Maintaining Food Safety With Effective Commercial Kitchen Cleaning

Food safety is the central objective of commercial kitchen cleaning.  The threat of food-borne illnesses such as salmonellosis, e. coli, Lysteriosis, and campylobacteriosis have increasingly become the focus of rising consumer concern and government regulation.

According to the World Health Organization, in the United States alone, approximately 76 million cases of foodborne diseases, resulting in 325,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths, are estimated to occur each year.

Preventing food-borne illness mandates adherence to four core principles of food safety:

• Chill foods promptly to slow the spread of harmful bacteria.
• Separate raw meat, poultry, seafood and eggs from other foods to prevent cross-contamination.
• Cook food to proper temperatures to kill harmful bacteria.
• Clean hands and surfaces often to prevent the transfer of harmful bacteria onto food, which in turn involves:

Ensuring clean kitchen surfaces and personnel for that matter, in turn, requires removal of surface soils, removal of accumulated waste matter,(i.e. maintaining a clean grease trap), disinfection of surfaces, and sanitizing hands.

Kitchen Cleaning Products for the Home

In the home, where minimizing toxicity and volatile organic compounds is a priority, our ECO line of Enzyme, Citrus and Oxygen-based products are ideal kitchen cleaning product options.

In addition to their well-known health and ecological benefits, ECO cleaning products feature tremendous versatility, which allows for broad, all-purpose application from disinfectant (Revolution Green Hydrogen Peroxide) to deodorizer (Digester) to degreaser (Orange Power).

More specific applications, such as cleaning care of granite countertops, will require a formulation designed for the properties and sensitivities of that particular surface (Granite Shine).

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Commercial Kitchen Cleaning

Removal of Surface Soils

Blast: Food-safe kitchen degreaser and surface renovator dissolves and removes grease, carbon deposits and other residue from counters, ovens, ranges, deep fat fryers, hoods, filters and food processing equipment.  Designed specifically for use in commercial kitchens where speed and safety are paramount concerns.  Attacks odors at their source.  Does not contain perfumes or butyl cellosolve, and will therefore not impart odors.  Works exceptionally fast to remove the animal, vegetable, petroleum oils and greases to significantly cut the risk of dangerous grease fire flare-ups.

Does not require that ovens or ranges be turned off before use- speed of cleaning power is actually “boosted” by heat up to 250 degrees Fahrenheit. Non-flammable, and may be used in the presence of open flames such as gas pilot lights on range tops.  Non-toxic and may be used in the in food preparation and processing areas as long as normal care is taken to avoid spilling or spraying directly on foods.

Free-rinsing and completely soluble in cold and hot, hard or soft water. Formulation contains a corrosion inhibitor which coats metals to prevent rusting where waters is frequently or carelessly used.

Concentrated Oven Cleaner: Powerful and convenient aerosol over cleaner sprays on as a heavy foam that clings to oven surfaces and allows extended time to cut through baked-on food, grease, grime, and carbonized food from ovens, stoves, grills, barbecues, hoods and kitchen equipment exteriors. Cleans most soils without scrubbing.  Effective on cold ovens; even faster on preheated ovens.   NSF Certified.

Pine Floor Cleaner: Popular choice for cleaning kitchen flooring.   Alkaline builders, wetting agents, and solvents combine to remove deeply embedded soil from floors.  Eliminates odors, removes stains, and restores floors that have not been maintained over long periods of time. Concentrated formulation allows for economical use with no compromise of cleaning power.

Stapole L: Economical and environmentally sound solution to metal polishing. Formulated as a light odorless cream containing food grade ingredients. Removes tough, oil-based stains, water marks, spots, and stains from all metal surfaces. Perfect for stainless steel surfaces that may contact water such as drinking fountains, kitchen or restroom surfaces. Leaves no greasy film. NSF Certified.

HD Kitchen Clean:  Highly alkaline degreaser, with sequestering agents and surfactants.  Designed for heavy duty cleaning of baked-on carbon and grease from kitchen canopies, grills, hood screens, ovens, barbecues, baking pans, and deep fat fryers.  Ideal for use in kitchen canopy flush systems; dip tank applications smaller of difficult-to-clean parts.

Industrial Caustic Cleaner:  50% Sodium Hydroxide cleaner.  Ideal for using caustic soda to clean restaurant exhaust hoods.  Eliminated tartrate crystals in wine; accumulations in large stainless steel tanks and equipment used in breweries and wineries.  Also dissolves oils and protein-based deposits. A powerful degreaser on stainless and glass bakeware.

Removal of Accumulated Waste Matter

Grease D Solve Plus:  The safest, easiest, most effective way to clean a grease trap.   Uses the natural cleaning power of d’Limonene from orange peel extract to dissolve heavy grease deposits and ensure your grease trap interceptor can properly deal with FOG solids.  Formulated to float on top of effluent and wash down the sides of the grease traps as the water level rises and falls stripping away and preventing grease build-up.  Deodorizes as it cleans, leaving behind the fresh scent of oranges.  Produces no flammable fumes or explosive blow-back and will not burn the skin.  Citrus-based formulation is user and environment-friendly.

Sanitize/Disinfect

Formula 6-88 Sanitizer/Disinfectant :  Commercial sanitizer-disinfectant designed for use in health care environments, food service establishments, food plants, farms, and other institutional areas.  Provides one-step cleaning-disinfecting.  Formulated to control pervasive odors caused by the growth of bacteria, mold, mildew and fungi.  Effective on non-porous surfaces including floors, walls, metal, stainless steel, porcelain, glazed ceramic tile, and plastics.  Leaves a fresh lemon scent.   Approved by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency for use in Registered Establishments.

Industrial Bleach :  Versatile Sodium Hypochlorite compound features broad application, including dish sanitizer, mold control, surface and equipment sanitizer.   Superior to acid sanitizers in reduction or removal of fecal streptococci and bacteriophages anti-E.coli.  An easy and economical way of cleaning and removing stains without scratching porcelain finishes.  Ideal for food plant use and commercial laundries.  Active Ingredient:  12% Sodium Hypochlorite Solution

Sanitrol : Chlorine Sanitizer and bleaching compound intended for smaller scale application and household use.  Active Ingredient:  6% Sodium Hypochlorite Solution

Sani-Dine:  Iodine-based glass sanitizer combines low-foaming formulation with potent rinsing agents.  Specifically designed for use in bar glass washers and commercial bottle sanitizers.  Also ideal for sanitizing utensils.  Active Ingredients:  16% Iodine complex.

Hand Sanitizer

Refresh Food Handlers Foam Sanitizer:  Kitchen hand sanitizer features great lather, is gentle to the skin even with everyday use and contains no dyes or fragrances.  A new foaming cap with every cartridge ensures full-bodied foam with every pump and no clogs.  The efficiency of the foaming pump provides great cost savings:  each activation of the pump releases 0.4ml  of soap compared to 1-1.5ml  in conventional systems.  This reduction can amount to end-user savings of over 40%.

Meets all standards for E2 ratings; has also been reviewed and tested by NSF (National Sanitation Foundation) for the Chlorine Equivalency Test by AOAC 955.16 and found to pass this test making it suitable for use as a hand wash and sanitizer in food processing.  Registered with NSF and included in their published list of approved products for use in food processing in direct contact with food.

Kitchen Cleaning for the Home

Orange Power: Bulk d’limonene multi-purpose cleaner and degreaser.  Ideal for applications where odors are a problem, Orange Power cleans and deodorizes in one step.  Concentrated formulation allows for economical application, as product can be used as a strong solution for tough jobs, or diluted up to 1:64 for typical housekeeping applications.

Revolution Green Peroxide Cleaner: Versatile oxygen cleaner sold in concentrated form to maximize cost and cleaning efficiency.  Formulated with surfactant and detergent ingredients allow for quick one-step removal of surface soils and pathogenic microorganisms.

Systematically breaks down the molecular bonds of which stains and other impurities are comprised.  When the hydrogen peroxide dissipates, the residue is simple water and oxygen – natural elements are absorbed seamlessly back into the environment.This makes RG Peroxide Cleaner a great eco-friendly choice amongst bathroom cleaners and kitchen counter cleaners and deodorizers.  Works extremely well for cleaning and disinfecting  countertops, and other surfaces that may be used for the preparation of food, including cutting boards made of woods and plastics.   At 7% concentration and 5-10 minutes contact time, RG Hydrogen Peroxide can be used in tuberculocidal, virucidal, fungicidal and bactericidal capacity.

As with most pure natural cleaners, RG Peroxide Cleaner can be used on its own or in combination with other common household products for a multitude of purposes, including  natural rust remover, natural mold and mildew remover, all-purpose disinfectant spray or wipe, spotter for blood and other stains from white clothes, and natural bleach.   Literally foams away wet blood stains.

Digester: Harnesses the power of naturally-occurring enzymes to systematically eliminate grease, organic waste and the odors such deposits cause.

As an enzyme stain remover: Digester can be sprayed onto the toughest stains from pet urine to blood, to grease, causing such blemishes to literally disintegrate as enzymes break-down the impurities.  The natural formulation can be sprayed directly onto stained carpets and laundry.

As an odor inhibitor: Peerless among house deodorizers and bathroom deodorizers. Digester literally devours organic odors focusing its attack on the source of the problem as opposed to the symptoms caused.  While ordinary deodorizers are commonly sprayed into the air, Digester is sprayed directly onto the source of the problem, where it deactivates odors on contact.

As an enzyme drain cleaner: Organic debris such as fat, starch, food waste, uric acid crystals, soap scum and hair build-up accumulated in drains causing terrible odor, slow-running drains, and ultimately blockages which can require emergency service.  Digester can not only remedy such blockages, but used regularly, it can actually prevent them.

Digester neutralizes the most putrid odors, liquifies and digests the most severe grease accumulations, and removes almost indelible stains, yet its completely safe for both user and environment.  Nonpathogenic, non-toxic, non-caustic, and non-corrosive.