Need help defining a facility microbiological swabbing program?

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to get some thoughts on how to conduct swabbing/sampling inside our facility. I ordered some listeria, salmonella & enterobacteriaceae sampling kits. My thought was to test a couple floor drains for listeria, and test various equipment and employee hands for salmonella and enterobacteriaceae. My thought was to randomly sample a piece of equipment and/or employee hands, and then sample a cleaned piece of equipment/and or employee hands. My thought was that this would show the effectiveness of proper hand washing and equipment cleaning vs soiled hands and/or equipment. Any thoughts on this? We produce paperboard packaging for food, beverage & other consumer products. As always, thank you everyone for your suggestions.

Shane

Dear skredsfan,

Any particular standard for certification envisaged ?

If not, i admire yr enthusiasm.

Rgds / Charles.C

Thanks Charles!

We're pursuing the FSSC 22000 Certification.

Shane

Dear skredsfan,

Just a starter, the first 8 pgs may be of interest.

Environmental Monitoring.pdf   214.23KB   120 downloads

Rgds / Charles.C

Dear skredsfan,

Just a starter, the first 8 pgs may be of interest.

Environmental Monitoring.pdf   214.23KB   120 downloads

Rgds / Charles.C

Thanks Charles! This is very informative