Hi parmeshwar,
To validate the cleaning in my factory I do pre-production hygiene inspections which include 1.visual inspection of areas, surfaces and equipment, 2.ATP swabs using an on-site reader, and 3. various food contact and non-food contact environmental pathogen swabs. Results of all are documented and actioned as appropriate. Records of cleaning frequency and areas are also kept. My factory though is UK based and predominantly meat products. I'm not sure myself if there will be different requirements for dairy production and India's legal and any customer/scheme requirements you may have.
Hi Zanorias !
I know you are in the UK, but I had a question regarding your environmental pathogen swabs. Which ones are they ? Do you have to incubate them for x amount of hours ? I found a way to do it in my industry which requires me to incubate the swabs for 7 hours. Trying to see if there is a better alternative. :)
As for Parmeshwar,
It highly depends on the certification / regulations themselves. Here, in Canada, we do a visual pre-operational inspection, then we take an ATP swab. We have to take a minimum of one per week (We usually take 2 a day, but once a week was fine with our federal inspectors). Then, once a month, I take an environmental swab which I incubate for 7 hours on non-contact surfaces only. But that is what works for our factory. We don't do any cooking, so we don't have the same risks as your industry would.
I used to work for an industry in the States where the preop inspection was concluded by the sanitation supervisor and he would take 2 swabs a night (Take in account there was a lot of equipment) and that was it. We wouldn't even check the results or if he actually did the check.
Hope it helps !
Edited by Agrumeambu, 13 May 2019 - 10:47 AM.
