Dawn Young
Quality & Regulatory Dawn Young

Certasure™ Screening: Microbiological

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For more information on the other testing protocols, choose one of the following:

The Microbiological Screening Process

Why is this important?

Therefore, we conduct the following:

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How do we decide screenings?

We base our risk assessment on a variety of factors:

SPECIFIC PRODUCT
CHARACTERISTICS
HOW IT’S GROWN
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What do we test for?

At Sensient, we test in-house, but also request micro testing from all of our vendors. Because testing should already have been completed and passed, we should never see a failure at our facility, but we double check when each shipment arrives. The industry standard for microbiological testing includes screening for the following substances:

TCP
Mold
Yeast
salmonella
ENTEROBACTERIACEAE (EB)
bacteria
listeria
MICROCYSTIN

Sensient conducts the outlined standard tests and analyzes overall risk to determine additional screening targets. All screening methods are provided by the EPA through either the FDA’s Bacteriological Analytical Manual (BAM) or the United States Pharmacopeia (USP).

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Failures

If a raw botanical material does fail, Sensient rejects the
batch and sends the shipment back to the vendor. Common ingredients that fail include:

 
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Request a consultation or sample!

We hope stringent testing becomes the industry norm, and we’re happy to answer any questions you may have about the quality and safety of colors from natural botanicals—just schedule a consultation with one of our experts.

If you’re interested in trialing the industry’s safest and most authentic natural color solutions, request a sample from our rainbow.

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