Quarter 1 Environmental Monitoring Results

The new environmental program started on January 25th 2006. Since the start of the program we had one alert level and two action levels met. The alert level was met for site R14, the metal tube leading to each arm of the V-bottom bagger . R14 had a standard plate count of 7,200 cfu/ml. By meeting the alert level the site was cleaned to prevent any cross contamination. The two sites that met the action level were Y5, the Vent suction over the Veghel Kettle and R4 the black belt that tightens bags around diaphragm for the tower bagger. Y5 failed for enterobacteriaceae with a count of >25000 cfu/ml on 2/8/06. This site was cleaned then resampled on 2/15/06 and passed with a count of<10 cfu/ml. R4 failed for standard plate count with a count of 10,300 cfu/ml on 3/8/06. This site was cleaned then resampled on 3/15/06 and passed with a count of 730 cfu/ml.

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