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Everything You Need to Know about Microbiological Challenge Testing

FoodNovember 27, 2024
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In this whitepaper, we will share some best practices for when to perform a challenge study, how to design and conduct your studies and how to interpret results to help prove food products are stable and safe.

Microbiological challenge testing is used for assessing growth, survival, or reduction of microorganisms when added to food products under well-controlled conditions. These challenge tests play an important part in validating processes intended to deliver some degree of lethality against a target organism or group of organisms.

However, while the design of these challenge studies is one of the most important steps to achieving an effective and scientifically sound investigation, there is no single standardized method to design or conduct them.

In this whitepaper, we share some best practices for when to perform a challenge study, how to design and conduct your studies and how to interpret results to help prove food products are stable and safe.

We also discuss how to carry out microbiological challenge studies while still meeting regulatory requirements and established finished product standards.

Everything You Need to Know about Microbiological Challenge Testing

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