Baking Process Kill Step Calculators Help Validate Food Safety Preventive Controls

Whole wheat multigrain bread and cake muffins are the latest product profiles added to AIB International’s catalog of Baking Process Kill Step Calculators. These calculators allow commercial bakeries to validate their food safety preventive controls and accurately evaluate Salmonelladestruction in bakery products. The interactive calculators work by using oven time and temperature parameters to automatically determine the total process lethality (e.g., 5 log) for Salmonella. If the desired log reduction is achieved for the baking process and pathogen of concern, the generated report can be used as guidance and supporting documentation for FSMA’s validation and verification process. The free calculators can be downloaded at www.aibonline.org. Before downloading, users will need Excel software and a data logger. Calculators are also available for hamburger buns and top cake muffins.