As it goes with any food related business, including bakery kitchens, sustainable infection management, cleanliness, and hygiene are an essential but endless cycle. The very nature of a baker’s most used ingredients, fats, oils, and flour, results in a mess and the constant need to wipe benches and sweep floors. Not to mention the waste that comes from excessive use of disposable sponges or cloths and the effect of chemicals on our hands and the surfaces they cling to.
The question that comes to mind as baking business owners is what else can be done? How can we improve in this area? And what are other food service businesses doing? P.H.O.D. Sustainable Infection Management have an awesome solution to simplify cleanliness and hygiene in the bakery kitchen while reducing toxic chemicals and waste.
Who is P.H.O.D. Sustainable Infection Management (PHOD SIM)?
PHOD SIM are a team of two individuals, Jason Woodward and Tamara Andrijich, that care about infection management and its effects on the environment. Jason and Tamara have developed various ozone devices including the EnozoPro and the PHOD Generator, that utilise aqueous zone to clean and sanitise without toxic chemicals. PHOD SIM also supply Pureworx a HACCP approved toxic free degreaser and various other eco-friendly products. Together these products allow baking businesses to clean and sanitise their bakery kitchen while saving money and reducing their environmental footprint.
What is Aqueous Ozone?
Aqueous Ozone is oxygen (O2) that has gained another oxygen atom to produce the gas ozone (O3). When this gas is infused in water it becomes aqueous ozone a human-safe oxidising agent that reacts with organisms and destroys them by damaging their internal structures and cell walls on contact. This means that aqueous ozone destroys a large array of bacteria and viruses such as E. coli and salmonella without leaving bio-film.
Aqueous ozone has been used to sanitise drinking water for more than 100 years and is used by hospitals, hotels, and food manufacturers globally as a commercial and industrial cleaning agent.
How does it work?
The system uses a patented diamond-electric technology device that converts cold tap water into aqueous ozone, which when sprayed on a surface quickly scavenges for germs and destroys them. The device has a scientifically proven 99.99% germ kill rate and is HACCP FZP certified making it ideal for use with humans and food.
This technology is ideal for baking businesses as it reduces chemical usage and waste by removing the need to buy cleaning products and sponges. The EnozoPro can reduce your environmental footprint by removing up to 12,000 plastic containers from landfill throughout its four-year lifecycle. This means you save money while saving the environment. The cleaning process is also quick and easy, 10 seconds to clean and sanitise, saving you time.
Pureworx
Pureworx is an eco-friendly mineralised aqua solution that is powerful against grease and stains, and perfect for use in the bakery kitchen. It is HACCP FZS certified cleaning solution making it the perfect sustainable infection management addition to your food safety plan. Pureworx has a pH of 12.6 which reduces food poisoning bacteria such as S.Aureus, E.Coli and S.Choleraesuis. This toxic free cleaning solution is formulated with purified water and potassium carbonate and easy to use on any greasy surface including benchtops or flooring.
EnozoPro
The EnozoPro is a mobile rechargeable unit designed to be refilled more than 5,000 times during its four-year life span. It is perfect for high-touch zones including glass or stainless-steel countertops and display windows. The EnozoPro provides disinfection, sanitisation, and deodorisation making it the ultimate mobile sustainable infection management device for your bakery kitchen.
PHOD Generator
The PHOD Generator is a fixed device that retrofits to your existing kitchen tap to produce antimicrobial water on demand 24/7. This compact unit produces more than 400,000 litres of aqueous ozone and is perfect for use in the bakery kitchen to sanitise, disinfect, and deodorise surfaces and equipment.
PHOD SIM products provide a sustainable infection management solution that is completely chemical free and HACCP certified making it perfect for baking businesses. NBIA Members receive exclusive discounted prices when purchasing the PHOD Generator or EnozoPro. For more information about these products contact the NBIA Membership Officer on 1300 557 022 or email.