Task 9 Corrective Action for Salmonella out of specification result
Each Facility
1 Global Quality, Food Safety and Global Quality Systems shall be notified in the event of a positive Salmonella sample
2 A positive Salmonella result obtained from a composite shall prompt the retest of each individual sample site for Salmonella in order to isolate the source of the positive result.
3 Due to the severity of Salmonella positive, occurrences will be dealt with on a case by case basis. Action shall include increased environmental sampling of the area to pinpoint source. Affected areas shall be held (per discretion of facility Quality Assurance) from use until the issue has been resolved.
3.1 Root cause of the positive Salmonella result must be determined and corrective action (plans) must be established.
3.2 Corrective action and/or additional recommendations for improved sanitation, traffic flow, personnel cGMPs, etc. must be provided (when applicable) to personnel with responsibility for the area.