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1. Why monitor the atmosphere in food processing facilities?
1.1 Issues
The main issues are hygiene, operator safety and consumer health. The secondary, but essential, challenge is to ensure the commercial life of the finished product, protected from spoilage processes.
Environmental conditioning is defined as the control of the working environment for food. It is one of the five factors involved in any production process, known as the "5 M" rule: Manpower, Work method, Work environment, Raw materials, Equipment.
Mastery of the environment plays a part in the substantial qualities of the finished products marketed:
guaranteed control of pathogens up to the product's expiration date;
guaranteed fresh until expiry ;...
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Why monitor the atmosphere in food processing facilities?
Regulatory aspects
References
Regulations
Standardization
- Filtres à air de ventilation générale pour l'élimination des particules. Exigences, essais, marquage. - NF EN 779 - 12-93
- Filtres à air à très haute efficacité et filtres à air à très faible pénétration (HEPA et ULPA). Parties 1 à 5. - NF EN 1822 - 10-98 et 10-00
- Antiseptiques et désinfectants. Vocabulaire. - NF T 72-101 - 03-81
- Ambiances thermiques modérées. Détermination des...
Organizations and companies
(non-exhaustive list)
AFF Association française du froid http://www.aff.asso.fr/
ASEPT Sarl http://www.asept.fr/
ASPEC Association pour la prévention et l'étude de la contamination
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