The strongest food safety programs don’t just maintain cleanliness during production. They use scheduled downtime to get ahead of contamination risks and strengthen facility sanitation before startup. Recent high-profile recalls and outbreak investigations have underscored the importance of proactive pathogen control. Contamination events often begin long before a positive test result, consumer illness or recall […]
Biofilm Isn’t Seasonal. Production and Regular Sanitation Are. Many of the packinghouses and processing facilities in the produce industry follow a seasonal production schedule to match the growing cycles of the fruits and vegetables they process. This creates unique challenges across the organization: production, maintenance and sanitation schedules are all impacted. This is added to […]
What is audit defensibility in food manufacturing? Audit defensibility is a facility’s ability to prove—using documented evidence—that its sanitation program and food safety practices perform as intended. It relies on validated protocols, EPA-registered chemistry and audit-ready documentation to stand up to customer, certification and regulatory audits. What does a defensible sanitation program include? A defensible […]
Sterilex recommends custom spreaders that have been calibrated to apply our powder sanitizers at the correct usage rates. After performing in-house testing on multiple spreaders, the Earthway Walk-Behind Spreader performed best and is great for spreading powder onto large areas such as warehouse floors. We also offer a handheld spreader for smaller or harder-to-reach areas. […]
