A recent press release from Charm Sciences reports the news that their Fast Alkaline Phosphatase (F-AP) Test has been accepted as an official approved pasteurization test for milk and dairy products in the Grade “A” Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (PMO).

The actions of the 2009 National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments (NCIMS) were recently released by the FDA in Memoranda IMS-a-47.

Charm F-AP provides the fastest HACCP verification of effective pasteurization by delivering results in just 45 seconds. The limit of detection of 20 mU/L is well below the established US and EU regulatory thresholds of 350 mU/L. The simple one-step procedure requires no reagent preparation or incubation. The Charm F-AP test is based on the proven Charm PasLite test, an ISO/IDF standard method for testing alkaline phosphatase in milk and dairy products. PasLite also carries official acceptance by NCIMS/ PMO as well as by Australian (Victorian) and New Zealand Food Authorities.

Source: Charm Sciences