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Enhancing Your Sanitation Using Chlorine Dioxide Gas
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Improves sanitation programs by resetting the sterility of the facility
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Pathogens become established in a crevice
Pathogens multiply and leave the crevice
Sanitation Some Pathogens Survive to Continue the Cycle
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FDA investigators will be visiting and inspecting every food facility, executing microbiological swab-a-
potentially 100s of samples, testing them for pathogens such as Listeria and Salmonella. Any positive samples would be compared to the
PulseNet database, where a match found could lead to recall.
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L. monocytogenes All isolates obtained from human disease cases in the US have been characterized by WGS since the fall of 2013.
Salmonella All isolates planned to be characterized by Spring 2018.
WGS allows for more confident trace back of illness to Food Manufacturers.
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The PulseNet database has been receiving isolates for 20 years.
traced back to any source.
At this point, there are over 1,000,000 unsolved illnesses which can still be
matched to food manufacturing sites in the future if positive environmental swabs are
found during inspections.
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The DOJ has made it public that it has partnered with FDA and adopted a policy of initiating criminal investigations
against any company (or its employees) that sells a product that cause human illness.
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Pathogens become established in a crevice
Pathogens multiply and leave the crevice
Sanitation Some Pathogens Survive to Continue the Cycle
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How does chlorine dioxide gas improve sanitation?
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Magnified scratch in stainless steel harboring bacteria
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Pathogens become established in a crevice
Pathogens multiply and leave the crevice
Decontamination No Pathogens Survive to Continue the Cycle
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Chlorine dioxide gas is registered as a sterilant with the US EPA, which means it is capable of eliminating
all viruses, bacteria, fungi and spores.
Chlorine Dioxide Gas
Registration Sterilant
All decontaminations are performed to provide a
sterilization level kill (6-log sporicidal reduction)
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Wet dairy
Dairy powders
Produce
Grain milling
Pet foods
Ice cream
Infant formula
Meat processing
Spices
Beverages
Organics
etc
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The frequency of preventive decontamination depends on the
application. Environmental sampling data should be used to
determine the frequency of decontamination.
Process:
1. Establish baseline environmental sampling data under current
sanitation method
2. Decontaminate with chlorine dioxide gas
3. Perform ongoing post-decon sampling to determine the
preventive benefit of chlorine dioxide gas
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Example:
Pre-CD Gas:
Microbial counts spike every ~4 weeks after current sanitation takes place.
Post-CD Gas:
Then CD Gas decontamination should be performed every ~10
weeks.
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