CMS Products 674 - Manual (Page 97)

HotCup Operators’ Guide Sanitation
November, 2007 91 6740001
Sanitation
BASICS
INTRODUCTION
Anybody who services vending machines must use proper sanitizing procedures. Health regulations
require that hands be clean when cups, commodities, and food-contact parts are handled or
serviced.
In addition, Federal and State Health Departments require regular cleaning and sanitizing
procedures for food contact parts.
The information in this section will explain how to clean and sanitize the merchandiser on a day to
day basis. A clean and well maintained merchandiser will provide a better product and greater safety
for your customers.
CLEANING AND SANITIZING -- WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
Clean means “free of visible soil”. In cup vending machine servicing, cleaning is also done to
maintain product quality and to remove food soils, oils, and mineral stains that could affect product
taste, aroma, and appearance.
Sanitizing means the reduction, to safe levels, of the number of disease-causing bacteria that remain
on the surface after cleaning. Therefore, cleaning and sanitizing are done in separate steps, as
prescribed by health regulations and good industry practice.
When you sanitize you create a healthy and hygienic condition. This leads to wholesome food,
which in turn leads to satisfied customers.
HOW DO I SANITIZE?
You can sanitize by using either of these two methods:
Chemicals: The object to be sanitized is treated with a bactericidal compound.
Heat: Raise the temperature of the object high enough to kill bacteria. Water must be at
least 170° F.
Hot brew water (if available) is an acceptable sanitizer. When food contact surfaces are
washed and/or rinsed, use the hot water available in the machine.
Turn the machine off before using water on the machine.
In either case, the object must be thoroughly clean and completely rinsed in order for the sanitizing
process to work. Caked-on soils not removed by cleaning, for example, may shield bacteria from a
sanitizing solution.
SANITIZING IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR A GOOD CLEANING