Poor food handling, or hand and surface hygiene practices can create the opportunity for food to become contaminated and lead to foodborne illness. In Australia there are around 4.1 million cases of foodborne illness each year.1 Ensuring food handlers are aware of good hygiene practices will help reduce the risk of cross contamination in food businesses.
The Food Safety standards for Food Premises and Equipment require that food contact surfaces of fixtures, fittings and equipment must be able to be easily and effectively cleaned and, if necessary, sanitised if there is a likelihood that they will cause food contamination. 2
Did you know?
- Undispensed exposed wiping rolls are typically handled 70 times3
- Users unwind on average over 2m of paper around their hand3
- Cotton cloths can reduce the efficiency of disinfectant chemicals by up to 85%4
Choose the right wiper for your facility to help support your surface hygiene practices. Kimberly-Clark Professional™ offers a range of wipers designed for use in high traffic areas and suitable for food zones.
The WypAll® REACH™ Centrefeed System is designed to help you drive hygiene standards throughout your facility and help prevent transmission of foodborne bacteria caused by handling of exposed blue rolls during food preparation. It is conveniently portable and can reduce paper consumption by up to 18%.3
1 Source:https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/foodsafety/culture/Pages/default.aspx accessed 15/02/21
2 STANDARD 3.2.3 FOOD PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT; Division 4, Clause 2, section a (AUS ONLY)
3 Sapio Wiper Preference Research Aug 2018
4 Source: https://www.ajicjournal.org/article/S0196-6553(13)00117-X/fulltext. “Decreased activity of commercially available disinfectants containing quaternary ammonium compounds when exposed to cotton towels”, Charles Gerba, Ph.D, etal, American Journal of Infection Control, April, 2013
