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Bivalve Mollusc Sanitation: Growing Area Monitoring

Year of publication 2023

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Synopsis (short abstract) It aims to guide practitioners in implementing the Codex Alimentarius guidance and standard in their specific contexts and how to establish and monitor a bivalve mollusc growing area. The focus of the series is the primary production of bivalve molluscs for consumption as live or raw bivalves and, inparticular, how to manage microbiological hazards at this stage. This third course in the e-learning series details the growing area monitoring activity in a bivalve mollusc sanitation programme. The course describes sample plans, how to conduct sampling and the laboratory analysis of microbiological hazards in a growing area for bivalve molluscs intended for human consumption.

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