09.03.2013 Views

PAO Accredited Laboratories (as of Dec. 2012) - DTI

PAO Accredited Laboratories (as of Dec. 2012) - DTI

PAO Accredited Laboratories (as of Dec. 2012) - DTI

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

Products /<br />

Cl<strong>as</strong>s <strong>of</strong> Test<br />

AC. Fruits, Vegetables and Nuts<br />

1. Frozen vegetables and fruits (pH<br />

>4.5)<br />

2. Fruit and vegetable products in<br />

hermetically sealed containers<br />

(thermally processed)<br />

3. Dried vegetables<br />

4. Coconut (desiccated)<br />

5. Ye<strong>as</strong>t<br />

6. Peanut butter and other nut<br />

butters<br />

- consumed without heating or<br />

other treatment to destroy<br />

microbes<br />

- used <strong>as</strong> ingredient in high<br />

moisture food<br />

7. Sun dried fruits<br />

8. Spices<br />

9. Cocoa Powder<br />

AD. Fish and Shellfish Products<br />

1. Fresh frozen fish and cold-smoked<br />

2. Pre-cooked breaded fish<br />

3. Frozen raw crustaceans<br />

4. Frozen cooked crustaceans<br />

5. Cooked, chilled and frozen<br />

crabmeat<br />

6. Fresh and frozen bivalve molluscs<br />

7. Fish and shellfish products in<br />

hermetically sealed containers<br />

(thermally processed)<br />

AE. Food for Infants and Young<br />

Children<br />

1. Powdered infant formula with or<br />

without added lactic acid<br />

producing cultures<br />

2. Infant formula (liquid)<br />

UHT/sterilized<br />

3. Baby foods in hermetically sealed<br />

containers (thermally processed)<br />

4. Dried and instant products<br />

requiring reconstitution<br />

5. Instant Infant Cereal<br />

6. Dried products requiring<br />

reconstitution and boiling before<br />

consumption<br />

7. Infant formula (liquid)<br />

UHT/sterilized<br />

8. Coated or filled, dried shelf-stable<br />

biscuits<br />

AF. Milk and Dairy Products<br />

1. All cheese made from<br />

p<strong>as</strong>teurized milk<br />

- cottage cheese<br />

- s<strong>of</strong>t and semi-s<strong>of</strong>t cheese<br />

(moisture 39%, pH>5)<br />

2. All raw milk cheese<br />

- raw milk unripened cheese with<br />

moisture > 50%, pH . 5.0<br />

3. Processed cheese spread<br />

4. Ice cream and sherbet plain and<br />

flavored<br />

5. Ice cream with added ingredients<br />

(nuts, fruits, cocoa, etc.)<br />

6. Milk powders (whole, nonfat or<br />

filled milk, buttermilk, whey and<br />

whey protein concentrate)<br />

7. Sweetened condensed milk<br />

Specific tests or<br />

Me<strong>as</strong>urements<br />

Aerobic plate count<br />

Ye<strong>as</strong>t and mold count<br />

Coliform count<br />

153 <strong>of</strong> 391<br />

Standard Method /<br />

Reference Standard<br />

FDA BAM-3, 2001<br />

FDA BAM-18, 2001<br />

FDA BAM-4, 2001<br />

E. coli count FDA BAM-4, 2001<br />

S. aureus (coagul<strong>as</strong>e positive)<br />

count<br />

FDA BAM-12, 2001<br />

Bacillus cereus count<br />

FDA BAM-14, 2001<br />

Salmonella detection FDA BAM-5, 2001

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!