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Part 3

INSPECTION AND SAMPLING
PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINING

THE HYGIENIC CONDITION
OF POULTRY PROCESSING

PREMISES

INTRODUCTION

The principle reason for checking plant hygiene is to ensure that the plant will not
contaminate the product; however if contamination has taken place, it is possible
to discover where in the circuit bacteriological infection or chemical contamination
has taken place. Such checks will be necessary not only to ensure quality control
requirements within the plant but also to ensure compliance of products with legal
requirements. Also the checks give information on the checking and sampling
procedures used to endorse the practices adopted to ensure the cleanliness of
the plant.

There are 3 types of checks on the effectiveness of cleaning and disinfection for
which sampling might be performed:
a) Checking all contact surfaces which have to be cleaned after the production
process, and checking packaging containers (meat crates etc.) which have
to be cleaned and which will hold the finished product intended for sale.
b) Indirect checking on solutions or methods used for cleaning. Such checks will
concern principally the different operations carried out to ensure that perfect
cleanliness is maintained.
c) Checking the raw materials or semi-finished products in the case of preparation
and finished products. In practice such checks give a good idea of the quality

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