Food Safety Atlas

Testing food and reading a certificate

Step 1 of 7

Decide what to test and why

What happens

Set a testing plan from the : which foods, which organisms, how often, and against what .

Good looks like

Each test answers a question the food safety plan actually asks.

How it goes wrong

Whatever the lab's standard panel includes gets tested, whether or not it matters.

Who
Technical

Choose organisms by food and process: for example for long-life chilled foods, and and for cooked foods that are cooled.

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