S13 - Hygiene and Sanitation Solutions to Manage Evolving Risks

Glen 201-202
Organizers: Larry Mendes and Chris Remus
Convenors: Larry Mendes and Chris Remus

8:30-Evolution of Risks and Solutions — Katherine Swanson, Ecolab, Inc., St. Paul, MN, USA

9:00-Technical Aspects of Cleaning — Charles Giambrone, Rochester Midland, New Hope, PA, USA

9:30-Challenges of a Cleaning Program — Dwain Leaser, ConAgra Foods, Overland Park, KS, USA

10:00-Break

10:3- Measuring the Cleaning Program — Dennis Bogart, Randolph and Associates, Birmingham, AL, USA

11:00-Contract Cleaning - Pros and Cons — James Sharpe, Aramark Facility Services, Downers Grove, IL, USA

11:30-Time - How to Make Sanitation More Efficient — Michael Hanschke, JohnsonDiversey, Sharonville, OH, USA

Abstract
The abundance and availability of safe food in the US has become an accepted expectation for consumers. The challenge to maintaining the safety of the food supply continues to increase with larger facilities, faster production and more demands for longer shelf life. Proper cleaning and sanitation is imperative to the production of safe food. Cleaning fast and efficiently is imperative to a company’s profitability and an ever growing challenge.This symposium will show how food safety can be enhance through effective and efficient cleaning programs aimed at eliminating the environmental risks associated with food processing facilities. It will provide useful knowledge to better understand not only the challenges the industry faces, but how to measure your program to enhance its effectiveness while meeting compliance. It will answer whether contract cleaning is a viable option for your facility and end with actual time management case studies that have been shown to be effective. Producers, suppliers and sanitation mangers will benefit by understanding of the challenges and what can be done to improve their cleaning programs.