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logical nature of the environmental sampling plan, and its
focus on predetermining responses if Listeria is found at each
of the sampling points, has allowed a rapidly implemented
follow-up and investigative program. Third, and perhaps
most importantly, it has also developed a team ethos among
(particularly) technical, production, engineering, and hygiene
functions in the companies to jointly own (and control)
Listeria management. Prior to this, Listeria control was thought
to be the domain of the hygiene function, who were often
blamed for, and required to correct, Listeria incidences. The
model demonstrates that the hygiene function has no control
over the entry of Listeria into the facility or its harborage in
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impact on the cross-contamination vectors to food products.
Poor cleaning and disinfection does, however, exacerbate
existing Listeria issues if surfaces on which Listeria resides are
not effectively accessed and cleaned and disinfected.
Whereas this 5-point control plan focuses on Listeria, in
principle it could be applied to the control of any pathogen in
a high hygiene environment or other defined manufacturing
area, where the entrance to such an area and the potential
harborage and cross-contamination of pathogens to food
product needs to be controlled.
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