Animals can be reservoirs for important foodborne and waterborne infections.
Both milk and water can carry these pathogens as well as antibiotics resulting from treatment of animals. Examples of pathogens which can cause serious health problems on dairy farms include E. coli, Listeria, Staph. aureus, and Cryptosporosis . Some of these infections in cattle do not respond to antibiotic therapy such as E. coli and Staph. Once CCPs are identified, the plant must establish critical limits. Next, the plant establishes monitoring requirements for each CCP and corrective actions to be taken when monitoring indicates there is a deviation from an established critical limit.