www.brownstone-asiatech.

com

940 P. Lopez St. Brgy. New Zañiga

Mandaluyong City
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  Filipino Corporation, incorporated in 1996

 Trading company that provides analytical and

laboratory testing solutions, serving government
and private sectors

 The organization consists of Sales Force and

Technical Service group to provide after sales
support
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Regional Science and Technology Week
Cagayan State University, Tuguegarao City
August 27-31, 2019
Maria Erica Marquez
Applications Specialist
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Azanza et al.: FBDO in the Philippines
Philippine Journal of Science
Vol. 148 No. 2, June
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 Every year, 48 million people develop a foodborne illness
 128,000 are hospitalized
 3,000 die
 Estimated cost: $15.6B in medical fees, lost wages and
productivity

*Center for Disease Control (CDC)

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 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10611, “An Act to Strengthen the
Food Safety Regulatory System in the Country to Protect
Consumer Health and Facilitate Market Access of Local
Foods and Food Products, and for Other Purposes”
 Objective: To strengthen the food safety regulatory
system in the Philippines.
 Food safety refers to the assurance that food will not
cause harm to the consumer when it is prepared or
eaten according to its intended use.
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 1. Raw material
 2. Processing
 3. Shipping and Transportation

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  Many hazards can be introduced into a facility through
raw material. Some include pathogens, allergens,
chemical residues, pests and foreign material.

 Improper cleaning and sanitation can lead to problems

with pathogens, allergens or chemical residues.
 Cross contamination/contact can occur due to improper
handling of equipment, tools, ingredients
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Areas to consider:
 Vehicle at the right temperature?
 Products stored in the right location in the vehicle
 Are food items being loaded/unloaded without incurring damage?
 How will you respond if the vehicle is in an accident?
 Emergency plan?

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 Lack of emphasis on this aspect as the production line
constitute the largest risk of cross contamination for
pathogen
 Many types:
 Cleaning validation
 Sanitizing verification
 In process testing
 Pathogen-specific testing

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 Checking if cleaning is done
correctly.
 Improper cleaning leads to
incorrect sanitation step
 Visual, protein-based assay or
ATP-based assay
But cleaning is only half the job!
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 ATP is an ‘energy giving’ chemical found in all living
organisms.
 Because it is in ALL living things it will be found in residues
left on production surfaces if cleaning has been poor

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 LIGHT

ATP Firefly “Luciferase”Enzyme Relative

Light Unit
(RLU)
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 Relative Light Units
High RLU = High ATP

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Two part system composed of
 Detector
supported by data analysis
software

 Swab device for sample

collection and testing
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 ATP Tests

• For ATP surface test

• User friendly, all-in-one ATP sampling test compatible

with EnSURE and SystemSURE Plus

• Easy to use, small and environment friendly.

• UltraSnap uses a unique liquid-stable reagent providing

superior accuracy, longer-lasting signal strength and more
reproducible results
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 AquaSnap Total: for AquaSnap Free: for
detection of detection of non –
microbial and non microbial ATP
microbial ATP

• Detects presence of ATP in liquid samples

• Easy to use, small and environment friendly; compatible
with EnSURE and SystemSURE Plus
• Its honey dipper collection tip accurately collects 100 μl of
sample for consistent sampling
• Can be used in CIP systems
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 Monitor the efficacy of the
sanitation process
 Reduction of microorganism up to
99.99%
 Indicator organism (TPC, CEC
and/or EB)

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 Selective for target
pathogen (Salmonella,
Listeria, and others)
 In-process swabbing or
sampling

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 Environmental Salmonella Test

Listeria
Environmental Listeria species Test

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 Application of PCR is one of the most promising
advances in food safety and quality providing rapid,
reliable results.
 PCR has become a valuable alternative to traditional
detection methods in the agricultural and food
industries.

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