Food Safety Magazine

Environmental Monitoring

Identifying and Controlling Microbiological Cross-Contamination
Identifying and Controlling Microbiological Cross-Contamination

Microbiological cross-contamination has been a contributing factor to several well-documented outbreaks of foodborne illness.

Green Housekeeping: Strategies and Sanitation Tools
Green Housekeeping: Strategies and Sanitation Tools

Conservatively, going green can save the food industry upwards of $15 million annually.


Seek & Destroy: Identifying and Controlling Listeria monocytogenes Growth Niches
Seek & Destroy: Identifying and Controlling Listeria monocytogenes Growth Niches

This article is focused on a method that Land O'Frost has been using to manage processing plant environments to eliminate the root cause of product contamination by Listeria monocytogenes.

The ATP Real-Time Advantage in Sanitation Monitoring
The ATP Real-Time Advantage in Sanitation Monitoring

Food production staff know how difficult it is to ensure that the surfaces on which food comes into contact are clean.

Moving Forward to Achieve Global Listeria Control
Moving Forward to Achieve Global <i>Listeria</i> Control

The food industry and government have long been aware of the persistence of Listeria in the environment and in processing plants.
 

Successful Sampling Program, Part III: Environmental Air and Surface Techniques
Successful Sampling Program, Part III: Environmental Air and Surface Techniques

Part three in a series on sampling, focusing on food safety quality control in microbial air sampling.

Getting a Handle on Listeria
Getting a Handle on <i>Listeria</i>

An interview with Catherine W. Donnelly, Ph.D., University of Vermont, provides background on the emergence of this pathogen as a health concern.

Biofilms: Forming a Defense Strategy for the Food Plant
Biofilms: Forming a Defense Strategy for the Food Plant

The best defense against biofilms in the food production facility is a good offense developed as part of the sanitation program.

Listeria monocytogenes: Controlling the Hazard in RTE Meat and Poultry Processing Environments
<i>Listeria monocytogenes:</i> Controlling the Hazard in RTE Meat and Poultry Processing Environments

The environmental sampling program is critical to preventing and controlling Listeria in ready-to-eat meat and poultry environments.

Advanced Technology for Rapid Pathogen Detection
Advanced Technology for Rapid Pathogen Detection

Advancements in technology have led to unprecedented speed and ease in the definitive detection of specific pathogens of particular concern to the food industry.

LIGHTNING MVP System Keeps QA Ducks in a Row
LIGHTNING MVP  System Keeps QA  Ducks in a Row

Each quality program can be difficult to integrate and implement given limited staff and budget.

MBA Poultry Harnesses the Power of LIGHTNING
MBA Poultry Harnesses the Power of LIGHTNING

MBA Poultry has improved the safety of its operations using cutting-edge food safety technology.

FDA’s Responibilities Under the National Environmental Policy Act
FDA’s Responibilities Under the National Environmental Policy Act

As discussed, FDA must meet its environmental responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act for all major and final agency actions.
 

The Five W’s of Food Safety Forensics
The Five W’s of Food Safety Forensics

The who, what, where, when and why of food safety forensics can establish a sound methodology for defending food safety.

The Listeria Control Game Plan: Where Are We Now?
The <i>Listeria</i> Control Game Plan: Where Are We Now?

The food industry understands that Listeria is constantly moving around and being reintroduced into the environment.

Rapid Cleaning Validation Tests
Rapid Cleaning Validation Tests

Microbiological analyses do not detect organic residue resulting from ineffective cleaning, so validation is needed.

Environmental Monitoring for Listeria: Getting Started
Environmental Monitoring for <i>Listeria:</i> <br>Getting Started

Tips for monitoring Listeria in food plants include acknowledging that Listeria is a pervasive microorganism that finds harborage in unlikely places.

Making ATP Monitoring Affordable Pays Dividends
Making ATP Monitoring Affordable Pays Dividends

ATP monitoring has changed food safety program operations, delivering real-time sanitation data and enabling cleaning teams to make informed decisions about the cleanliness of equipment.

Fine-Tuning Your Environmental Monitoring Program
Fine-Tuning Your Environmental Monitoring Program

The importance of a sound environmental monitoring program cannot be overstated.


Give Food Plant Sanitarians Their Props
Give Food Plant Sanitarians Their Props

How do we make sure that we have put sanitation in a position to be the most important department in the plant?