In Figure 1 of the policy, which products will be analysed under “test end-products immediately” (the exact day the inspector returns to the establishment)?
As described in Figure 1 of the policy, if GMPs are adequate, testing would be done on previously made product(s) from the same production lot or lots on the same day that the plant environmental samples were originally taken, i.e., on the inspector’s second or third trip to the plant (depending if Listeria monocytogenes is found on product or non-product contact surfaces). This means that the inspector would have to obtain the food sample(s) either from product currently being stored or held in the processing plant, or possibly directly from the retail level. If GMP’s are inadequate, the above would still apply, except that in each case, there would be one less visit by the inspector before end product testing would be started.
