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THE BENEFITS OF OUR OPEN PLANT CLEANING SYSTEM.
At Ecowize, we are proud to be on the forefront in developing and pioneering the Open Plant Cleaning (OPC) market in South Africa. We believe Open Plant Cleaning systems are an essential tool to ensure consistent and maintained hygiene standards across food and beverage processors. That’s why we have over 100 processing facilities using our trusted technology on a day-today
LET US GUIDE YOU THROUGH THE BEST PRACTICE FOR BIOSECURITY
Most people enjoy food without considering the actions involved to ensure that the food is safe to eat. We take it for granted, without thinking about the hard work that farmers across South Africa put in to farming. At Ecowize, we’re passionate about our role in helping those farmers ensure food safety – from farm to fork. So how do
KEEPING SAFETY ON THE MENU: WHY FOOD SAFETY MATTERS – by Lerina van Zyl
The world we live in today is unlike the one we lived in 10 years ago. Whilst developments in technology and the rapid expansion of the food industry has made food more accessible and multi-faceted than ever; it is becoming increasingly harder to protect a fast-growing supply of food from the many risks faced by the industry. More than 200
STEP UP YOUR SHUTDOWN: HOW TO MAXIMISE YOUR PLANT’S DOWNTIME
Running a plant or factory is a balancing act, with so much going on and many different and moveable parts coming into the equation. So what’s our suggestion for using your time wisely? Well, bring us in when you have other planned shutdowns (whether for maintenance or equipment enhancements) and maximise your downtime. Two birds, one shutdown. At Ecowize, we
NOT ALL BRUSHES ARE MADE EQUAL: WHY BRUSHWARE MATTERS
We all know the saying, “a new broom sweeps clean.” Well, with the benefit of today’s modern expertise and experience, there’s a lot more to the most hygienic solution than just ‘new’. Added to that, “clean” isn’t what it used to be! “As with sanitisation, there’s more to planning your brushware than meets the eye,” says Tarryn Onions, Business and
HOW CLEAN IS “CLEAN”? BUILDING ON THE BASICS TO STRIKE THE PERFECT BALANCE.
How do you know when a space or surface is “clean”? Unfortunately, the human eye is not equipped to see at a microscopic level. It’s also not feasible to walk around and clinically test hygiene on all surfaces and equipment on a daily basis. That’s why it is absolutely crucial to ensure that you have the right procedures, equipment and
DECONTAMINATING TO CURB CONTAMINATION
As a company committed to applying best practices and following the latest protocols, we have established a special Covid-19 decontamination taskforce. Our agile team is trained to decontaminate any business, across all sectors, to align with world-standard protocols. With many businesses going back to work in accordance with the new revised lockdown level 3, and, with an abundance of headlines
Establishing good hygiene behaviour – By Brett Osrin: African Cleaning Review
Ecowize CEO, Brett Osrin, contributed to the latest edition of African Cleaning Review. Establishing good hygiene behaviour in schools and businesses is essential to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus. Read more below.
ONCE-OFF CLEANING SERVICES
As lockdown restrictions have eased and regular 3rd party hygiene and sanitation audits return, it is crucial to address periodic cleaning tasks that might have been neglected during the restrictive period. Ecowize offers once-off cleaning services to the food, beverage and other industries to assist your team and ensure that your facility is audit ready.
WHAT THREE DECADES IN FOOD SAFETY HAS TAUGHT US. By Brett Osrin, CEO Ecowize
Ecowize is now 27 years old. We’ve been cleaning and sanitation specialists for close to three decades! Here are some highlights from our journey so far: Viro Clean was acquired in 1996 and rebranded to Ecowize In 2000, our Technical Director John Frodstrup – originally from ISS Food Services in Denmark – introduced a time-motion database, which was a game-changer
