Disposable dishcloths recommended
October 1st 2010 The Health Protection Agency
has advocated the use of
disposable 'dishcloths' in the food
preparation sector following a
study of catering kitchens.
HPA researchers who visited
120 restaurant and fast-food
kitchens in the north-east of
England discovered that 56% of
the cloths tested were
unacceptable – and that some
carried faecal bacteria and
listeria.
"Food and catering staff are
becoming increasingly conscious
of the need for hand hygiene, but
many seem unaware of the
problems that a textile dishcloth
can pose," says Mark Riley,
product and market manager of
Tork tissue manufacturer SCA
Tissue Europe.
"By replacing dishcloths with a
disposable alternative, catering
chiefs can potentially make the
food preparation
environment
much safer.
"Systems such
as our Tork
Premium
Specialist Colour-
Coded Cloths are suitable for the
food environment since they are
strong and disposable.They are
also colour-coded enabling
apportion to different cleaning
tasks." More articles from SCA Tissue Europe: | 
