Hello all,
I am currently working on a rework for our sanitation schedule, verification and SSOPs. I unfortunately came into a horror show for food safety as the last few people in my position did almost no proper testing (ATP testing has been out of date for nearly two years, at least 4-6 months of no verification on our PCs like PAA, pest logs were 4 months out of date are just a few of problems I have identified) and looking for some potential advice on how to move forward. We are a medium sized Apple packing facility and currently only clean once a week for the wet area, and "as needed" (I personally hate this term) for anything post waxing.
We are currently using CH2O sanitation products, such as chlor-cling 937 and wax strip, are there products that you would recommend more? We also use Simple Green Original and D Pro 5, I do think we might want to add in a rotating sanitizer to limit microbial resistance, is there one that you recommend? Also are there any suppliers that you recommend? I am hoping to get us ones that will help train individuals on proper decanting and use of our products.
I also personally feel like ATP testing simply is not enough, being that it test for all organic material and can't verify sanitation. I have looking into Romer Labs' Cytoquant as an alternative since it test for particulates and VBC to replace our current Hygiena EnSURE touch. Though I am not opposed to using it if it is the most viable options. Do any of you have experience with the more novel Cytoquant?
Finally, I personally feel like I need to push us to get a dedicated Sanitation Team. We currently just pull line workers post production to clean and I know that they have not been properly trained for sanitation. And feel that not having dedicated staff for sanitation will lead to both high turnover rate, making training a near impossibility, and lower quality sanitation as the team will have already worked at least 5 hours on the packing line.
If you need any resources or examples please feel free to ask, as making sure these issues are resolved is my upmost priority currently
Thank you for your time,
Seathalos