ClorDiSys Solutions has a wide range of experience within the food industry, having worked in Ready-to-Eat (RTE) facilities, dairy facilities, commercial kitchens, pet food facilities, and beverage plants. Biodecontamination can take place for a variety of applications. Recently, our Decontamination Services team performed a decontamination at a catering kitchen for airlines and airport retail locations. The facility was fighting some positive environmental results and needed to regain control. Due to the busy nature of their operation, limiting the stoppage of production was extremely important. The chlorine dioxide gas process requires the environment to be fully sealed off from surrounding areas for safety. The Cold Food Production Area was able to be sealed off quickly, while the Hot Food Kitchen required a much greater level of attention in order to properly seal it off from surrounding areas. With this in mind, a two-tiered approach was taken in order to balance efficacy and treatment times. Within the Cold Food Production Area, chlorine dioxide gas was utilized to provide a 6-log sterilization level kill of all surfaces within the space. The Hot Food Kitchen would sanitized by fogging the area with a liquid chlorine dioxide solution. This process does not require as tight of a seal, in turn requiring less set-up time. This allowed both areas to be treated within the allotted downtime, while still providing an adequate level of treatment. Environmental monitoring results taken after the treatment came back negative, and the chlorine dioxide decontamination was shown to be successful.
Generally speaking, if the space can be sealed, it can be decontaminated. If you have a service project you'd like to explore, contact us here.
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