hey everyone
I have been in charge of performing weekly APC swabs in our plant.
we have had pretty consistent results, but recently our APC count has gone up in trend.
I am still investigating the root cause and was wondering if raw flour will affect the APC swab results.
I know that all raw flour will contain some bacterial count, but will this affect the overall APC swab results?
I ask this because nothing within the process has changed in the past few months, but we did start having a bit of problem with flour buildup on our air circulation system.
I am feeling pretty good about the correlation between the flour buildup and the high APC counts, but wanted a few more "second" opinion.
thanks!