Microbial Guidelines for RTD Cold Brew Tea
Hi Everyone,
I am looking for microbial guidelines for ready to drink cold brew tea.
I have searched for a fair amount of time but was unable to find a satisfactory answer.
I am hoping that someone here is able to help me in developing a strict microbial limits for ready to drink cold brew tea that I can use to evaluate our suppliers.
Our facility is based in Canada. We are looking to comply with CFIA and FDA regulations. We will be receiving cold brew tea from suppliers in India but we need to first establish the appropriate microbial testing criteria and limits.
Help would be greatly appreciated.
Best regards,
xissa
Hi Everyone,
I am looking for microbial guidelines for ready to drink cold brew tea.
I have searched for a fair amount of time but was unable to find a satisfactory answer.
I am hoping that someone here is able to help me in developing a strict microbial limits for ready to drink cold brew tea that I can use to evaluate our suppliers.
Our facility is based in Canada. We are looking to comply with CFIA and FDA regulations. We will be receiving cold brew tea from suppliers in India but we need to first establish the appropriate microbial testing criteria and limits.
Help would be greatly appreciated.
Best regards,
xissa
Hi Xissa,
For Starters (European Tea Committee) ex Google -
Compendium_of_Guidelines_for_Tea_ISSUE_5,2018.pdf 782.29KB 19 downloads
(see Annex 11)
and, for comparison, a commercial Canadian spec. -
micro spec. Cold Brew Black Tea.PNG 22.48KB 0 downloads
Source -
Cold Brew Black-Tea.pdf 211.65KB 13 downloads
The official Canadian Survey of dried herbs/teas (2018) below suggests that the generic E.coli spec in previous example was tightened which may have reflected the intended "No Brew" aspect, eg -
Canada,Guidelines microbial hazards in dried herbs, teas,2018.png 140.34KB 0 downloads
Source -
bacterial_pathogens_in_dried_herbs_and_dried_teas_2018.pdf 649KB 10 downloads
PS - I was unable to locate any official CFIA/USFDA micro specs for cold brewed tea.
PPS - can also see this recent short thread on similar topic -