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[arturomar21]

Hello all! 

 

I recently became a sanitation supervisor at my plant and excited to continuously improve our process. 

 

I am curious to know what processes there is out there when cleaning, sanitizing and drying food contact brushes. In terms of manufacturing, we blend dried ingredients - mainly powders.

 

Our process right now

• Clean brushes with water and soap. there is no actual scrubbing as we spray the soap and rinse with water. 
• We put them in a cart take them to a room so that they can dry. Drying takes days. The room for the most part is clean, but occasionally dirty/soiled parts get to the room.
• We bag and individually tag the brushes with a "CLEAN TAG" with date and initials. We hang them or store them in a bin. The brushes are inside a cabinet.

Any suggestions, ideas and comments will help! 

 

Thank you all! 

 

 

 

[G M]

...Drying takes days. ...

 

Wet surfaces that likely contain miniscule amounts of food matter, this stands out.  I would look for a sanitizer you can leave on the equipment after the rise, and a way to accelerate the drying.

[Scampi]

autoclave for full disinfection/drying   then bag and tag