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  nished 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- nished products in the case of preparation and  nished products. In practice such checks give a good idea of the quality
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