Agence Francaise de Securité Sanitaire des Aliments, France

• Hygiene and new processing techniques
• Selection of flooring materials for food processing premises
• Demystification of the biofilm concept
• microbiological sampling of surfaces
• Advising in cleaning and disinfection of open surfaces:
• water management
• cleaning, disinfection and material cleanability are not the only parameters impacting on the microbial load of open surfaces
• Case studies
• Advising a quality manager facing repeated detections of a same clone of Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat food because of persistence of L. monocytogenes in the environment
• Advising a quality manager facing repeated detections of a same clone of a Staphylococcus in chicken because of persistence in the environment A
• dvising a quality manager on the microbiological safety of an experimental cheese making workshop
• Advising on flooring material for food processing premises

Contact details

Brigitte Carpentier

AFSSA, LERQAP

23, avenue du Général de Gaulle BP332

94706 Maisons-Alfort Cedex

France

Telephone: +33 1 49 77 26 46 –

Telefax: +33 1 43 68 97 62

Email:

URL: www.afssa.fr