inputs a line number, an item number, a flight number,
Search items such as a measurement item, a lot number, a start time, and an end time can be designated. One or more search items can be arbitrarily selected and designated.

In the food factory shown in FIG. 1 in which such a food processing history management system is adopted, the worker processes the processed food 2 in batches of 20 to 30 pieces on each production line 1.
a, 1b, and 1c. Prior to the start of carry-in, attribute information including the lot number and item number of the corresponding batch is input through the operation unit 15. Further, the operator sets the flight number with the changeover switches 6 of the oil temperature gauge 4 and the speedometer 5 of the flyer 3.

The data processing device 7 having such a configuration performs the processing of collecting the processing history and the processing of searching the processing history according to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, as described above, when an operator inputs attribute information including a lot number and an item number from the operation unit 15 (S1), the input attribute information is written into the attribute information memory 22 (S1). S2). Then, when a specified time T, such as one minute, elapses (S3), each oil temperature gauge of each flyer 3 of each production line 1a, 1b, 1c input to the input circuit 18 4. Each oil temperature, each transport speed, and each flight number are read from each speedometer 5 (S4). At the same time, the input circuit 18
The line number specified by the terminal number is also read. Next, the current date and time are read from the clock circuit 20 (S5). further,
The attribute information of the corresponding food 2 stored in the attribute information memory is read (S6).

Then, the data writing section 23 is activated, and the attribute information including the lot number and the item number read this time, the line number, the date and time, the flight number, the measurement item, and the measurement value are stored in a new data area of the data file 21. Write to 21a (S7). In this case, for each oil temperature measured by each oil thermometer 4,
Each data described above is written in a different data area 21a for each transport speed measured by each speedometer 5. Therefore, in the case of the food factory shown in FIG. 1, individual attribute information, line No., date and time, flight No., and measurement item are added to three measurement values for three production lines, and each data area 21a is assigned to each measurement area. Since the data is written, each data is written to the six data areas 21a every time the specified time T such as one minute elapses.

As described above, since the process of accumulating the measured value in the data file 21 for one measurement value is completed, if the operator does not perform the end operation (S8), the process returns to S3 and the next specified time T elapses. Wait to do.

When the operator performs an end operation (S8), it is determined that the processing of one batch of processed food 2 has been completed, and the process returns to S1 to wait for input of attribute information for the next batch. .

In addition, the operator can set, for example, the shipped food 2a.
The operation unit 15
When a search request is input from, the search menu 29 shown in FIG. Operator has problem food 2
Product name 11a and expiration date 1 which are part of the attribute information of a
If 1d is specified as a search item (search condition) (S
9) The search condition including the product name 11a and the expiration date is once written in the search condition buffer 24 (S10). Next, the search unit 27 is activated, and searches the data file 21 with the search conditions (S11).

Next, a specific search technique will be described. First,
The date and time of manufacture of the food 2a and the flight number are read on the label 11 attached to the food 2a. And this flight N
Each data area 21a in the data file 21 is searched using O, the departure date at the departure date and the food name.

When each data area 21a of the flight number that matches the search condition is searched, each measurement date and time and each measurement value included in each searched data area 21a are edited in a list form ( S12), and outputs the edited result on the display unit 16 (S13). Further, the editing result is printed out by the printer 17 (S14).

In the description of the search processing operation shown in FIG. 6, a problem has occurred in the shipped food 2a, and the label is printed on the label 11 of the food 2a as a search condition in order to investigate the cause. Food name 11a and expiration date 11d
And were used. However, when a periodic quality inspection or process inspection is performed, a lot number, an item number, a measurement item, or a measurement period can be specified in the search menu 29 of FIG. Or a combination thereof, the measurements stored in data file 21 can be retrieved.

In the food processing history management system configured as described above, the flyer 3 as a food processing apparatus for processing the processed food 2 in each of the production lines 1a, 1b, and 1c in the food factory is provided in the data processing apparatus 7. There is provided a data file 21 which measures oil temperature and conveyance speed as a processing history every 1 minute and stores them in time series.

Therefore, since the processing history including, for example, the oil temperature and the transport speed every one minute in the lot or the batch including each food 2a shipped from the food factory to each store can be confirmed, the shipped food 2a can be checked. It becomes easy to find the cause when a problem occurs.

Further, in the data file 21, each measured value is stored with the flight number of the delivery vehicle 14 for delivering the food 2a to each store. This flight number corresponds to the expiration date 11d given to the food 2a. Therefore, when the flight number is determined, the oil temperature and the transport speed of each food 2a belonging to the flight number can be easily searched from the data file 21. That is, compared to the conventional method of searching for a measured value at a manufacturing date and time different from the actual manufacturing date and time which is forcibly set to a value equal to the departure date and time of each flight, the processing history of the food 2a, which is significantly problematic, Search accuracy can be improved.

In addition, the above-mentioned flight number is assigned to each production line 1.
With the changeover switches 6 attached to the oil temperature gauges 4 and the speedometers 5 in a, 1b, and 1c, a worker at the site can easily set. Therefore, even if the flight number is added, the work load of the worker in the food factory does not increase.

[0046]

As described above, in the food processing history management system of the present invention, when food to be processed is processed by a food processing device in a food factory, the stool information is added to the measured value of the physical quantity indicating the processing history. It is additionally stored.
Therefore, it is possible to efficiently search the processing history at the time of food processing of the food from the expiration date attached to the shipped food, and efficiently conduct the work to find the cause when an abnormality occurs in the shipped food it can.

Further, since a mechanism such as a changeover switch for operating and specifying the flight information is added to the measuring device for measuring the physical quantity, the flight information can be easily added to the measured value at the production site.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a layout diagram of a food factory to which a food processing history management system according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a data processing device incorporated in the food processing history management system according to the embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a view showing storage contents of a data file formed in the data processing apparatus.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a label attached to food.

FIG. 5 is a view showing a search menu displayed on a display unit of the data processing apparatus.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a processing history collection processing operation and a processing history search processing operation in the data processing apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1a, 1b, 1c ... production line 2 ... processed food 2a ... food 3 ... fryer 4 ... oil temperature gauge 5 ... speedometer 6 ... changeover switch 7 ... data processing device 8 ... wrapping M / C 10 ... label sticking machine 11 ... Label 12 ... Packing machine 14 ... Delivery car 15 ... Operation unit 16 ... Marking unit 21 ... Data file 27 ... Search unit 29 ... Search menu

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────の Continuing on the front page (72) Keiji Yasuda, Inventor 5- 10-27 Minamiazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo Anritsu Corporation (72) Inventor Takayuki Seki 5- 10-27 Minamiazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo Henri (72) Inventor Hideomi Hanaoka 5-10-27 Minamiazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo Anritsu Corporation (72) Inventor Ikiro Kobayashi 2-4.5 Shimomeguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo Company F term (reference) 3F022 AA02 MM07 QQ00 QQ02 4B035 LC16 LE17 LP07 LP45 LP59 LT03 LT20 5B049 BB07 BB31 CC21 CC31 DD01 DD02 DD05 EE05 EE59 FF02 FF03 FF04 FF09

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A processed food (2) which is sequentially carried in is processed by a food processing device (3), and then the processed food (2) is processed.
a) is a food processing history management system that manages the processing history of food in a food factory that is delivered to a destination with an expiration date (11d) determined by the delivery departure date and time; A measuring device (4, 5) that has means for measuring the physical quantity indicating the flight number and for specifying operation of the flight information for specifying the flight to be delivered to the delivery destination; ) And the measured value with the stool information output from this measuring device,
A food processing history management system comprising: a data file (21) that accumulates and chronologically accumulates attribute information and processing date and time information of a corresponding food. 2. A delivery departure date and time determined by the expiration date is determined in response to a search request designating the attribute information of the food and the expiration date, the flight information determined by the delivery departure date is specified, and the flight information and the input are specified. A search unit for searching the measured value of the data file with the attribute information obtained, and a search result output unit for outputting the measured value searched by the search unit. Item 4. A food processing history management system according to item 1. 3. The food processing device is a fryer that heats and processes the processed food; and the measuring device measures an oil temperature of the edible oil stored in the fryer, and is operated and designated to the measured oil temperature. The food processing history management system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the food processing history management system is an oil thermometer that outputs the information with added stool information.