Re: Tree Chipping Food Service - Comments from Doug Grainger

[kathie brosemer <alderego@mad.scientist.com>]

My only addition to this discussion is that vinegar is an effective
disinfectant, but only when used full strength.  It works well for things
like wiping off countertops and disinfecting drainboards and cutting boards,
but it's impractical in this context.  The AHU is pretty rigid in its love
of chlorine bleach.

Very hot, soapy water is an excellent disinfectant, certainly sufficient for
human pathogens (pathogens are wimps).  Unfortunately it cools off very
quickly when it's 30 below outside.  That's probably why Doug wants to
ensure our safety with the bleach.  He's probably right.

Oxygen bleaches use peroxide, which is a disinfectant, but they put in a lot
of other nonsense I wouldn't want sticking to my dishes in a rinse water. 
I'll check my earth-friendly products catalogs to see if there's another
answer.

kathie

kathie

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