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WHEN IT COMES TO FOOD SAFETY, PURE­ HARD SURFACE IS
PURE GENIUS
®
REVOLUTIONIZING FOOD SAFETY WITH ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE ANTIMICROBIAL DISINFECTANTS!
PURE® Hard Surface is an EPA registered food contact surface sanitizer and disinfectant powered by the patented, environmentally friendly
Silver Dihydrogen Citrate molecule. It quickly eliminates microorganisms in food processing facilities, food preparation areas and restaurants.
LISTERIA REMEDIATION : TOP FIVE THINGS TO KNOW
Listeria monocytogenes is ubiquitous in nature due to its inherent ability to survive and grow under a wide range of adverse environmental conditions, such as
refrigeration temperatures, high acidity, salinity and reduced water activity. Because of its pervasive nature and presence in raw ingredients, processing facilities
have elevated risk.
1. Watch the Hard Surfaces
Listeria monocytogenes cells attached to equipment surfaces can detach and multiply in food products, posing a significant health risk. Moreover,
detached cells may exhibit a higher tolerance to stressful conditions than cells in suspension, depending on the growth environment before and after
transit. Even old or injured detached cells can cause serious harm1.
Pure Advantage: It’s imperative to use true disinfectants on all hard surfaces that potentially come into contact with raw materials. This, in
combination with rigerous Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), such as clearly defined food handling and facility cleaning policies, effective
employee training, routine inspections and testing offer the best possible formula for elimination. PURE® Hard Surface has successfully provided
decontamination and eliminated Listeria.
2. Sanitation Doesn’t Equal Disinfection
Listeria tolerates exposure to a high concentration of alkaline cleaning solutions even over extended periods of time (30 minutes or more). In
fact, this extended exposure can cause it to become desensitized to sanitizers. That’s why even the most thorough cleaning must be followed by
appropriate application of sanitizers on equipment for elimination of Listeria 2.
Pure Advantage: PURE® Hard Surface is a highly effective, easy-to-use ion technology for proven effectiveness against persistent microbial issues.
3. Zero Tolerance for RTE
Because of Listeria’s ubiquitous nature and ability to move from raw products to hard surfaces,
drain contamination prevention is critical in any food processing operation. Every effort should be
made to prevent contamination from Listeria and prevent recontamination in ready-to-eat (RTE) foods.
The latest figures from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) indicate there have been as many as 2,500
cases of Listeria, and as many as 495 deaths, each year. While the infectious dose has not been established
at this time, the increase in food borne illness associated with Listeria in meat and poultry products has
prompted the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to issue a zero tolerance policy for the
organism in RTE foods. This has resulted in a large number of food recalls since 19984.
Pure Advantage: PURE® Hard Surface completely eliminates Listeria monocytogenes and offers
superior efficacy and fast killing with 24-hour residual protection.
SDC kills germs by attacking their
protective membrane. SDC also
appears as food to microbes, destroying
their metabolism and reproduction.
4. Don’t Forget the Drains
Because of its pervasive nature, Listeria can often be found in processing facility drains. Poorly maintained
drains become unpleasant over time, which may cause workers to continue to neglect these critical pathways.
As a result of this cycle of neglect, Listeria can easily migrate from drains onto surfaces where food is
processed and handled, leading to contamination of the food itself. This transfer can occur in several ways:
• Food traffic or rolling carts
• High-pressure cleaning or vigorous scrubbing may aerosolize Listeria,
allowing it to translocate to equipment and other surfaces
• Equipment left sitting over a drain or dropped onto one
• Employees’ clothing, hands and gloves
• Pests such as flies
Pure Advantage: All of these provide ways for Listeria to move from a non-food contact surface, such as the floor or a drain,
to food or food-contact surfaces. Before success can be achieved with remediation, Listeria must be eliminated from harborage points,
such as floor drains3. PURE Bioscience has successfully implemented specific SOPs that include contaminant protocols during cleaning
and disinfection to prevent translocation.
5. Know Your Sources
The primary sources of in-plant Listeria contamination include:
• Employees coming into direct product contact via clothing, gloves or shoes
• Improperly cleaned and sanitized equipment
• Poorly maintained floor or other drains
• The environment, either through airborne bacteria or aerosol moisture droplets generated from disturbances in work areas,
including construction, disassembly of equipment or cross-contamination from other parts of the plant
Pure Advantage: Listeria can be successfully remediated, provided facilities follow stringent cleaning protocols with true disinfectants, followed
by microbial testing to validate elimination. PURE® Hard Surface provides easy, odorless application to equipment work area surfaces and
employee boots to help quickly decontaminate problem areas .
Bridget Tinsley-Cormier, M.S., Vice President, PURE Bioscience
THE PURE GENIUS OF PURE BIOSCIENCE® PRODUCTS AT WORK
• An Illinois-based private label, specialty food manufacturer was closed July 2014 after
two separate Listeria contamination events drove products recalls.
• PURE® Hard Surface and Pure® Hi-Foam and Multipurpose Cleaner were featured
in a FDA-approved decontamination and Listeria eradication plan.
• After treatment of the plant, packaging equipment and environment, the FDA released
both the equipment and plant for the manufacturing of FDA regulated products.
1. “Listeria Monocytogenes Attachment to and Detachment from Stainless Steel Surfaces in a Simulated Dairy Processing Environment”,
Applied Environmental Microbiology; Nov. 2009, Vol. 7, No. 22
2. “Survival of Listeria Monocytogenes in Commercial Food-Processing Equipment Cleaning Solutions and Subsequent Sensitivity to Sanitizers
and Heat”, Journal of Applied Microbiology; Jan. 2002, Vol. 92, Issue 1
3. “Fighting Food Manufacturing Fears: How to Control and Eliminate Listeria”, Food Manufacturing; December 2006
4. “Controlling Listeria Monocytogenes in Small and Very Small Meat and Poultry Plants”, FSIS; Jan. 2004
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