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What are biofilms? Biofilms are a consortium of numerous different types of microorganisms that accumulate on a surface and adhere to both the surface and the accompanying microbial cells. Biofilms form a sticky protective layer encompassing the accumulated cells which are referred to as an extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) matrix. As a result of the…

If you don’t conduct a break sanitise in your food processing facility, you are jeopardising your facilities hygiene. Here is what this article will cover: How not implementing a break sanitise is hurting your facility? What is a break sanitise? Simple steps to introducing a break sanitise into your cleaning regime. The Importance of a…

Our pork industry is facing a potentially catastrophic event, African Swine Fever (ASF) is a real concern for Australia and our livestock. African Swine Fever threatens our entire Pig population, the disease is highly contagious and spread virally with a staggeringly high mortality rate of 80%. In this Article we will cover: What is African…

Smoked Salmon processing has inherent risks for Listeria contamination for many reasons. These include the fact that fish enter processing with naturally occurring contamination and that there are many opportunities for cross-contamination. PhageGuard Listex can help Smoked Salmon producers reduce their Listeria risks on the product itself as well as on processing equipment and environmentally.…

If you’re like every other food producer, you hate training & retraining! Especially, when it comes to cleaning your facility. Because let’s be honest, if we didn’t have to worry about pathogens posing both a potentially deadly health risk to consumers & destroying products… then we probably wouldn’t be interested in cleaning at all. But…

So many questions where to start? …. how about the unlikely….. What is the best rinse pressure for cleaning in the food industry? Many hygiene teams have their own view on what the best rinse pressure is for cleaning in the food industry, but what do you think? Whilst high pressure water produces hazardous aerosols…

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…

Download Source Files for 3D Printing 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…

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…