How well do you clean your bakery? And how effective is your process? If you’re looking for a way to improve your hygiene, you should run a ATP Test. Also known as rapid hygiene monitoring, it measures the effectiveness of cleaning activities and SSOPs performed on food-contact surfaces such as: Mixers Tanks Conveyors Piping How [...]
ATP Also known as microbial ATP bioluminescence assay or rapid hygiene monitoring What is ATP? ATP, or adenosine 5’-triphosphate assay, is a rapid microbial test based on bioluminescence. It is used to measure the effectiveness of cleaning activities and SSOPs performed on food-contact surfaces such as: Mixers Tanks Conveyors Piping1,2 [...]
Sanitation What is Sanitation? Sanitation must be a top priority for food processing facilities, because it helps protect public health as well as preserve product quality. Countries and localities across the globe have a wide range of sanitary requirements for food processing plants.1 When facilities make a consistent effort to meet sanitation standards, [...]
Air and Water Quality What is Air and Water (A&W) quality? Air (atmospheric and pressurized) and water are essential components of any food processing facility. Air and water used in food manufacturing environments must be food-grade, and comply with the current sanitary regulations in terms of composition and safety so that they [...]
Oven maintenance is essential to guarantee its ideal conditions of operation and conservation. Oven Maintenance What is Oven Maintenance? Oven maintenance refers to all the procedures and activities (covered by a program for plant maintenance) carried out to preserve the initial operating conditions (mechanical, thermal, and electrical) of an oven [...]
