

Environmental Monitoring Programs: What Regulatory Personnel Really Expect to See
An Environmental Monitoring Program (EMP) often tells regulatory personnel more about the maturity of a food safety system than almost any other verification activity. Long before reviewing laboratory reports or sanitation records, experienced investigators, auditors, and food safety assessors are evaluating how a facility identifies, monitors, and manages environmental risk. Many food processors think of environmental monitoring as simply collecting a few swabs each month an














