WEBINAR on demand: Environmental monitoring in food production from an analytical and certification point of view
Practical tips for successful implementation in your company
According to the requirements of the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) and the GFSI-recognised certification standards for food production, environmental monitoring must be implemented in the company and regularly checked within the scope of audits.
In this webinar, our experts from the areas of certification and microbiological analysis will explain which requirements for environmental monitoring are laid down in various international standards, EU regulations (2073-2005) and recommendations and which sampling and analysis methods (cultural and molecular biological) are suitable for implementing monitoring in practice. Topics such as classification or official notification of results and possibilities for infection chain tracing will also be addressed.
We report on the current experiences of our auditors and discuss possible hurdles as well as assistance in overcoming them. In addition, we provide important information on the interpretation of the results of microbiological environmental controls and give you recommendations and reference values for orientation.
Webinar content
- Requirements according to various certification standards such as IFS Food, BRC, SQF, FSSC – based on the GFSI requirements
- Practical assistance for the audit
- Reporting obligations of companies and laboratories
- Recommendations for sampling
- Selection of suitable microbiological tests and interpretation of results
- Excursus: Environmental monitoring to increase food safety according to Regulation (EU) No. 2073/2005 and EU recommendations for sampling
Your speakers
Aleksandra Markovska
Auditor and consultant
Eurofins Food Control Services GmbH
Aleksandra Markovska is a management consultant with more than 15 years of international experience She is an experienced consultant in the field of food safety and has successfully implemented Food Safety Systems in 700+ companies. ISO management standards standards for social responsibilities, HALAL and KOSHER complement her field of experience.
Dr Hans-Georg Leusch
Scientific Director Microbiology Consulting Food (MCF)
Eurofins Inlab GmbH
Dr Hans-Georg Leusch is a microbiologist, approved counter-examiner for official confirmatory samples and Scientific Director of Microbiology Consulting Food at the Eurofins Institute for Food Microbiology, Analytics and Industrial Hygiene (Eurofins Inlab GmbH). He is a member of the permanent working group "Microbiological Guideline and Warning Values" of the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology (DGHM).
Your benefit
In this webinar, you will receive the decisive information for the successful implementation of an environmental monitoring in your company in a compact presentation, as well as the opportunity to discuss your individual questions with our experts.
Data at a glance
Webinar on demand: Environmental monitoring in food production from an analytical and certification point of view
Recording from 5 September 2022
Level: advanced
Target audience: food producing companies and especially those seeking or renewing certification, companies producing ready-to-eat, pre-packaged foodstuffs
Language: English
Price: free of charge
