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[jtang]

How has everyone target utilities on the flow diagram?

 

We use gas for boilers and for heating ovens in baking step.

 

What type of hazards are there if the gas is burnt off and there is no residue for coming in contact with products?

 

What other "utiltiies" are we suppose to include aside from gas and water?

[gfdoucette07]

Do you use steam injection for anything? Other than that, you should be ok, but am open to new thoughts

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[qalearner]

Also any ice you may have brought in.

[gfdoucette07]

Good catch

[jtang]

No we don't use steam.

 

We don't use ice neither, but use glycol and ammonia for cooling system.

Glycol is in a closed system (and in my previous work before we do not address glycol as "incoming material" as it is not in contact in any way).

 

Ammonia is only an issue if leakage ever happens.

[Charles.C]

Hi jtang,

 

I assume you are referring to 2.5.1

 

I think the Standard is trying to direct you, ie via “utilities and other contact materials”

 

I suggest, from a Flowchart/Risk POV, “contact”  is the significant term.

 

Perhaps a combination from –

 

(a) The BRC Glossary definition –

 

Utilities - Commodities or services, such as electricity or water, that are provided by a public body.

(slightly incomplete perhaps since not all water sources are from a public supply, or electricity in a power failure)

(Common usage seems to sometimes replace “electricity” by “Energy”)

 

(b) the Heading  Sec.4.5 -

 

4.5 UTILITIES – WATER, ICE, AIR AND OTHER GASES

 

 

 

PS – based on previous threads, you may eventually also be interested in sections 4.3.(5,6)

[trubertq]

I don't reference electricity or steam just water, ice,packaging and salt which are the only other inputs in this particular system.

[DavidAR]

No we don't use steam.

 

We don't use ice neither, but use glycol and ammonia for cooling system.

Glycol is in a closed system (and in my previous work before we do not address glycol as "incoming material" as it is not in contact in any way).

 

Ammonia is only an issue if leakage ever happens.

 

I once worked at a company that used a sample pot with a glycol substance in it which simulated average product temperatures in the fridge or freezer (rather than prodding a product or sample it self)

 

I never coudl recall the name, so i wonder if its the same stuff or perhaps somone can point me to a link where i can by what im thinking of :)