Managing Food Safety: A Systematic Approach
IFT’s latest Authoritative Report describes microbial performance standards and other food safety criteria and clarifies their suitability in food inspection systems. Here’s a summary of the report.
The phrase “performance standards” has different meanings to different people. Some people, for example, equate performance standards with end-product testing and “zero tolerance” for pathogens. To achieve an unambiguous framework in which food safety management concepts are clearly understood and used, it is critical that the different definitions for performance standards and other types of microbiological criteria are used accurately and consistently.
The Institute of Food Technologists conven…
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