FPS Food Process Solutions Celebrates World Food Safety Day 2023
Food Process Solutions (FPS), in keeping with its commitment to uphold hygienic standards in food processing, celebrated the 2023 World Food Safety Day.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has adopted the theme “Food standards save lives” for this year and encourages everyone to follow the rules and guidelines that have been set forth for food safety.
Food contamination can happen at four different stages, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: manufacture, processing, distribution, or preparation. FPS, a producer of industrial food freezers, is aware that maintaining hygienic standards during the food processing stage is a crucial stage when contamination can happen. FPS has been paving the way in guaranteeing that safe food processing may be accomplished throughout this stage by paying close attention to sanitary freezer design and the best manufacturing standards.
The most prevalent food-borne infections that afflict millions of people each year include bacteria such as salmonella, campylobacter, listeria, and E. coli. Controlling temperature is one of the best ways to stop bacterial growth. The “danger zone” is the range of temperatures between 4 and 60 degrees Celsius when there is a chance that microbial activity will occur and cause illnesses and food-borne disorders. As a specialist in freezing and chilling, FPS makes use of structural and mechanical engineering principles to guarantee that, when food is put through the freezing or chilling stage, bacterial growth is considerably decreased while maintaining the quality and integrity of the food product.
However, since bacteria can be present on surfaces and even in the air, they can still spread by cross-contamination. FPS uses a holistic design that eliminates bacteria harborage points that can catch and hold food debris with minimal lap joints and bolting, fully welds enclosure builds to reduce external entry points while maintaining safe temperature levels, and externally mounted fan motors to prevent lubricants, oils, and foreign objects from entering the food processing stage.
Last but not least, whether it be an FPS freezer or not, all equipment needs to be thoroughly cleaned from the inside to prevent and eradicate potential contaminants like mold, leftover food particles, and even commercial cleaning agents used to clean freezers that may end up in food products. FPS offers the Recirculating Clean-in-Place (CIP) System, a dishwasher cleaning idea that thoroughly cleans freezers from the inside while drastically lowering labor and energy expenses, as part of its hygiene promise. The remaining cleaning agents are eliminated by a fully welded stainless steel floor that slopes for efficient drainage, eliminating the risk of chemical contamination in the subsequent batch of food products utilized in the freezer.
The goal of FPS is to 'revolutionize sanitary standards' in the food processing sector. In the end, it is the consumer who needs assurance that safe food is on the table as a key OEM supplier to multinational food producers around the world who have grown to expect the finest in hygienic standards. We are contributing here at FPS.
