Our Decontamination Service Team recently completed a
decontamination of a used bacon slicing line for a food company. Because it was a used piece of equipment, the
company did not want to bring it into the facility without being decontaminated
first. This was not only to preserve the current sterility of their production
area, but also to ensure safe food production once the line was in use. The slicing line was placed within a trailer
which provided a sealed chamber for safe decontamination. 10 biological indicators were placed within
the trailer and equipment in order to show that a 6-log reduction had been
achieved. Once the trailer was sealed,
the decontamination started. The entire
setup and decontamination took 4 hours from start to finish, when it was safe
to open the trailer and bring the equipment into the production area. All biological indicators came back negative
for growth verifying that the decontamination was successful. Production was able to start on the bacon slicing
line shortly after being installed within the production area, and the company
has been safely producing food since.
Contaminated piece of equipment in your facility? Call ClorDiSys at (908) 236-4100 or email the Decontamination Service Team at service@clordisys.com.
