Environmental Monitoring

Environmental monitoring is a process used in food processing facilities that assesses how effectively the plant is being cleaned. This typically means swabbing various surfaces for pathogens and performing a lab analysis of these samples.

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Is CEA Being Oversold?

Eric Wilhelmsen, Ph.D., C.F.S.

February 1, 2022

Controlled Environment Agriculture is being touted as safer, fresher, and more nutritious, but no fresh produce operation is without hazards.

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Testing to Continue to Increase in 2021

Environmental monitoring and a focus on continuous improvement in sanitation drive increases in test volumes

Bob Ferguson

April 15, 2021

As food processors continue to recover from 2020, we wanted to find out more about their plans for 2021. One thing was clear: Testing—especially environmental monitoring—will continue to grow at a rapid pace.

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How and Why Environmental Monitoring Programs Add to the Bottom Line

Jeffrey L. Kornacki Ph.D.

February 26, 2021

Environmental monitoring programs, when performed properly, can reduce the price of nonconformance, adding to a food processor’s bottom line.

Getting Sanitation Out of the Reclean/Retest Rut

Wendy White M.Sc.

April 16, 2020

Food companies and regulators have become increasingly vigilant for environmental pathogens in manufacturing facilities, with problems triggering swab-a-thons and even recalls.

Food Safety Priorities and Plans for 2020 – Part 2

Bob Ferguson

February 20, 2020

Part 2 of what processors expect to focus on in the year 2020.

Estimating the Cost of Environmental Monitoring

February 18, 2020

Are you required to perform environmental monitoring under the Food Safety Modernization Act’s Preventive Controls for Human Food rule? It depends.

Strategies for Organizing Environmental Monitoring Data for Optimal Trending and Root-Cause Analysis

Christopher M. Showalter Eva Zaring Nancy Dobmeier CQA, CHA

December 16, 2019

Trending environmental monitoring data can help with a root-cause analysis to uncover the origins of the positive finding and may inform the mitigation strategy.

Keys to Effective Monitoring for Listeria

Samuel D Alcaine

August 20, 2019

For ready-to-eat food processors, developing and implementing pathogen environmental monitoring programs are important parts of their sanitation controls.

Post-Sanitation Microbiology Sampling

Weber Scientific.com

February 20, 2019

The MegaSampler, a sponge on a stiff plastic rod, does an excellent job of sampling both large and small surfaces in the food production facility with minimal effort.

Collecting and Interpreting Multi-site ATP Testing Data

Neogen

February 20, 2019

Sanitation verification systems using ATP are standard methods for evaluating and monitoring sanitation efficacy at food production and foodservice organizations.

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8/18/22 to 8/18/23

Contact: Vania Halabou

ATP Depletion – An Overlooked Concern of Rapid Hygiene Assessments

On Demand: This webinar will present recent research from the University of Wisconsin–Madison demonstrating this ATP-depletion phenomenon and how processors can guard against such false negative assessments.

Live: April 19, 2023 at 2:00 pm EDT: The fourth and final in this webinar series focuses on Core Element 4 of the New Era blueprint, Food Safety Culture and where it's headed in the future.

Live: May 3, 2023 at 2:00 pm EDT: This webinar will focus on how to eliminate the risk of costly plant shutdowns and system failures due to improper selection and installation of electrical conduit systems.

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ARTICLES

Is CEA Being Oversold?

Testing to Continue to Increase in 2021

How and Why Environmental Monitoring Programs Add to the Bottom Line

Getting Sanitation Out of the Reclean/Retest Rut

Food Safety Priorities and Plans for 2020 – Part 2

Estimating the Cost of Environmental Monitoring

Strategies for Organizing Environmental Monitoring Data for Optimal Trending and Root-Cause Analysis

Keys to Effective Monitoring for Listeria

Post-Sanitation Microbiology Sampling

Collecting and Interpreting Multi-site ATP Testing Data

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Webinar

ATP Depletion – An Overlooked Concern of Rapid Hygiene Assessments

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