ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING
Deibel Laboratories can assist your food safety team with developing environmental monitoring programs tailored to your facility and manufacturing process.
Environmental monitoring includes both pathogen and non-pathogenic indicator organism verification programs. They serve different purposes although both provide evidence that microbial control programs are in place and working. Where contamination of a Ready-To-Eat food with an environmental pathogen is determined to be a significant hazard, a facility must develop an environmental monitoring program to verify the implementation and effectiveness of preventive controls in protecting food from contamination with pathogens in the process environment. Monitoring for indicator organisms is also an important verification activity assuring compliance to GMPs and a hygienic manufacturing facility.
We can help you design and implement effective environmental monitoring programs. Developing a monitoring program begins with a thorough system overview. Deibel Labs will visit your facility to walk along your process lines and identify potential sources of contamination, or niches where bacterial contamination can hide. We will review corrective actions and suggest a monitoring plan. We can provide assistance with sampling your environment or train your associates to conduct swabbing. Swabbing tools are available from Deibel Laboratories. Our consultants can provide insights and recommended actions from your testing results.
