Officers call in the hit swab

The SystemSURE Plus from Hygiena International is a small portable instrument which uses an all-in-one reagent swab device to test surface hygiene as well as monitoring water quality in static and mobile catering facilities.

The tool assist food law enforcement officers in inspections by identifying inadequate hygiene practices with real time objective measurements.

"ATP swabs are an excellent tool for verifying cleaning standards," says Helen Cameron (senior environmental health practitioner (Food Safety), Worcestershire Regulatory Services). "Swabs have brought to light that employees at firms weren't following established cleaning regimes, reusing cloths and so on. Without SystemSURE it is unlikely these issues would have been identified." The CrossCheck test to measure raw meat residues and cross contamination can also be used by the system.