11th Global Medical Microbiology Summit & Expo
Discover how Thermo Scientific Heratherm Microbiological Incubators may assist producers with common industry difficulties.
Can you describe how quality control in food and beverage manufacturing has evolved in recent years?
In order to stay up with changing production demands and market conditions, Quality Control teams in food and beverage manufacturing have experienced increases in data accuracy, dependability, speed, and efficiency of analysis in recent years. This has led to advancements in the equipment and workflows utilised for many ISO standard methods, as well as the digitization of data management.
Why is there such a huge demand for quality control?
The food and beverage business has seen an expansion in the variety of goods, ingredients, processing techniques, and packaging types in recent years. Furthermore, the regulatory landscape has become more stringent, with customers and merchants expecting ever-higher operational standards.
Why is quality control so critical for manufacturers?
Quality Control teams are in place to verify that the products leaving the factory meet specifications in terms of safety and quality, ensuring that they are safe and will satisfy consumers. Without quality control, the food producer risks making people sick (or worse) or losing money as customers switch to competitor brands.
What are the essential components of quality control?
The ability to collect the proper information to enable the correct process decisions to uphold product quality, including whether to release finished batches for retail, is often required for successful quality control. Because crucial production choices are based on information, it is critical that the data acquired is accurate, dependable, and supplied on time so that production schedules are not disrupted. This would typically entail evaluating key quality metrics of components and product samples collected at important phases of manufacturing linked to the HACCP plan, as well as finished packaged goods.
11th Global Medical Microbiology Summit & Expo
Theme : Recent advancements in Medical Microbiology
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What exactly is microbial contamination?
This is where the levels of microorganisms or the presence of specific species are found to be outside the sample’s specified limits. Producers are often concerned with two sorts of microorganisms: those that can ruin the product and those that can cause illness.
Microbial contamination can also impact sample analysis if inadequate technique or the wrong equipment is utilised, invalidating the findings and perhaps leading to inaccurate judgments.
Why is this so critical to control, and which manufacturers prioritize it?
Because of the hazards associated with erroneous data, it is critical to control microbiological contamination in both the product and the sample being analyzed. Inaccurate results will almost certainly lead to improper processing decisions and repeat analysis, reducing production efficiency.
Sample contamination is critical for food and beverage makers who produce products that are susceptible to microbiological contamination, such as those that do not contain high amounts of preservatives or are not fully pasteurized when packaged. Dairy products, meat and poultry, and some beverages such as soft drinks, wine, and beer are examples of typical food groups.
What are these items’ temperature ranges, and why is this significant for manufacturers?
Thermo Scientific Heratherm Microbiological Incubators have a temperature range of +5 °C to 105 °C and Thermo Scientific Heratherm Refrigerated Incubators have a temperature range of +5 °C to 70 °C. Most bacteria’ temperature ranges are comfortably in the middle of these temperature ranges.
Bella Winget
Program Manager | Medical Microbiology 2022
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