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Hygiene in food plants is usually a tricky one, surfaces visually appearing clean and actually being clean at a microbiological level are completely independent, meaning one can occur without the other. Food’s biggest threat is at the microbiological level in the form of bacteria and pathogens. Which are both microscopic and unable to be identified…

Click the interactive model below to explore the design: At SKG we have been extremely busy trying to best protect Australia & our community against Coronavirus. We have led the way conducting Coronavirus Deep Reactive cleans all over Australia in food production facilities and restaurants. Now we are trying to engineer solutions with the capacity…

In this week’s article, we will discuss how you can use the Hierarchy of Controls to facilitate your thinking and develop sound safety measures/controls to minimise the risk that your facility will have a coronavirus outbreak. The hierarchy of controls is a best practice system for mitigating risk, the top of the pyramid are the…

With Coronavirus on the loose it is critical to take care around high touch surfaces. Ideally, remove or avoid the need for frequent touching, however, sometimes there’s no way to completely remove the need to touch something. The next best options are offer both engineering and administrative controls around the hazard. Don’t worry, I agree…

In this post, we will explore Bacteriophages a.k.a phages for short & how they can be used to kill specific strains of bacteria without being harmful to anything else. Phages are a natural solution to problems we look to solve with chemicals. What are Bacteriophages? As defined by Dr Cathrine Shaffer, Bacteriophages are small, virus-like…

In the Food & Beverage Industry, cleaning is paramount for brand longevity and success. The industry has several key auditors & regulatory bodies who expect you to meet a certain level of hygiene – which, if not met could see a business penalised or even shut down. When choosing an in-house or outsourced structure for…

On the 11th of May, Cedar Meats reached out to SKG under the instruction of the Victorian Department of Health to consult us, as industry leaders, to conduct an antiviral deep clean in their Brooklyn facility to ensure remediation of the coronavirus contamination.  Between the 11th and the 14th of May, we developed a bespoke…

The cleaning industry is changing, it is an industry of critical importance to society, keeping both people and business healthy. However, the industry is grossly overlooked by many that do not actually understand the significance of ‘cleaning’. To the untrained eye, cleaning may be degraded as a service that is not critical to business continuity,…

It is no secret that this pandemic will cause and is causing a paradigm shift in many sectors, businesses and even economies. This situation is unprecedented – the global economy has never stood still, simultaneously, ever before. The good news, coronaviruses grasp on the world is limited. It is only a matter of time until…