How to Decontaminatea Dry Grain Processing Facility

摘要

Using chlorine dioxide gas to reduce the threat of Salmonella spp. contamination.Grain processing facilities provide an ideal scenario for salmonella contamination. Dry facilities are rarely decontaminated or cleaned with liquid disinfectants and the huge amount of product going through the facility every day make it ripe for contamination. The product itself can become contaminated from a variety of sources:Soil while growing in the fieldAnimals walking through the cropsDuring harvest from workers or equipmentDuring transport in trucks or trains to the grain processing facilityPests entering the silos during stagingDuring the processing itselfRegardless of where the salmonella originates from, once a facility and its equipment become contaminated, it becomes a source for future contaminations.