Food Quality Magazine October 2015 | Page 17

Food Quality Magazine ISSUE 04 | OCTOBER 2015 edles and filing heads). Protective clothing used by the staff, where cross contamination is also common, must also be swabbed. Contamination cannot be fully removed by laundry or it can happen during the laundry process. Air analysis, on the other hand, is commonly employed when raw materials can easily transfer in the air such as milk powders and flours. Product Identification duct or material sampling, vessels and tools used 5. Carefully monitor the location, packaging, and identification of finished product storage. Also, carefully review the procedures involved in damage packaging and spills equipment, protective clothing and staff. Testing the finished product (product sample analyses) is the best way to test for the presence of allergens. Swabbing of manufac