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Sanitization for Food Safety

Using Sanitizer Test Strips

This document offers general and specific information covering food safety to ensure proper sanitization in restaurants, food processing facilities, and anywhere else food is commercially prepared or served. It includes comparison charts, how to choose and select the right sanitizer test kits and how to use them properly, along with information about the Food Code and highlighting requirement testing.

The goal of this document is to give you an easy reference for to provide to food service workers with information and that can help them and their in-house employee training efforts.

Our goal is to help you keep a safe environment for employees, customers, and families.

In this Document

  • The Basics: Disinfection vs Sterilization
  • Temperature Sanitization
  • Chemical Sanitization
  • Chlorine
  • Quaternary Ammonium Compounds (Quats)
  • Solution Differences
  • Test Kits
  • Sanitation Needs
  • When to Test
  • Inspecting the Tests and Testers
  • How to Test

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