BevTrac FAQ
- Evaluate effectiveness of sanitation program.
- Survey sanitary state of equipment, facility, and environment to determine risk of wine spoilage microbe contamination.
- Improve sanitation program which will lead to increased productivity efficiency, reduced business costs, and increased revenue.
- Lead to improved quality and purity of wine products.
- Troubleshoot source(s) of wine spoilage microbe contamination issue(s).
- Traceability for a contamination issue following a product recall.
- Compliance with Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) requirements as they relate to wineries.
- Winery Baseline/Survey/Vetting Audit – an initial assessment of winery’s sanitation practices and program to determine effectiveness of practices and identify hotspots of microbial contamination.
- Winery Monitoring Audit – a follow-up assessment to verify effectiveness of sanitation program improvements and make sure sanitation program is working as designed.
- Winery Troubleshooting Audit – an assessment conducted when a problem is detected to identify source of microbial contamination.
- Conduct interview with winery personnel to determine scope of audit and/or perform a preliminary walk-through of winery.
- Prepare proposal/quote describing services and cost to perform sanitation audit.
- Conduct visual assessment of winery equipment and facility.
- Conduct microbiological sampling survey of crush equipment, cellar equipment, bottling equipment, infrastructure, atmosphere, and/or water.
- Review sanitation documentation (i.e. SSOPS, sanitation schedule, sanitation frequency, sanitation verification practices).
- Assess sanitary design of equipment and infrastructure.
- Prepare final report showing microbiological findings, identifying potential microbiological risks to product, and recommendations for improvement
- Conduct interview with winery personnel to determine scope of audit.
- Prepare proposal/quote describing services and cost to perform quality assurance audit.
- Visually assess sanitation of crush area equipment and infrastructure.
- Visually assess sanitation of cellar area equipment and infrastructure.
- Visually assess sanitation of bottling area equipment and infrastructure.
- Visually assess sanitation of buildings, facilities, and grounds.
- Review sanitation documentation.
- Assess sanitary design of equipment and infrastructure.
- Assess wine filtration management program.
- Assess analytical laboratory practices.
- Assess microbiology laboratory practices.
- Assess cGMP program.
- Assess HACCP program.
The cost can range from a few hundred dollars to several thousand dollars depending on the size of the winery and the scope of sanitation audit.
The cost can range from a few hundred dollars to several thousand dollars depending on the size of the winery and the scope of quality assurance audit