Optimizing Juice Production Processes & Quality With Dynamic Risk Assessment
Eckes-Granini has trusted D-COUNT® for over 20 years and use it daily to conduct microbiological controls at several critical points:
- Raw Materials: Using the direct enumeration method to estimate raw material microbial quality.
- In-Process Product: Using the direct enumeration method to estimate microbial quality.
- At Day 0: Once products have been bottled to avoid destroying pallets If contaminants are detected too late.
- Finished Products: After a 3-day incubation period to check for presence/absence of contaminants prior to release.
Their quality manager and laboratory manager speak to the value of this strategic partnership in a downloadable interview.
Ophélie Detet, Laboratory Manager at Eckes-Granini, says, “To sum up the solution in three words from the perspective of our lab program, D-COUNT® is efficiency, reliability, and speed.” Fill out the quick form to download their full insights!