Sampling and monitoring

12 important questions on Sampling and monitoring

The picture gives you a case. What will be the change you except the batch if you take 1, 2, 5 or 30 samples?

P defective: amount of infected samples
1-p(def) = de kans dat je een negatieve uitslag krijg als je test.

Conclusie: soms test je en krijg je een negatieve uitslag terwijl hij positief had moeten zijn.

What should you do in order to have a safe product?

Don't just test end products!

First have a record of safety
Have good MFP, good quality of raw materials and implement zoning.
Monitor if you have contamination of your end product or in the environment.    

If you dont find anything it is not a garanty that there is nothing in your product.

Why do people monitor the environment?

This is because if you heat a product before it goes into your zone you know there are no pathogens present. And if there is no pathogen present in the safe zone environtment then there is no pathogen present in your product.
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What kind of environmental samples could you take?

  • Scrapings 
  • Sweepings 
  • Product dust + vacuum cleaner bags 
  • Swabs, etc.. 
  • First product of batch 
  • Air 
  • Drains

What are the places where you control for pathogens and general hygiene and what is the distribution between these places?

A. Product contact surfaces

B. Near production, but physical/mechanical assistance needed to reach product

C. Remote areas

control for pathogens: A:60%, B:30%, C:10%
General hygiene: A:60% B: 40%

This is done as a prevention tool in order to make sure your product does not get infected. It is a control method, not a inspection.

What kind of products have a large and what kind of products have a small standard deviation?

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  • raw meat, fish, vegetables, eggs
  • dry products 

Well mixed products: smaller standard deviation ( σ )
  • liquids
  • hamburger meat
  • pooled eggs

What about the standard deviation is really important?

If you have a large standard deviation you will have a few very big numbers and these are really important! This is what proposes the risk.

What is a microbiological criterion?

A risk management metrich that indicates the acceptability of food.

What are the microbiological criteria for accepten a batch or not?

  • Purpose 
  • Food, Process, food safety control system 
  • Specified point in the chain 
  • Microorganisms and reasons for selection 
  • Microbiological limits (m, M) or other limits 
  • A sampling plan (number units n, size analytical units and acceptance number c) 
  • Statistical performance of the plan 
  • Analytical methods and their performance

On what are the acceptance levels of the attributes plan based?

The degree of health risk possibly posed by food containing specific microorganisms as dictated by:
  1. The inherent severity of infection by the pathogen or ingestion of a microbial toxin,
  2. The conditions of handling and use of the foods, and
  3. The susceptibility to foodborne illness of the population intended to consume the food.

What is the consumers risk point?

5% chanse that the batch is not oke but accepted

What are the two types of sampling planes?

atribute plans, sampling plans

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