Food and Feed processing environment monitoring. Looking where it matters !

Building on the concepts established by ICMSF and more recently reinforced by the EFSA BIOHAZ Panel, we’ll explore how Processing Environment Monitoring can help prevent contamination, verify hygiene controls and support root-cause investigations. In particular, we’ll go beyond the traditional proximity approach and tackle some practical questions: 👉 Where and how should we sample? 👉 How can we move from an empirical approach toward risk-based sampling? 👉 How can we identify the locations that provide the most meaningful information for pathogen and hygiene monitoring? 👉 And most importantly, how can PEM findings translate into effective preventive and corrective actions? PEM doesn’t stand alone — it needs to work alongside HACCP, hygienic zoning and design, cleaning and sanitation, and other prerequisite programs. Come ready for an interactive discussion focused on making environmental monitoring more effective - not simply doing more sampling.