Sanitation
and time-temperature management are the two key elements of ensuring food
safety and quality. We offer tools that allow you to understand these
elements in your own plant or store.
Sanitation
depends upon two elements of control:
control of movement of
harmful or degrading microbes from one place to another
reduction of their numbers
in and on food
Our product mix provides simple
and very effective tools for both of these control needs. Control of
movement means the elimination of cross contamination. (click on
the links below for full product information, or just order on line.
The first line of defense in
movement control is to prevent harmful bacteria from moving from one food
type to another (a significant source of cross contamination). Our cutting
board sets help to address the issue of contamination from one
food category into another by segregating the cutting of these foods by
using distinct preparation surfaces.
The Glitterbug®
System is the standard for Handwash training. This method
allows an easy visualization of the results of hand washing by
making the residual "not washed off" material on hands clearly
visible.
Apply "germ potion'' to hands, then wash.
The U/V lamp will make unwashed areas glow in a darkened room. These kits
also include "germ powder'' for cross-contamination training.
Technology will never totally conquer the problems of sanitation
in food preparation. Personnel must apply sound principles of
hand washing and prevention for success. Glitterbug is the
key.
The
most significant source of contamination is from hands. No amount of cleansers or
automated machinery will ever replace the careful washing of hands by a food
preparation or food handling worker. So, the key is awareness and
training. Our training kits drive the point home and are effective.
We offer
several hand wash training kits that allow managers to show workers how to
wash properly in a dramatic and memorable demonstration.
Click on any of the links below for more details on each kit.
AQA1265 Standard Kit
Includes literature, DVD, UV lamp for visualization, and potion and powder
for demonstration exercises.
AQA1267 Deluxe Kit
Includes literature, DVD, UV visualization center that is better for
larger groups, and potion and powder for demonstration exercises
Posters in the workplace
emphasize the message on a daily basis. We offer two posters: a large
one for posting in work area and a small adhesive poster for washroom
mirrors.
AQA1085 8" x11" Hand Wash
Poster
$2.25
AQA1086
5.5" x 8" Hand Wash Label
$0.75
We also feature a bilingual (Spanish and English)
sticker that has proven to be very effective:
Featuring
live actors, Handwashing Close Up (In SPANISH and ENGLISH) brings interesting,
informative, humorous and appropriate sanitation information to all of
your workers, Hispanic or English-speaking The reasons
for hand washing are outlined and proper techniques is demonstrated
along with suggestions for avoiding immediate recontamination before
even leaving the rest room.
Those
hands go everywhere, and often is is difficult to wash when you should.
University studies have shown that abrasion, and not soap,
is the primary cleaning action that will produce germ-free hands in the food
workplace. You absolutely need the right hand cleaning brush.
This is it.
What
about cross-contamination when you use a thermometer probe? The answer is
sanitizing hand wipes (useful also for cleansing of fingers that have
touched food).
AQA1211 Alcohol Wipes 200/box x 10 boxes per carton
Sanitation
of environmental surfaces is the last line of defense against the movement
of microbes into food. When food is prepared on surfaces, the food
residue is an ideal growth medium for bacteria. Sanitizing these
surfaces is a daily necessity. We help with tests that assure the
proper mixing and strength of these solutions.
We offer strips to check ammonium levels in solutions. These are
very effective and are what is needed most the time. Stop all the
hassle with ion specific electrodes and get a direct measurement that does
not have a calibration problem or headache. Our strips are reliable
and affordable.
Often, it is
difficult to detect unsanitary conditions. Most tools to detect the
presence of bacteria are expensive and not useable by service personnel.
One exception is a UV lamp.
These multipurpose
UV lamp
equip you to visually detect infestations. It is also useful
for demonstrations of hand washing efficiency.
Features: (1) detects
evidence of rodents (urine fluoresces in U/V light) (2) detects aflatoxin mold in grain, nuts, and seeds.
The first line of defense in
movement control is to prevent harmful bacteria from moving from one food
type to another (a significant source of cross contamination). Our cutting
board sets help to address the issue of contamination from one
food category into another by segregating the cutting of these foods by
using distinct preparation surfaces. 
We offer
several hand wash training kits that allow managers to show workers how to
wash properly in a dramatic and memorable demonstration. 
Posters in the workplace
emphasize the message on a daily basis. We offer two posters: a large
one for posting in work area and a small adhesive poster for washroom
mirrors.
Featuring
live actors, Handwashing Close Up (In SPANISH and ENGLISH) brings interesting,
informative, humorous and appropriate sanitation information to all of
your workers, Hispanic or English-speaking The reasons
for hand washing are outlined and proper techniques is demonstrated
along with suggestions for avoiding immediate recontamination before
even leaving the rest room.
Those
hands go everywhere, and often is is difficult to wash when you should.
What
about cross-contamination when you use a thermometer probe? The answer is
sanitizing hand wipes (useful also for cleansing of fingers that have
touched food).
