The need to preserve the safety and quality of food products has always been crucial, but these factors especially need to be considered now more than ever. One of the main approaches to achieve that goal is environmental monitoring, which provides thorough investigation of the production environment in order to eliminate any possible sources of contamination. Our company is among the leaders in environmental bio-monitoring, focusing on the food industry. Our company ensures that food is protected against environmental risks while meeting regulatory requirements and building trust with the public.
Fig 1. Environmental monitoring program to support food microbiological safety and quality (Juliana O.M., 2021)
Service Overview
The environmental monitoring service is a brand of our company and it enables us to control the environmental conditions in food production plants. These services include air and surface microbial sampling, water testing, and all sorts of microbiological analyses. An active environmental monitoring system assists food producers in locating contamination sources in the internal environment before product safety is compromised.
Technical Principles
Environmental monitoring services are built on the pillars of advanced scientific practices and sophisticated technologies. We follow defined approaches to achieve the goals stated above:
- Risk Assessment: Within the framework of food production monitoring, we assess the risk of environmental contamination that may occur, evaluate the likelihood and severity of the events and the Critical Control Points (CCPs) where monitoring needs to be done.
- Sampling and Analysis: In the asumtion that numerous environmental samples need to be collected and analyzed, we establish selection criteria for purposed locations within the production facility. The samples are then subjected to analysis for the presence of contamination in form of pathogens, allergens, and chemical residues through modern advanced analytical methods.
- Data Interpretation: Data collected from the environmental samples cannot measure the degree of cleanliness without proper analysis and evaluation. That is why expert systems were constructed to analyze the set environmental-controlled data to assess the production zones and provide recommendation as to how at risk conditions could be improved.
- Continuous Improvement: Monitoring of the environment is a multi component process and needs to be an added factor on all advanced evaluations and recommendations issued. we ensure that our clients take steps to strengthen the monitoring programs to decrease risk while also ensuring compliance with applicable regulations.
Technical Classification
- Microbial Monitoring: This area covers the monitoring and measurement of contaminants such as bacteria, viruses or fungi. In order to control the risk factors linked to foodborne infections and ensure product safety, microbial monitoring is crucial.
- Allergen Monitoring: Monitoring of allergens like peanuts, tree nuts, milk, and soy produced or used in a work place is done to make sure there is no cross exposure that would endanger food allergic patients.
- Chemical Monitoring: Chemical contaminates such as pesticides, heavy metals, and industrial chemicals are monitored through chemical monitoring. This is a very important tool in monitoring the chemical safety of food products and measuring regulatory limits.
- Physical Monitoring: Monitoring physical aspects of production includes checking the environment for the presence of glass, metal, and plastic contaminants within the production area. This aspect of monitoring seeks to prevent physical hazards that can be safety threats to consumers.
Application Areas
- Meat and Poultry Processing: Environmental monitoring has to be done to ensure safety of meat and poultry products by controlling the environment for pathogens like Salmonella, Listeria, and E. coli.
- Dairy Processing: Dairy products are among those that are easily contaminated by microorganisms. With our monitoring services, producers of dairy products can maintain a clean production area to mitigate spoilage and diseases.
- Bakery and Confectionery: The processes of making baked goods and confectionery products are quite a number in bakery and confectionery factories, and thus pose high risks of contamination. Our monitoring services will enable bakery and confectionery manufacturers to prevent contamination.
- Beverage Production: The manufacture of beverages like juices, soft drinks, and alcohol drinks requires water and equipment used for production to be closely monitored to ensure the safety of the products.
- Ready-to-Eat Foods: Foods that are ready to be consumed are extremely prone to contamination at the point of production and packaging. Our completed work through our monitoring services assists producers of ready-to-eat foods to ensure that they work in a non-contaminated environment during production.
Environmental Benefits
- Reduced Waste: Early environmental monitoring helps minimize potential contamination sources in the production, thus reducing the volume of food waste that would be contaminated or spoiled.
- Resource Efficiency: Environmental monitoring allows the producers to save on other resources such as water and energy by targeting where they will have the least possible negative impact on the environment.
- Pollution Prevention: Environmental monitoring assists in the control of sources of contamination to help reduce the release of other toxic pollutants which contributes to the environment.
- Sustainable Practices: Environmental monitoring promotes the adoption of clean technologies, thus reducing the negative impact of production processes on the environment which helps promote food production sustaibility.
Our Services
Our environmental monitoring services include the following:
- Air Quality Monitoring. This entails auditing contamination to the air in production premises through the inspection of dust, molds, and Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs).
- Surface analysis. This consists of taking swab samples from different surfaces within the production area like equipment surfaces, walls, floors for Microbial and Chemical contaminations.
- Water Quality Analysis. This includes studying water samples from food production facilities for safety and quality parameters in food industry.
- Microbial Detection. This encompasses identification and quantification of pathogens and spoilage microorganisms in the area of the production processes using sophisticated means of microbial detection.
- Allergen Testing. This determine the presence of allergenic materials in the working area and streamline maintenance to mitigate cross-contamination.
- Chemical Residue Analysis. This identifies the presence of certain chemical residues such as pesticides and other industrial chemicals and heavy metals to ascertain food products chemical safety.
- Detection of Physical Contaminants. This include different kinds of physical contaminants such as glass, metal and plastic in the setting of the production environment.
Company Service Distinctiveness
- Knowledge and Practice: The environmental scientists and food safety specialists in our team possess vast knowledge and experience in developing and executing environmental monitoring programs for the food sector.
- Modern Equipment: Our investments in technological and other equipment ensure optimal reliability, efficiency and accuracy of monitoring services.
- Tailored Services: We have made these services fully customizable to guarantee the most effective monitoring results for our clients.
- Regulatory Compliance: Every one of our monitoring programs has been developed to fulfill or exceed the food safety authorities' regulatory obligations.
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The environmental monitoring services we offer form an integral part of our food safety programs. By providing precise and actionable data on environmental conditions, we help food producers eliminate potential sources of contamination and ensure product safety and quality. Furthermore, our state-of-the-art technology, customized solutions, and commitment to regulatory standards make us the ideal partner for food producers seeking to enhance their environmental monitoring programs. Supported by our expertise, food producers can achieve their food safety goals while safeguarding their brand and reputation and fostering a more sustainable food supply chain. Please Contact us to learn more information.
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Reference
- Juliana O.M., Geraldine B., et al. "Environmental monitoring program to support food microbiological safety and quality in food industries: A scoping review of the research and guidelines" Food Control 2021, 130:108283.
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