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FOOD SAFETY
center's food safety specialists explain. An environmental
monitoring program (EMP) assesses conditions during
and after production within a plant. A strong EMP, experts
apprise, verifies that a facility's preventive controls, GMPs,
controlled conditions, sanitary designs and cleaning programs
are effective.
DIGGING DEEPER
Emphasizing the all-encompassing commitment necessary
within a dairy processing facility to maintain pristine
conditions, Galer said the quality assurance steps tied to
product safety call for an attention to details - before, during
and after production.
procedures and controls, the center's experts report.
What's more, the guidance highlights the seven steps many
companies follow for both wet and dry cleaning. As a means
of preventing cross-contamination, manual cleaning in a
wet environment often involves pre-sanitation preparation,
pre-rinse, soap scrub, post-rinse, inspection, sanitation, and
reassembling/setup. The seven steps for manual cleaning
and sanitation in dry environments require pre-sanitation
preparation; securing, dismantling and inspecting equipment;
pre-cleaning; detail cleaning; final cleaning; sanitation
inspections; and final inspection and documentation.
The environmental monitoring of pathogens serves as
both a crucial principle and a way to measure the success of
a dairy processing facility's pathogen control program, the
" Reviewing data on a regular basis to ensure all employees
are trained and to ensure any environmental monitoring
positives [contaminants detected] are quickly addressed is an
important and ongoing practice to ensure the food safety and
quality program is effectively implemented, " he said.
Establishing and perpetuating an effective food safety and
quality program is essential in the production of every single
dairy product. Galer said no one product necessitates more
steps and protocols, nor an additional level of scrutiny. The
industry sets high standards all across the board.
" The risk of post-pasteurization cross-contamination increases
with the amount of product exposure during manufacturing
and/or packaging, " Galer said. " More potential exposure to the
environment during these steps should require more attention to
detail and robust protocols to protect the product. "
He also called attention to how part of the dairy industry's
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