Plastic film manufacturer environmental and microbial swab?
Started by Callmecern, Oct 14 2024 11:52 PM
We are a plastic film manufacturer that makes the bags that bulk raw meat will get put into. To satisfy the standard do we have to do atp swabs on the rollers on our machine or do we have to do any testing at all? We use no water, the plastic is heated up to 350+ degrees. Not sure what we actually have to do to pass this audit.
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What kind of audit would that be? You did not mention
Hi Callmecern,
:welcome:
Welcome to the IFSQN forums.
ATP swabs are good for food contact surfaces but I’m not sure how much benefit you will get from using them on the packaging contact surfaces of your machines.
An inspection and period micro swabbing should be sufficient given the intended use is bags for raw meat. Basic Micro swabs would be TVC, Y&M & Enteros.
Kind regards,
Tony
This will be for an AIB audit and then in the next year we hope to also get our SQF
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