Hello Everyone,
We are a small food manufacturer, which has around 100 employees, making fully cooked product, so we send our product out for testing microbes. Here is what we are testing for each sample:
ATP APC $11.45
E.coli $16.35
Listeria $27.20
Salmonella $26.05
So, total $81.05 per sample plus Courier Fee $18.45 each pick-up.
If we had at least 1 sample pick-up per day, the cost would be $99.5 per day, which would be around $1990 per month for working five days a week.
Our boss is thinking to make an in-house lab in order to save some money yearly. We are SQF level 2. Based on what I read, the in-house lab is not required to be certified. If the lab would be built, it would divide my current office into two, so it would be still separating from food processing area. However, is it really worth testing in-house? will it be saving a lot of money in the future ? Please give me some suggestions.
Thank you
David
Edited by Charles.C, 15 April 2020 - 08:08 PM.
edited (see Post 5)