What is the Kappa HACCP System?
The Kappa Laboratories HACCP System is a check system of Microbial surface analysis for common bacterial markers as well as E. coli, Salmonella and Listeria. It is an electronically ordered kit which arrives by mail. Ordering begins with the sampling points listed on a Legal Chain of Custody. This Chain of Custody is used during the sampling procedures and comes along with complete sampling supplies including TransSwab and HydraSponge samplers for each test point. After testing a return label is affixed to the mailing container and the lab will receive the samples the next day. Upon receipt of the samples at the laboratory, the receipt time and date are stamped and the samples are tracked through the analytical process. At any point a member may access his or her account and find the status of the analysis posted in real time at the members page. As the analysis of the test swabs and sponges proceeds, the results are recorded numerically in counts per swab along with a Pass or Excessiv
