Hey Guys,
Just looking for some opinions/experience/research/other countries regulations' regarding APC swabbing of non-food contact surfaces. I.e walls, doors in food support areas, like chillers etc where food is not exposed but stored and "clean" staff enter these areas
We are a low risk raw meat processing plant, and our limit for food contact surfaces is <1000cfu/cm2, but there is no legislation/guidance I can find on a reasonable limit for non-food contact areas.. For a reference point our finished product limit is <750,000 apc
I can remove them from the the swab site list altogether but I think there could be some validity in having them (i.e. ensuring cleaning of these areas is effective). Most times our swabs in these areas tend to be below.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated