Monthly Archives: December 2019
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Posted: December 09, 2019
Read more »Discussions with a range of food industry professionals in Australia has left little doubt; ATP testing has its place in a robust hygiene process, but it has its limitations, and it isn’t perfect – why?
Research by renowned biochemistry company Kikkoman Biochemifa has shed some interesting light on the process:
When you swab for ATP, you are only getting a third of the picture.
ATP testing is all based around a slightly flawed assumption- that ATP is a stable molecule that remains unchanged within organic residue.
In reality, ATP is easily hydrolysed to ADP and AMP by metabolic processes, heat treatment, or under acidic and alkaline conditions. Simply put, ATP (Adenosine Tri-Phosphate) will release a phosphoryl group to become ADP (Adenosine Di-Phosphate) and again to become AMP (Adenosine Mono-Phosphate).
The result: once food has been exposed to heat, water, acidic or alkaline properties, you may be testing for only a fraction
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Posted: December 02, 2019
Read more »The Identi-Rail system is designed to make 5S implementation easy for food processors.
The modular system means:
-every station is entirely customised
-changes can be easily made to tool requirements
-a 5S system can be implemented then improved over time
Get in touch with one of the team to learn more about the range of 5S cleaning tool storage systems available.
