Effective salad washing

Typically, chlorine-based disinfectants have been used however there is a drive to minimise the use of chlorine in the industry due to environmental concerns, potential health implications of chlorine by-products and consumer reticence.

Holchem has been focusing on developing chlorine free alternatives in the form of its Crystal product which is a peracetic acid-based disinfectant, is low foaming and is suitable for a wide variety of vegetable, salad and fruit washing procedures. It’s an effective solution to ensuring the highest standards are maintained.  Peroxyacetic acid-based disinfectants are effective against a wide spectrum of micro-organisms including vegetative and sporing bacteria, moulds, spores, yeasts and viruses. 

They are suitable for a wide variety of vegetable, salad and fruit washing operations and are particularly suited to automated dosing systems. It Is manufactured from hydrogen peroxide and acetic acid to form an equilibrium of peroxyacetic acid, hydrogen peroxide and acetic acid. This eventually breaks down to form water and acetic acid. 

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