Cutline: U-Tanya Mason, iphini likamongameli wezokuthuthukiswa kwebhizinisi we-New Leaf Food Safety Solutions, wamukela Umkhiqizo Omusha Ongcono Kakhulu Wokuphepha Kokudla embukisweni we-United Fresh ngoMeyi.
Ukulungiswa: U-Tanya Mason, iphini likamongameli wezokuthuthukiswa kwebhizinisi we-New Leaf Food Safety Solutions, kanye nenkampani abakhonjwanga ngokungeyikho emgqeni wesithombe sendaba ye-Next-Gen Sanitizers kumagazini kaJulayi we-Fresh Cut. Siyazisola ngephutha futhi sihalalisela i-New Leaf ngendondo Yomkhiqizo Omusha Wokuphepha Kokudla Okuhle Kakhulu embukisweni we-United Fresh ngoMeyi. Ukuze uthole okwengeziwe nge-SmartWash, isizinzisi se-chlorine esivela ku-New Leaf, chofoza lapha or lapha.
I-Chlorine ibiyindinganiso yokugezwa kwendle emanzini okugeza endaweni yokucubungula kusukela ekuthuthukisweni kokusikeka okusha. Eminye imikhiqizo, okuhlanganisa i-ozone ne-sodium noma i-calcium hypochlorate, nayo isetshenziswa ngokwezinga elithile kodwa hhayi ngokuvamile njenge-chlorine.
Kodwa esikhathini sokuphepha kokudla, imboni esanda kusikwa idinga isibulali-magciwane “esizukulwaneni esilandelayo” esingase sinciphise ithuba lokungcoliswa okuphambana embhoshweni wokugeza futhi sinciphise amagciwane emanzini anomthwalo omkhulu wezinto eziphilayo. Izinkampani ezintathu zinikeze indlela yazo yokuhlanza i-sanitizing esikhungweni sokufunda se-processor esisanda kusikwa e-United Fresh Show ngoMeyi.
Hlanza kabusha
I-FreshRinse iwumkhiqizo omusha olethwe ukutshalwa kwezimali ocwaningweni oluvela e-Chiquita/Fresh Express. Yethulwe ngonyaka odlule kwiProduce Marketing Association Fresh Summit e-Orlando kwathi ngasekupheleni kukaMeyi yamemezela ukuthi amasaladi ayo adayiswa ezweni lonke acutshungulwa kusetshenziswa iFreshRinse.
"Sifinyelele igxathu elibalulekile emkhankasweni wethu wokuthuthukisa umsoco emhlabeni ngokunwetshwa kwenqubo yethu entsha yokugeza imifino enamaqabunga emigqeni yethu yesaladi ye-Fresh Express," kusho u-Fernando Aguirre, usihlalo kanye ne-CEO ye-Chiquita, ngoMeyi. “Ngaphezu kwentuthuko enkulu yokuphepha kokudla, ukuguqulwa kwethu kuzwelonke kwe-Fresh Rinse kubonise izinga elithuthukisiwe nobusha njengoba kulinganiswa ngokuhlolwa okuqhubekayo endaweni yethu yokuqala yokucubungula. Ukutshalwa kwezimali kwethu okuqhubekayo ekuphepheni kokudla, okusha, nasekuthuthukisweni kwekhwalithi kuzoba nomthelela omuhle ezimpilweni zabathengi bethu ngokwandisa ukusetshenziswa kwamasaladi wethu we-Fresh Express anomsoco, anambitheka kakhulu.”
I-sanitizer i-eco-friendly, ilungele ukuthintana nokudla kanye ne-GRAS futhi ingasetshenziswa emikhiqizweni yemvelo. Kuye kwaboniswa ukunciphisa inani lepuleti eliphindwe kasikhombisa kune-chlorine, futhi i-E. coli ne-salmonella enamathiselwe yayingcono ngokuphindwe kasishiyagalolunye. I-E. coli 0157: H7 emisiwe kanye ne-salmonella bekungcono ngokuphindwe kasigidi uma kuqhathaniswa ne-chlorine ocwaningweni olwenziwa ngaphakathi nangaphandle.
Ezimweni zokukhiqiza, isibalo sepuleti esiphelele emithonjeni yokugeza kusetshenziswa ubuchwepheshe be-FreshRinse awabuyiseli amaseli amaningi abonakalayo, futhi ekuxubeni kwe-lettuce, isibalo sezinhliziyo ze-Romaine nemifino yamathenda sibuyise amaseli ambalwa nje, kusho u-Courtney Parker, umphathi wezokuphepha kokudla kanye ne-microbiology. I-Express entsha.
Umkhiqizo uzosiza imikhiqizo ye-Fresh Express igcine ikhwalithi kuyo yonke impilo yeshalofu. Ocwaningweni lokuhlukumeza izinga lokushisa, inkampani yaphawula umkhiqizo wesipinashi owawubukeka umuhle ngisho nangemva kwezinsuku eziyi-16. Ezaqathi, ukusetshenziswa kwe-FreshRinse kuholele ekuphelelweni kwamanzi emzimbeni kanye nokuncipha kombala omhlophe kunesixazululo se-chlorine, kusho uParker.
I-Fresh Express ithe izokwenza ubuchwepheshe butholakale embonini, nakuba amanani entengo kanye nezindleko zamalayisensi zingakatholakali.
I-SmartWash
I-New Leaf Food Safety Solutions, i-Salinas, Calif., ithuthukise i-SmartWash ukuze isetshenziswe enkampanini engumzali i-Taylor Farm Fresh Foods. Akwakhiwanga njenge-antimicrobial, kodwa njengokuthuthukiswa kwamanzi okugeza okwenza ama-antimicrobial akhona asebenze isikhathi eside, kusho uJim Brennan, umongameli we-New Leaf Food Safety Solutions.
Endaweni yokuwasha, i-chlorine yamahhala engaphansi kwengxenye eyisihlanu esigidini ingaholela ekungcoleni okunqamulayo, futhi ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi ungangcoli kakhulu amanzi okugeza kufanele agcinwe eyi-chlorine yamahhala engu-10 ppm. Uma sekunokungcola okuphambene, ngisho nokuwasha kabusha umkhiqizo nge-chlorine yamahhala engu-50 ppm akuliqedi leli gciwane emkhiqizweni. Ngakho ukuhlola nokugcina i-chlorine yamahhala kuyingxenye ebalulekile yenqubo yokuphepha kokudla, kusho uBrennan.
I-SmartWash yengeza umkhawulo obalulekile wokuphepha endaweni yokucubungula, uBrennan uthe, ngoba inikeza ukuncishiswa kwelogi okuyisilinganiso esingu-3.4, uma kuqhathaniswa nokwehliswa kwelogi elingu-2.17 ku-chlorine kuphela. Ngokombono wokulawulwa kwengozi, ukuncishiswa kwelogi engu-1.5 kunganciphisa amathuba okuqubuka kwezinga lokungcoliswa kwe-pathogen izikhathi ezingu-50, futhi ukuncishiswa kwelogi engu-2 kungavala ngokuphelele igebe lokuhlola insimu, kusho uBrennan.
I-SmartWash isebenza ngokusiza i-chlorine yamahhala ukuthi ihlale isikhathi eside, ngisho noma igcwele izinto eziphilayo. Kodwa kunezinye izici okufanele zicatshangelwe endaweni yokugeza: ukugcina izinga lama-antimicrobial asebenzayo, imingcele yamakhemikhali wamanzi, ukuthintana nesikhathi.
Umkhiqizo we-SmartWash okwamanje usetshenziswa ezindaweni zokucubungula ze-Taylor Fresh Foods nase-River Ranch, futhi i-New Leaf isebenza nabanye abacubungula abanentshisekelo kulobu buchwepheshe. Isetshenziselwe ukugeza amakhilogremu angaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili zemifino eluhlaza nemifino, ngokusho kwenkampani.
I-PurFresh
I-PurFresh iyi-ejenti yemvelo yokuhlanza i-ozone enamandla ngamaphesenti angu-150 kune-chlorine, kusho u-Andy Smith, iphini likamongameli wemikhiqizo ye-PurFresh. Ivimbela ukubola kube iqeda ama-ejenti afana namagciwane, imvubelo kanye nesikhunta, futhi ithuthukisa ukuphepha kokudla ngokunciphisa inqwaba yamagciwane atholakala ekudleni, okuhlanganisa i-E. coli, i-salmonella kanye ne-listeria.
I-ozone isebenza ngokushesha izikhathi ezingaba ngu-3,000 kune-chlorine, futhi idinga izingxenye ezimbalwa ngesigidi ukwenza kanjalo. Ingafinyelela ukuncishiswa kwamalogi amane kuya kwayisithupha ngesikhathi esifushane, kusho uSmith, futhi ikhulise ukusetshenziswa kwamanzi ngaphandle kwemikhiqizo ye-chlorine. Emasekhondini angu-30, ukuncishiswa kwamalogi angu-5 e-E. coli kungafinyelelwa, emizuzwini emithathu ilogu engu-4 ye-listeria monocytogenes kanye nelogi engu-6 ye-salmonella emizuzwini engu-10.
I-ozone isetshenziselwe ukuhlanzeka cishe iminyaka eyi-100, futhi ezinye zezinzuzo zayo zihlanganisa ukuthi i-GRAS, egunyazwe izinto eziphilayo, egunyazwe i-FDA njengesithako sokudla futhi i-EPA ivumela ukusetshenziswa kwe-ozone ngaphandle kokubika noma ukugcinwa kwamarekhodi.
USmith uthe uhlelo lwePurFresh endaweni yokugeza lungathuthukisa ukuphepha kokudla ngokubulala amagciwane atholakala emanzini nangaphezulu emkhiqizweni, ezintweni zokusebenza nasemanzini okugeza. Iphinde ihlangabezane nezidingo ze-HACCP ngoba uhlelo luhlinzeka ngokuqinisekiswa okuzenzakalelayo nokubika ngokulawula futhi lusiza ukulawula ukusetshenziswa nokulahlwa kwamanzi.
Uhlelo lwe-PurFresh lusezitshalweni eziningi ezweni lonke, futhi amakhasimende abone isikhathi seshelufu esandisiwe esinekhwalithi ephezulu kanye nokwehliswa kwamanzi ngamaphesenti angama-60 endaweni yokucubungula.