This webinar presents a real-world case study from a food processing facility facing a critical and persistent Listeria challenge—with near-100-percent detection rates on a machine that standard protocols had consistently failed to resolve. The session will walk through how sensitive Listeria detection (down to <1 cfu/g) revealed established contamination niches previously missed by conventional sampling, and how a targeted closed-cleaning engineering intervention reduced per-machine cleaning time from 1.5–2 hours to just 10 minutes while achieving more than a 5-log Listeria reduction. It will also examine how results were immediate—machines went from near-100-percent positive to effectively zero from the first cleaning cycle.
The session will also demonstrate how digital trending of microbiological data—with full historical records and automatic, ongoing laboratory integration—gave the producer a complete and actionable picture of their Listeria status and history, for the first time.
Key takeaways for attendees:
- Validated in-house Listeria testing reveals contamination niches
- Automated closed cleaning reduces time, energy, water, and chemicals
- Immediate elimination: 5-log Listeria reduction from the first cleaning cycle
- Digitized data and real-time monitoring enable better control of food safety and quality
Speaker:
Moderator: Adrienne Blume, Editorial Director, Food Safety Magazine
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