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Seven standards should be used as reference resources when conducting a plan review or providing input on new construction or remodeling of an existing food plant.

Foreign material inclusion in finished product is one of the leading sources of consumer complaints across all sectors in the food industry.

Pest management standards should be developed with a view toward keeping them general so that a broad range of individual food facilities can implement them for their specific needs.

Microorganisms, biofilms and chemical residues can survive the sanitation process if cleaning and sanitizing procedures have not been adequately followed.

When good sanitation practices in the food manufacturing environment are consistently, even habitually, applied over time, all of the company’s food safety programs are enhanced.

Food manufacturers know that the easier it is to clean and sanitize food production lines, the better the overall sanitation result.

Too often, pest management is seen as a reactionary process that demands chemicals to solve a problem, but that’s a risky and short-term approach.

Refrigerators are designed and manufactured to meet the needs, operations and conditions in commercial settings.

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