Filtration Critical Control Points (CCP)
- Particle removal from all process fluids
- Oil removal from compressed air
- Removal of microorganisms from compressed gases and vent
- Removal of trace contaminants from CO2
- Removal of particles and pathogenic organisms from products and waterStabilisation filtration (yeast removal)
using filtration to ensure quality and safety
HACCP
If precautionary measures are not in place during production, products may
be contaminated biologically, chemically or physically. "Hazard Analysis of
Critical Control Point" (HACCP) is a food safety management system
acknowledged by governments, regulatory control bodies and the food
industry as a system that identifies and monitors specific food safety hazards
and risks.
Microporous filter products are used by a number of industries to achieve
required levels of purity in both gases and liquids. The verification of filter
performance has been identified as an important process monitor.
The HACCP programme should be applied from the production, supply and
handling of unprocessed material, to the processing, distribution and
consumption of the final product. Global markets are demanding more than
ever that potential food safety risks are managed.
ASSURED PERFORMANCE
The ability to test the integrity of a filter provides a valuable quality tool. A
properly conducted integrity test provides assurance that the filter will
fulfil the role that it was designed for, ensuring that it is fit for purpose
BEFORE a process run is initiated. As well as installing confidence in the filter,
recording integrity test results demonstrates sound process quality
monitoring and provides a test protocol that fits well into a HACCP
framework.
VALAIRDATA II
VALAIRDATA II uses an aerosol integrity test, to make it the
most effective and practical integrity test for sterile gas
filters.
BEVCHECK
BEVCHECK is a hand-held instrument that provides a
convenient and easy means of carrying out pressure decay
and diffusional flow integrity tests on liquid filters or
sterile gas filters.
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