Microsoft PowerPoint - 1.45pm C Hartwell Presentation 05.05.2011.pdf

Food Safety Concerns for Dairy producers
• Pathogens (two levels apply for general population and infants, old,
pregnant, immuno compromised)
– Salmonella
– Listeria monocytogenes
– Coagulase positive staphylococcus aureus
– Bacillus cereus (infant formula)
– E-coli
– Enterobacter sakazakii (infant formula, special medical purposes)
Principle: Packaging
should not be an
innoculator of our food
• Foreign Matter
– Very wide range
• Chemical migration from packaging or the storage environment
– Will be covered in more detail
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Principle: Consumers
don’t want your
manufacturing plant
Principle: Packaging
should not leach
unsafe levels of
residues