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21 CFR 112.145(c): What requirements apply to testing the environment for Listeria species or L. monocytogenes?

PART 112-STANDARDS FOR THE GROWING, HARVESTING, PACKING, AND HOLDING OF PRODUCE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION · Subpart M-Sprouts

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Citation 21 CFR 112.145(c)
Section What requirements apply to testing the environment for Listeria species or L. monocytogenes?
Part PART 112-STANDARDS FOR THE GROWING, HARVESTING, PACKING, AND HOLDING OF PRODUCE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION
Subpart Subpart M-Sprouts
Subchapter 21 CFR B Food
Product types cited Food/Cosmetics
Regulation text (excerpt) (c) Your written environmental monitoring plan must include a sampling plan that specifies: (1) What you will test collected samples for (i.e., Listeria species or L. monocytogenes); (2) How often you will collect environmental samples, which must be no less than monthly, and at what point during production you will collect the samples; and (3) Sample collection sites; the number and location of sampling sites must be sufficient to determine whether measures are effective and must include…

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