Disinfection Control for Food & Beverage Testing
Figure 1.Disinfection control to prevent contamination at a food processor
Attention to hygiene during the manufacture of food and beverage products is paramount due to the ever-present risk of dangerous microorganisms that can cause foodborne illness by infection or intoxication.
Equally thorough disinfection control testing of filling and processing equipment must also be conducted to ensure that disinfectant residues do not remain and subsequently contaminate the final food and beverage products.
Demands for improved food and beverage safety are leading to more frequent In-process disinfection control testing that risks slowing production and increasing operating costs.
We continue to develop efficient, sensitive, and compliant disinfection control testing solutions based on our Supelco® analytical reagents and Millipore® biomonitoring tools expertise.
Explore some of the industry-leading products used in food and beverage in-process control testing and contact us for in-depth consultation of your disinfection control challenge.
Semi-quantitative disinfectant testing
MQuant® Test Strips
MQuant® Test strips are pocket-sized laboratories for quick and simple analyses of chemical disinfectant parameters to ensure the safety of your production line after disinfection.
Digital value readout and data storage now available with the MQuant® StripScan app for selected test strips.
Reflectoquant® System
The RQflex® 20 Reflectometer is an economical mobile laboratory to perform critical analyses in the fields of agriculture, food, beverages, or water analysis, as well as during disinfection control. Reflectoquant® peracetic acid test strips are suited for the selective determination of the peracetic acid concentration in aqueous solutions and to check for the absence of peracetic acid after rinsing processes, also in cases in which hydrogen peroxide is present.
Spectroquant® Move Instruments
A robust portable handheld colorimeter for rapid on-site analyses with reliable results for disinfection control: no matter what or where you need to test - our Spectroquant® Move instruments offer dependable in-process testing results for a broad range of pre-programmed parameters with an independent instrument.
Reliable in-process microbial testing
Ready-to-Use Agar Media
For monitoring the efficiency of disinfection routines, proven methods and easy-to-use testing solutions are available for even surfaces, curved surfaces as well as difficult to access areas.
Contact Plates for Personnel and Surface Monitoring
Our ready-to-use contact plates can be used for environmental monitoring of surfaces in critical clean rooms and isolators (ICR series) as well as in non-critical areas (RT series).
Surface & Personnel Monitoring with HYCON® Contact Slides
The unique design of HYCON® contact slides allows easy and flexible microbial testing on flat, curved, or irregular surfaces making them a universal tool ideally suited to the production environment found in food and beverage production.
Swabs & Dip Slides for Difficult to Access Areas
Available for heterotrophic plate count (HPC), yeast & mold, & coliforms. Just add a small sample of liquid to the pre-sterilized sampler or wipe a surface of interest with the swab. Stable at room temperature for storage and incubation.
Envirocheck® Dip Slides for Disinfection Control
Envirocheck® Dip Slides provide semi-quantitative detection of microorganisms on surfaces and in liquids. The flexible paddles, coated with relevant nutrient media, allow for sampling on all surface types. After sampling and incubation, two parameters can be determined in one easy step.
Rapid Surface Monitoring of ATP, NAD or Protein
Combined with traditional methods, rapid testing solutions based on ATP, NAD or protein detection match perfectly and conveniently to fulfill your overall surface hygiene and disinfection control efficiency testing.
Radiation, Steam, and Autoclave Sterilization Process Validation
Validate your sterilization process using convenient bioindicator spore strips, Sterikon® plus bioindicator, and sterilization tape.
Disinfection control analytical reference standards
Verification of chemical residues in disinfection controls relies on precision analytical reference standards. This is a critical step for in-process testing for food and beverage production in general, and of particular importance in validation of organic food handling. Search our complete library of disinfection reference standards
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