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Sanitation includes the methods, procedures, and chemicals used to clean food processing equipment, as well as hygienic design of facilities and equipment and food worker hygiene. </div> </div> <div id='featured-on-topic-pages' class='featured-on-topic-pages'> <div class='featured-on-topic-pages__articles'> </div> </div> <div class="taxonomy-list"> <h3 class="page-title taxonomy-list__title">Topics</h3> <div class="records"> <article class="record single-taxonomy"> <h2 class="headline single-taxonomy__title"> <a class="url single-taxonomy__title-link" title="Biofilm Control" href="/topics/320-biofilm-control">Biofilm Control</a> </h2> <div class="abstract single-taxonomy__description">Biofilm is a colonial structure formed by microorganisms in order to survive and adapt in adverse environmental conditions. Biofilms formed by bacteria in food processing facilities can lead to transmission of disease, food contamination, spoilage of food products, and/or damage to food production surfaces.</div> </article> <article class="record single-taxonomy"> <h2 class="headline single-taxonomy__title"> <a class="url single-taxonomy__title-link" title="CIP/COP" href="/topics/321-cip-cop">CIP/COP</a> </h2> <div class="abstract single-taxonomy__description">Clean-in-place (CIP) describes systems and equipment used in food processing that can be cleaned and sanitized without being disassembled or moved. Clean-out-of-place (COP) denotes systems and equipment that must be disassembled, relocated, or specialty treated in order to clean and sanitize them.</div> </article> <article class="record single-taxonomy"> <h2 class="headline single-taxonomy__title"> <a class="url single-taxonomy__title-link" title="Cleaners/Sanitizers" href="/topics/322-cleaners-sanitizers">Cleaners/Sanitizers</a> </h2> <div class="abstract single-taxonomy__description">Cleaners and sanitizers are chemicals used to disinfect and sanitize food processing facilities, equipment, tools, and personnel. </div> </article> <article class="record single-taxonomy"> <h2 class="headline single-taxonomy__title"> <a class="url single-taxonomy__title-link" title="Environmental Monitoring" href="/topics/323-environmental-monitoring">Environmental Monitoring</a> </h2> <div class="abstract single-taxonomy__description">Environmental monitoring is a process used in food processing facilities that assesses how effectively the plant is being cleaned. This typically means swabbing various surfaces for pathogens and performing a lab analysis of these samples.</div> </article> <article class="record single-taxonomy"> <h2 class="headline single-taxonomy__title"> <a class="url single-taxonomy__title-link" title="Facilities" href="/topics/368-facilities">Facilities</a> </h2> <div class="abstract single-taxonomy__description">Food production and processing facilities encompasses everything from processing plants to storage and warehouses to retail and foodservice outlets. It also includes the equipment used to facilitate the production, processing, transport, and distribution of food.</div> </article> <article class="record single-taxonomy"> <h2 class="headline single-taxonomy__title"> <a class="url single-taxonomy__title-link" title="Food Prep/Handling" href="/topics/324-food-prep-handling">Food Prep/Handling</a> </h2> <div class="abstract single-taxonomy__description">Food workers are tasked with ensuring the safety and quality of food during handling and preparation activities at food processing facilities and retail foodservice operations.</div> </article> <article class="record single-taxonomy"> <h2 class="headline single-taxonomy__title"> <a class="url single-taxonomy__title-link" title="Personal Hygiene/Handwashing" href="/topics/325-personal-hygiene-handwashing">Personal Hygiene/Handwashing</a> </h2> <div class="abstract single-taxonomy__description">Food workers, especially those who prepare and/or serve food in commercial processing or retail foodservice operations, must be vigilant about personal hygiene and handwashing protocols. </div> </article> <article class="record single-taxonomy"> <h2 class="headline single-taxonomy__title"> <a class="url single-taxonomy__title-link" title="Pest Control" href="/topics/326-pest-control">Pest Control</a> </h2> <div class="abstract single-taxonomy__description">Pest control focuses on preventing insects and animals from entering agricultural areas, food processing facilities, storage facilities, or food shipments in transit so that harborage points are minimized and food safety and quality are not compromised. </div> </article> <article class="record single-taxonomy"> <h2 class="headline single-taxonomy__title"> <a class="url single-taxonomy__title-link" title="SSOPs" href="/topics/327-ssops">SSOPs</a> </h2> <div class="abstract single-taxonomy__description">Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOPs) are written procedures or programs used to maintain equipment and the facility environment in a sanitary condition for food processing, and are a fundamental part of a food safety plan.</div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="taxonomy-detail-lists box1"> <div class="navigation"> <ul class="level1"> <li class="level1-li"> <a class="current" href="#articles">Articles</a> </li> <li class="level1-li"> <a href="#authors">Authors</a> </li> <li class="level1-li"> <a href="#products">Products</a> </li> <li class="level1-li"> <a href="#events">Events</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="records articles-list"> <h3 class="feature-title articles-list__title">ARTICLES</h3> <div class="articles-list__row"> <article class="record article-summary "> <div class="image"><a title="Poor Hygienic Design, Difficulty Communicating Risks are Barriers to Low-Moisture Food Safety, Study Shows" class="url" rel="" target="" href="https://www.food-safety.com/articles/9930-poor-hygienic-design-difficulty-communicating-risks-are-barriers-to-low-moisture-food-safety-study-shows"><img width="298" height="168" alt="dry mixed nuts in bowls" title="dry mixed nuts in bowls" border="0" loading="lazy" src="https://www.food-safety.com/ext/resources/News/2024/dry-mixed-nuts-in-bowls.png?height=168&t=1732638375&width=275" /></a></div> <div class="article-summary__details has-image"> <h2 class="headline article-summary__headline"><a href="https://www.food-safety.com/articles/9930-poor-hygienic-design-difficulty-communicating-risks-are-barriers-to-low-moisture-food-safety-study-shows">Poor Hygienic Design, Difficulty Communicating Risks are Barriers to Low-Moisture Food Safety, Study Shows</a></h2> <div class="post-meta"> <div class="author-bylines"><a class="author-bylines__author-link" data-eventname="author-link" data-eventcategory="click" data-eventaction="author-link" data-eventlabel="author: 631|url: /authors/631-food-safety-magazine-editorial-team" href="/authors/631-food-safety-magazine-editorial-team"> <span class="author-bylines__author-link-name">Food Safety Magazine Editorial Team</span> </a></div> <div class="date article-summary__post-date">November 26, 2024</div> </div> <div class="abstract article-summary__teaser"><p>A recent project led by Purdue University researchers has identified challenges to food safety in the low-moisture food industry, ranging from culture-based barriers to hygienic design and hesitance adopting food safety technologies.</p><br /></div><a title="Poor Hygienic Design, Difficulty Communicating Risks are Barriers to Low-Moisture Food Safety, Study Shows" class="more" href="https://www.food-safety.com/articles/9930-poor-hygienic-design-difficulty-communicating-risks-are-barriers-to-low-moisture-food-safety-study-shows">Read More</a> </div> </article> <article class="record article-summary "> <div class="image"><a title="Scientists Point to Food Safety Threats Posed by Microplastics in Wastewater" class="url" rel="" target="" href="https://www.food-safety.com/articles/9901-scientists-point-to-food-safety-threats-posed-by-microplastics-in-wastewater"><img width="298" height="168" alt="plastics floating in water" title="plastics floating in water" border="0" loading="lazy" src="https://www.food-safety.com/ext/resources/News/2024/plastics-floating-in-water.png?height=168&t=1731520251&width=275" /></a></div> <div class="article-summary__details has-image"> <h2 class="headline article-summary__headline"><a href="https://www.food-safety.com/articles/9901-scientists-point-to-food-safety-threats-posed-by-microplastics-in-wastewater">Scientists Point to Food Safety Threats Posed by Microplastics in Wastewater</a></h2> <div class="post-meta"> <div class="author-bylines"><a class="author-bylines__author-link" data-eventname="author-link" data-eventcategory="click" data-eventaction="author-link" data-eventlabel="author: 472|url: /authors/472-bailee-henderson" href="/authors/472-bailee-henderson"> <figure class="author-bylines__author-image"> <img alt="baileehendersonmay23.jpg" loading="lazy" src="//www.food-safety.com/ext/resources/Authors/baileehendersonmay23.jpg?1685545725" /> </figure> <span class="author-bylines__author-link-name">Bailee Henderson</span> </a></div> <div class="date article-summary__post-date">November 13, 2024</div> </div> <div class="abstract article-summary__teaser"><p>Researchers are pointing to the food safety and public health threat of microplastics in wastewater, which can serve as a vehicle for pathogenic biofilm communities and antibiotics, introducing these hazards to the environment and crops, and even contributing to antimicrobial resistance (AMR).</p><br /></div><a title="Scientists Point to Food Safety Threats Posed by Microplastics in Wastewater" class="more" href="https://www.food-safety.com/articles/9901-scientists-point-to-food-safety-threats-posed-by-microplastics-in-wastewater">Read More</a> </div> </article> <article class="record article-summary "> <div class="image"><a title="Preventing E. coli Contamination of Leafy Greens: Advanced Sanitation Practices and Exposure Reduction" class="url" rel="" target="" href="https://www.food-safety.com/articles/9891-preventing-e-coli-contamination-of-leafy-greens-advanced-sanitation-practices-and-exposure-reduction"><img width="274" height="168" alt="man working in leafy greens field" title="man working in leafy greens field" border="0" loading="lazy" src="https://www.food-safety.com/ext/resources/eDigest/2024/man-working-in-leafy-greens-field.jpg?height=168&t=1731423626&width=275" /></a></div> <div class="article-summary__details has-image"> <h2 class="headline article-summary__headline"><a href="https://www.food-safety.com/articles/9891-preventing-e-coli-contamination-of-leafy-greens-advanced-sanitation-practices-and-exposure-reduction">Preventing E. coli Contamination of Leafy Greens: Advanced Sanitation Practices and Exposure Reduction</a></h2> <div class="post-meta"> <div class="author-bylines"><a class="author-bylines__author-link" data-eventname="author-link" data-eventcategory="click" data-eventaction="author-link" data-eventlabel="author: 739|url: /authors/739-keshava-depa" href="/authors/739-keshava-depa"> <span class="author-bylines__author-link-name">Keshava Depa M.B.A., M.S.</span> </a></div> <div class="date article-summary__post-date">November 11, 2024</div> </div> <div class="abstract article-summary__teaser"><p>The challenge of mitigating <em>E. coli</em> in leafy greens calls for a rigorous, multifaceted approach that includes stringent sanitation practices, facility design optimization, and the use of advanced microbial control methods.</p><br /></div><a title="Preventing E. coli Contamination of Leafy Greens: Advanced Sanitation Practices and Exposure Reduction" class="more" href="https://www.food-safety.com/articles/9891-preventing-e-coli-contamination-of-leafy-greens-advanced-sanitation-practices-and-exposure-reduction">Read More</a> </div> </article> <div id="div-gpt-ad-article-list-mrect" class="advertisement"></div> <div id="div-gpt-ad-article-list-mrect-mobile" class="advertisement"></div> <article class="record article-summary "> <div class="image"><a title="EPA Approves First Antimicrobial Treatment of Foodborne Pathogens in Preharvest Agricultural Water" class="url" rel="" target="" href="https://www.food-safety.com/articles/9877-epa-approves-first-antimicrobial-treatment-of-foodborne-pathogens-in-preharvest-agricultural-water"><img width="298" height="168" alt="large overhead sprinkler spraying water on crops" title="large overhead sprinkler spraying water on crops" border="0" loading="lazy" src="https://www.food-safety.com/ext/resources/News/2024/large-overhead-sprinkler-spraying-water-on-crops.png?height=168&t=1730828957&width=275" /></a></div> <div class="article-summary__details has-image"> <h2 class="headline article-summary__headline"><a href="https://www.food-safety.com/articles/9877-epa-approves-first-antimicrobial-treatment-of-foodborne-pathogens-in-preharvest-agricultural-water">EPA Approves First Antimicrobial Treatment of Foodborne Pathogens in Preharvest Agricultural Water</a></h2> <div class="post-meta"> <div class="author-bylines"><a class="author-bylines__author-link" data-eventname="author-link" data-eventcategory="click" data-eventaction="author-link" data-eventlabel="author: 631|url: /authors/631-food-safety-magazine-editorial-team" href="/authors/631-food-safety-magazine-editorial-team"> <span class="author-bylines__author-link-name">Food Safety Magazine Editorial Team</span> </a></div> <div class="date article-summary__post-date">November 4, 2024</div> </div> <div class="abstract article-summary__teaser"><p>Setting a new a new precedent for preharvest food safety interventions, the first-ever registration of an antimicrobial treatment for foodborne pathogens in preharvest agricultural water has been approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).</p><br /></div><a title="EPA Approves First Antimicrobial Treatment of Foodborne Pathogens in Preharvest Agricultural Water" class="more" href="https://www.food-safety.com/articles/9877-epa-approves-first-antimicrobial-treatment-of-foodborne-pathogens-in-preharvest-agricultural-water">Read More</a> </div> </article> <article class="record article-summary "> <div class="image"><a title="New Pulsed Light-Based Sanitization Solution for Food Production from XENON" class="url" rel="" target="" href="https://www.food-safety.com/articles/9872-new-pulsed-light-based-sanitization-solution-for-food-production-from-xenon"><img width="298" height="168" alt="XENON washdown lamp housing" title="XENON washdown lamp housing" border="0" loading="lazy" src="https://www.food-safety.com/ext/resources/Products/BIZTRACKS/XENON-washdown-lamp-housing.png?height=168&t=1730393445&width=275" /></a></div> <div class="article-summary__details has-image"> 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