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Common Pests in Food Processing Environments – #2: Flies
Hygiene: Upgrade Your Awareness For Better Health
Ecowize recently installed a crate washer
Chasing Zero: What Will It Take to Improve Food Safety Standards in SA?
Chasing Zero: What Will It Take to Improve Food Safety Standards in SA? SA FM Interview with Gareth-Lloyd Jones The recent Listeria outbreak, which claimed over 180 lives, has been a major eye opener for South Africans and has resulted in consumers not just questioning food safety standards, but insisting on a zero-tolerance approach to bacterial contamination and exposure. Gareth-Lloyd
What is Log Reduction?
Log reduction is a mathematical term used when testing product efficacy to indicate the number of microbes eliminated by the use of a disinfectant. The number of colony forming units of a given pathogen is counted at the start of testing. The colony forming units of the control sample and test sample (using the disinfectant) are recounted after the required
Listeria mono and tolerance to QAC’s
by Gareth Lloyd-Jones: 26 March 2018 Post the Listeria Symposium in Johannesburg South Africa, hosted by Food Focus, a research paper compiled by students from the University of Stellenbosch, has been doing the rounds, after these findings were presented at the symposium. The study isolated Listeria (LM) in 9 salmon and meat facilities in Norway to investigate the prevalence of
Low Pressure Cleaning Equipment
Low Pressure Cleaning Equipment Low pressure cleaning is done either by means of a centralized or decentralized setup or can be done through the use of mobile units. These systems reduce irregularities associated with cleaning to provide a food safe environment. Ecowize offers high quality low pressure cleaning equipment for surface cleaning and open plant cleaning in the food, beverage
Listeria – What Happened To Tiger Brands Could Have Happened To Any Business
Courtesy of HUFFPOST: Article by – Zongile Nhlapo What happened to Tiger Brands could have happened to any other business entity. That’s the view held by Gareth Lloyd-Jones, chief commercial officer of hygiene and sanitation company Ecowize. He was responding after the source of the deadly listeriosis outbreak was narrowed down to Enterprise’s Polokwane facility and a rainbow chicken processing
SA’s Listeria outbreak reveals urgent need for a designated food control agency
SA’s Listeria outbreak reveals urgent need for a designated food control agency! Radio Sonder Grense Interview with Ecowize – 01 February 2018 With over 720 laboratory-confirmed cases of food poisoning caused by Listeria in 2017*, and the death toll resulting from the current outbreak surpassing 60, South Africa is in dire need of a Food Control Agency which can better manage
Listeria – What You Should Know
What is Listeria? monocytogenes is an environmental pathogen that can contaminate foods and cause a mild, non-invasive illness (listerial gastroenteritis) or a severe, invasive illness (listeriosis). Listeriosis is characterized by a relatively high mortality rate compared to illnesses caused by most other foodborne pathogens (~20% compared to <1 % for Salmonella or E. coli O157), but can be treated with antibiotics.
