Cleaning White Papers & Articles

  1. The FDA's Produce Rule: What's Next?

    In November of 2015, the FDA published the final version of the Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption, better known as the Produce Rule. This Rule — part of FSMA — grants the FDA unprecedented authority over food safety practices implemented on farms in this country, and by extension, to farms all over the world. But what does this mean for the food industry?

  2. How Can A Vacuum Affect Your Reputation?

    Industrial vacuums not only protect food products from harmful bacteria and contaminants, they also elevate your plant to the next level of cleanliness so products are safe and your brand name shines.

  3. Minimizing Surface Residues With Aqueous Cleaning

    The benefits of employing aqueous cleaning in pharmaceutical manufacturing are numerous. Virtually any pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment from tablet press to a stainless steel mixing tank can achieve their defined critically clean criteria using aqueous cleaning. Typically aqueous cleaners are formulated to ensure maximal cleaning performance by using key ingredients such as surface active agents (surfactants) that are excellent wetting agents that allow the cleaning solution to penetrate into crevices while getting under soils to allow for removal. Often very dilute solutions of aqueous cleaner effectively removes even worst case substances off a variety of hard surfaces including stainless steel, glass, plastic, or porcelain. By Malcolm McLaughlin

  4. Combustible Dust And Recovery Guidelines For Grains

    The potential for explosions to occur from dust collections made of flour, sugar, cinnamon or grain particles, for example, poses a significant risk to employee safety, facility maintenance and food purity. Traditional plant maintenance methods like sweeping and blowing down with compressed air only make the situation worse by spreading the explosive dust around and making it airborne. This actually increases your chances of a combustible dust explosion.