Controlling allergens is vital in snack and bakery facilities that seek to remain 100 percent allergen-free. The first step is to establish best practices, as well as regularly testing the production environment and finished products for presence of allergens.
Snack and bakery facilities need to control and prevent pests such as rodents and insects in and around their facilities to help ensure the integrity of their products.
Chemicals and sanitation products are essential in the food industry, and recent product advancements help improve snack and bakery facility sanitation.
Goodway Technologies recently released the VAC-EX-120-9-SS, a powerful, yet compact solution that is designed for collecting dry, combustible powders such as flour, sugar and additives.
Infrastructure maintenance is vital to snack and bakery facility safety. If any plant area is not maintained properly, recalls and other potentially expensive negative consequences are bound to occur. Regular maintenance is crucial, and many types of software and other tools can aid this process.
Snack food and bakery facilities need to efficiently deliver water for sanitation and cleaning tasks, using just the right amount, while reusing what they can. They also often need to manage, treat and/or recover wastewater, maintaining peak sanitary standards and food safety, including proper placement of drains, to help save time and money.
Properly cleaning and sanitizing large stationary systems can often be a challenge. Hinds-Bock has created an easy roll on and off industrial carrier frame that works great for streusel and batter depositors.
For plant managers and others in the food processing industry who have questions about sanitation when it comes to packaging machinery, Triangle's website now features a new Sanitation page.