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Posted 05 December 2020 - 05:00 PM

Testing for Microbial Contamination in Ambient Air 
 
Took Place:
Friday, December 11, 2020. 
 
Presenter:
Maria Sandoval, Lab Director, Trace Analytics LLC
 
Webinar Overview:
In this webinar, we will discuss how ambient air becomes contaminated with microorganisms and the dangers that they pose to food and beverage products. Maria Sandoval, Trace Analytics' lab director and microbiologist will explain how best to sample ambient air and what options provide both qualitative and quantitative data. She will detail how chromogenic identification can further help food and beverage manufacturers to determine whether or not their food products are at risk for dangerous bacteria like Listeria and Salmonella.
 
 

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Posted 11 December 2020 - 07:20 PM

Chat logs from today's webinar:

 

Alison Williams : Good morning everyone
Larry Bell : Good morning from Green BAy
Tanja Baker : Hi from Belgrade
Maria Sandoval : Simon can you hear me?
Joy Striker : Hello everyone glad to join
Joy Striker : have you started
Joy Striker : i am not seeing the broadcast says it will start shortly
Manuel Partida : hello world
Michael Laudenbach : morning from DC
kosaraju m murthy : hi Murthy from NADA KSA
Joan Cheong : Hi from Singapore
Rick Falkenberg : Hello from California!
Tariq Al-Sharif : Good evening from Dubai
Sarah Woodcock : Hello from PEI, Canada!
Kudakwashe Chenjerai : Hie from Zimbabwe
Kayla Tinkler : Good morning from Ontario, Canada!
Htet Aung : Hello everyone. Greeting from Myanmar.
Joan Cheong : Hi from Singapore
Ioanna Koutsovasili : Hello from Athens, Greece
Jasmine Martinez Nieves : Good Morning
Farida Abdelouhab : Hello, from Montreal
cyril periappuram : Hi
Maria Repollet : Good Morning from Florida
Argyrios Papadopoulos : Hello!
John Paul Fulgencio : Hello everyone from the Manila
Chiara cesare Crsare : from Itally
Nadia Williams-Rainford : Good Morning from Jamaica
Dennis Reyes : Good day...watching here from KSA
sabina de nitto : HELLO
Willy Puati : hello
Jovelyn Beltran : Hello everyone from qatar
Mukesh Raikwar : Hi
Larry Boyd : Hello from Ohio
Arun Sankurabothu : Hello from Toronto. Canada
christine romberg : Hello from Wisconsin!
Tran Thi Huyen Trabg : Hi from Vietnam
Ruyu Rui : HELLO From winnipeg, Canada
Luzviminda Saylon : Good morning from BC, Canada
Ivana Pavlovic : Hi from Croatia!
Mário Rui Araújo : Hello from Portugal!
SEDA CELIK : good afternoon from london
Chic Ambatali : Hi from the Philippines
Noah Bogosia : Hi, greetings from Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
Matthew Woodrum : Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Bria O'Brien : Good morning from Virginia!
shiva swamy : hello from tamilnadu
Jasmine Martinez Nieves : Hi from PA
Keith Hallman : Hello from PA
Victoria Truter : From South Africa
Rick Cooper : hello from California
Willy Puati : Hello From Pennsylvania
Ooi Christopher : Hello from Malaysia
Joana Caetano : Hello from Portugal
Megan Andersen : Hello from central Wisconsin
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John Markan : Toledo, Ohio
JOSE CALZADA : Mexico
Sreenivasulu G : Hai
Hélia Carvalho : From Portugal
fernando cavaco : good afternoon from Lisbon, Portugal
Kee Kee GOH : Hello from Malaysia
Kavita Giri : hello from london
Marloes Nouwens : Hello everyone!
Ricardo Lemus : Ricardo Lemus from Alphia Hazleton PA
aileen mcdonald : hi from scotland
Thomas Nguyen : Hi.
Gemma Rondario : Good evening from the Philippines!
Hau Vo : Hello from Vietnam
Osama Kamal : hello every one
Miguel Gomez : Hello, Good Morning everyone!
Thuy Nguyen : Hi everyone
Zin Swe : Hello, Greeting from Thailand!
Leah Oppus : Hi from Philippines
Kelly Zovak : Good morning from Canada!
Maxine Campbell : Good morning all
Kamath Sampe Ganesh : Good Afternoon Every One
Magda David : Good afternoon from Portugal
Rosemarie Lotes Balita : Happy Day  to every one from Philippines
Dilanka Ranasinghe : Hello from Sri Lanka
PRASAD REDDY : Hiiii everyone PRASAD REDDY from Bangalore
PRASAD REDDY : Hiiii everyone
Simone Kummerlöwe : Hello from Germany
Adrian Remigius : hello from holland in the afternoon
Brittany Quinones : Hello! Brittany Quinones Texas
KAMALJIT SINGH : hello
Camila Brossi : .
Gemma Rondario : Hello World and Hello Philippines!
Gerry Clancy : What are reasonable limits for Yeasts and Molds in Airplates/Settle Plates  in a Food Packaging manufacturing environment Paper/Folding Box Board). Many thanks for your organisation and presentation
Yao Gbesor FIADONOU : Hi everybody. Yao from Dakar
Muhammad Usman : Hello everyone
Alison Williams : Joy, press play if you see it or refresh your page
Muhammad Usman : Good evening all
Jema Ajanwachuku : Hello from Lagos, Nigeria
simon timperley : Also Joy, make sure you use chrome or firefox browser
Justyna Gardiner : I can’t hear anymore?
Joy Striker : refresh and now see it
Cynthia Lanao : good evening from Vietnam
Fernando del Corral : Fernando del Corral, Miami FL What is the benchmark standard for airborne organisms in ambient air?
simon timperley : Justyna, refresh your browser RECOONECT
Gail Nixon : Hi everyone from Canada
Sefiu Olatunde Ikudaisi : Hello everybody. Joining late from Nigeria, very sorry
Lynda Persad : Good Morning Everyone from Trinidad and Tobago
Ryan Wascherol : Good morning from Edmonton, Canada!
Justice Bhekizulu Sifelani : Hi, Justice here in Jonanessburg, South Africa
Karen Casigay : Hi everyone from Dubai
IRMA SAMPEDRO : .N
Luzviminda Saylon : We are in a fruit and vegetable processing plant, what monitoring method is applicable to control air contaminants?
Bruce Perkin : I see your con mentions "price" - approximately what do these counters cost?
Albert Espinoza Espinoza : Howdy from Texas!
Mohamed Gamal Abdelrahman mohajam : Hello every all mohamed Gamal from egypt
John Markan : .Can viruses (Hep A and Noro) be detected with existing technology shown? Same question about COVID-19?
John Markan : Can food viruses (Hep A and Norovirus) be detected with current instruments shown in this webinar? Same question for COVID-19?
Murugan Valli : At what distance the sampling shall be done from the HEPA filters
Sagarika Sharma : Hello from Windsor, Canada
Fernando del Corral : there are viable no-culturable oganisms
James Wasike : How can one get these in Uganda?
James Wasike : Just to echo John's concern, Can viruses (Hep A and Noro) be detected with existing technology shown? Same question about COVID-19?
Mukesh Raikwar : what should be  air filter replacement frequency
cristina da silva : Hello from Toronto, Canada
Alexander Mensah : Hello I’m from Ghana
John Markan : Can you also make the slide deck available as a pdf?
José Torres : Hellow everyone from Ecuador
Jasmine Martinez Nieves : I hear fine
Isabelle Netto : I can hear everything ok
Jasmine Martinez Nieves : I hear fine
Ooi Christopher : For laser particle counter, the hand-held and portable, would the personnel holding the counter bias the counter's test results? That is, the personnel (the tester) contaminate the counter first. What is the added preventive measure on the tester to avoid such bias?
Dilanka Ranasinghe : How can we ensure the quality of air taken for ice cream production (microbial quality, airborne contaminants etc)?
Albert Espinoza Espinoza : i hear you fine
David Freund : no problem hearing you here in Pennsylvania
priya Puthan : Hello Priya from Dhyeya
Merlin Mathews : Hello..how to know how much air to be sampled in areas, what quantity to set on the air sampler?
Albert Espinoza Espinoza : Great work Maria on the presentation.
Bria O'Brien : Once monitoring has been set in place, are there suggestions for minimalizing or decreasing the microbial load of the air?
Liz Lee : air sampling unit availability?
Jema Ajanwachuku : Great presentation. Thank you Maria
Joan Cheong : How do I know which types of viable and non viable particulate we need to test ?
John Paul Fulgencio : Hi
Joan Cheong : How do I know which type of viable and non viable particulate we need to test ?
Gemma Rondario : A
SENTHIL MURUGAN THANGAVEL : Hi
Justice Bhekizulu Sifelani : Great presentation
Alison Williams : What are your recommendations for a raw frozen dough plant?
Merlin Mathews : Should we always position the air samplers near air ducts, ac vents -  ours is a flight food production company
Agnieszka Mizgier : Thank you for the great presentation
Tammy Walsh : Suggestions for corrective action when your counts are higher than the specification?
Willy Puati : is it useful to use petrifilm for Air sampling?
Zoi Vogiatzidaki : How can an upper limit of air contamination be set in a  food industry  for fishery products?
Dilanka Ranasinghe : How can we ensure the quality of air taken for ice cream production (microbial quality, airborne contaminants etc)?
SENTHIL MURUGAN THANGAVEL : Do we have any specification for microbial limits in environmental sample?
poh lim : how should we relate  air particle to allergen residue risk?
Kavita Giri : where to keep air plates in factory environment. we are chilled vegetable processing factory.
John Paul Fulgencio : For Beverage bottling, would the viable test would suffice for ambient air testing?  We would like to confirm if  30 minutes  of  exposure plate will do during production?
Isabelle Netto : For settle plates, is there an equivalency between length of exposure time and air volume?
Martin Terminel : Great presentation María! Thank you Simon, excellent presenter!!
James Wasike : how should we relate air particle to food spoilage
Ooi Christopher : What if the production environment are already dusty by nature (such as, powder, flour, dry ingredients, raw spices)?
Joy Striker : please send presentation i must leave this great meeting
Adriana Adriana : Will this webinar be available in a recording via email to view?
Htet Aung : Excellent explanation and very informative. Thank you !
Abd El-Rahman El-Garhy : Type of bacteria analysis in air and surface and hand workers?
Bruce Perkin : So lets say I am using a MERV 13 filter, would you also recommend the continuous  use of UVC treatment of the filter to extend its's usable life?
Liz Lee : we are currently using UV lights to control the yeast and mold in the room, and want to validate the operation of the UV.  where can we purchase the air sampler?
Murugan Valli : Is there any coorelation between higher air particulate matter versus the microbial load
ian reader : Ian Reader
Ooi Christopher : Would you recommend that air-borne microbe test sampling point and time be near food microbe test sampling point and time so that their results are correlated with each other?
Predrag Sunjka : You mentioned dry plate, how much of a difference it makes if sampling has been done on a hydrated plate or a dry plate
simon timperley : www.ifsqn.com/forum
SREEKANTH N : Very informative.Nice presentation,Thanks #simon #maria
Gerry Clancy : What are reasonable limits for Yeasts and Molds in Airplates/Settle Plates in a Food Packaging manufacturing environment Paper/Folding Box Board). Many thanks for your organisation and presentation
Ooi Christopher : Would it be acceptable to only broad spectrum on routine? Then when result is out-of-norm, only then we test for differential / selective?
David Freund : Thank you Simon, Thank you Maria.  Very very helpful.
Muhammad Usman : Please send me this certificate by email because i cannot download due to some issue
Ooi Christopher : You mentioned humidity just now. Is humidity monitoring pre-requisite for air-borne microbe monitoring to be meaningful?
Magda David : Magda David
Willy Puati : thank you!
Kamath Sampe Ganesh : Thank You All And I wish everyone nice weekend
Ooi Christopher : Do you have a risk assessment guidance document specifically for air-borne microbial monitoring in food factory? Does ISO 14644 cover that?
Tanja Baker : Thanks for interesting topic and presentation. Have a lovely weekend!
Dalip Chhatwal : Good evening
Gerry Clancy : Many thanks Great presentation
shiva swamy : any internship opportunity available to students in this area in any sector?
shiva swamy : any potential reasearch project which can be done in the area of today's webinar theme?
Liz Lee : Hi simon, will the slides of this webinar be available?
Ooi Christopher : Thank you very much.
Nasrin Pour : Thank you
Michael Laudenbach : Really great job Maria. I'll definitely be giving you a call
Lynda Persad : Thank you.
gracey reyes : thank you for a very informative presentation Maria. Keep safe
Jovelyn Beltran : Thanks and great information
poh lim : Great presentation and Q&A session! Thank you very much!
Dilanka Ranasinghe : Great presentation! Thank you
Jovelyn Beltran : Thanks and great information
Mukesh Raikwar : thanks a lot
Sefiu Olatunde Ikudaisi : Amazing presentation by Maria; and great job as usual by Simon
Albert Espinoza Espinoza : Thanks - Great info.
Michael Laudenbach : great job
Mukesh Raikwar : eagerly waited for this
Ibtissem Ben Hmidene : Great presentation Thanks
Kee Kee GOH : Thanks Simon
Marlene Ramirez : Thank you!
Michael Greene : Thank you. Great presentation
sabina de nitto : Great Simon

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