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HOT DRINK SETUP/PROGRAMMING GUIDE
6700001 Page - 101 November, 2002
SANITATION
Basics
INTRODUCTION
Anybody who services vending machines must use proper sanitizing procedures. Health
regulations require that hands be clean when cups, commodities, and food-contact parts
are handled or serviced.
In addition, Federal and State Health Departments require regular cleaning and
sanitizing procedures for food contact parts.
The information in this section will explain how to clean and sanitize the merchandiser on
a day to day basis. A clean and well maintained merchandiser will provide a better product
and greater safety for your customers.
CLEANING AND SANITIZING -- WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
Clean means “free of visible soil”. In cup vending machine servicing, cleaning is also done
to maintain product quality and to remove food soils, oils, and mineral stains that could
affect product taste, aroma, and appearance.
Sanitizing means the reduction, to safe levels, of the number of disease-causing bacteria
that remain on the surface after cleaning. Therefore, cleaning and sanitizing are done in
separate steps, as prescribed by health regulations and good industry practice.
When you sanitize you create a healthy and hygienic condition. This leads to wholesome
food, which in turn leads to satisfied customers.
HOW DO I SANITIZE?
You can sanitize by using either of these two methods:
Chemicals: The object to be sanitized is treated with a bactericidal
compound.
Heat: Raise the temperature of the object high enough to kill bacteria. Water
must be at least 170° F.
Hot brew water (if available) is an acceptable sanitizer. When food contact
surfaces are washed and/or rinsed, use the hot water available in the machine.
Turn the machine off before using water on the machine.
In either case, the object must be thoroughly clean and completely rinsed in order for the
sanitizing process to work. Caked-on soils not removed by cleaning, for example, may
shield bacteria from a sanitizing solution.
SANITIZING IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR A GOOD CLEANING