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ADDENDUM - when/how industry inspections are taking place.
- Through SAMPA and the district municipalities (as requested by NDoH Environmental Health for ‘risk assessments’), a list of facilities that produce ready-to-eat processed meat products has been drawn up.
- Approximately 186 facilities have been identified.
The list is not final. New facilities may be added, and others removed based on their production of ready-to-eat processed meat products
- Together with the district authorities, each of these facilities will be inspected by members of the listeria incident management team (IMT). The following will be done
- An inspection using the checklist available on the NICD website (see attached)
- At least 10 environmental swabs from the post-heat treatment area
- Inspections have been ongoing as part of the provincial training exercise. However intensive training commenced on Monday 18th June. We aim to have inspections finalised by 6 July 2018
- A report will be produced by the IMT member and sent from NDoH to the district municipality, together with the results
- The testing strategy described in the attached SOP/FAQ will be applied
- If listeria is found in the environment appropriate interventions will be requested – and possibly prohibition notices served
- If listeria is found in the environment, food from that factory will also be tested.
Addendum provided by:
Dr Kerrigan McCarthy MBBCh, FCPath (Micro), DTM+H, MPhil (Theol)
Incident Manager; Joint WHO/NICD Listeria Incident Management Team
Head: Outbreak Response Unit NICD