Bacteriological critical control points (CCPS) for automatic ice cream
industry were identified based on the primary ingradients of such industry,
processing stages and working environment.
Three thousand samples were analyzed during two productio
n seasons.
There were four critical control points in the company in which the study
was conducted, Pasteurization (mix) stage, cold (tanks) stage, freezing stage,
and hardning (tunnel) stage. The end-product did not coincide with the Syrian
standard because of these critical control point, which contributed by 15%,
25%, 35% and 25% respectively, meanwhile the remaining pointes, such as the
used water, choclate, air and workers were not critical control points under the
production conditions of the investigated company.
