Sanitation
This action must be completed before sanitizing food contact surfaces, and verifies that the surface is clean.
What is ATP Swabbing?
The use of this device in the production rooms should be limited, due to their ability to spread and aerosolize listeria (and other germs)
What are hoses?
Pieces of this PPE are sometimes found in boxes of inclusions, and have been found in many different colors.
What are gloves?
This group of allergens contains pistachios and pecans.
What is Tree nuts?
These are installed throughout the plant to monitor and maintain food defense.
What are security cameras?
This chemical is used with bucket and brush cleaning.
What is Kick?
This cleaning chemical, in crystal form, is used on the floor in high risk areas to stop bacterial growth.
What is Sterilex?
Items like glass, plastic, hair, rubber, and paper are examples of FM that has been reportedly found in this.
What is ice cream made at HIC?
When running two products with different allergen statuses in the same production room, operators must not do this.
What is work on both lines?
Employees must have these on their person in order to enter the plant.
What are key fobs?
This color indicated that the cleaning tool is meant to be used on the Raw side.
What is Red?
Roof leaks, pests, foot traffic, and open doors are all examples of GMP faux-pas that can lead to this.
What is listeria introduction into the plant?
These devices, which continuously scan each carton for FM, are stationed on lines 1 and 2.
What are Xrays?
Unlike bacteria, allergens are not destroyed by this processing step.
What is pasteurization?
Contractors must be wearing these within the plant.
What are visitor badges?
Titrating is required at this point in the caustic wash.
What is 4 minutes into the caustic wash.
Listeria causes this disease.
What is listeriosis?
These are strategically placed within the lines to catch FM before it reaches the filler.
What are screens?
When a product contains allergens, it must be called out here.
Where is on the label?
This area has restricted access to prevent the potential tampering of the contents within.
What is the CIP room?
The Production Rooms are considered high hygiene zones. Conversely, the trash dock is considered to be within this hygiene zone.
What is Low Hygiene?
Drip pans are essential for this reason.
What is preventing condensation from dripping into product?
Customers report finding this material most frequently in Butter Pecan.
What are pecan shells?
These three are the only allergens out of the "Big 9" not currently found in the plant.
What is Fish, Shellfish and *bonus* Sesame?
This term describes the action of tampering with product to cause harm or to gain financially.
What is intentional adulturation?