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Low Pressure Cleaning Equipment
Low Pressure Cleaning Equipment Low pressure cleaning is done either by means of a centralized or decentralized setup or can be done through the use of mobile units. These systems reduce irregularities associated with cleaning to provide a food safe environment. Ecowize offers high quality low pressure cleaning equipment for surface cleaning and open plant cleaning in the food, beverage
Listeria – What Happened To Tiger Brands Could Have Happened To Any Business
Courtesy of HUFFPOST: Article by – Zongile Nhlapo What happened to Tiger Brands could have happened to any other business entity. That’s the view held by Gareth Lloyd-Jones, chief commercial officer of hygiene and sanitation company Ecowize. He was responding after the source of the deadly listeriosis outbreak was narrowed down to Enterprise’s Polokwane facility and a rainbow chicken processing
SA’s Listeria outbreak reveals urgent need for a designated food control agency
SA’s Listeria outbreak reveals urgent need for a designated food control agency! Radio Sonder Grense Interview with Ecowize – 01 February 2018 With over 720 laboratory-confirmed cases of food poisoning caused by Listeria in 2017*, and the death toll resulting from the current outbreak surpassing 60, South Africa is in dire need of a Food Control Agency which can better manage
Listeria – What You Should Know
What is Listeria? monocytogenes is an environmental pathogen that can contaminate foods and cause a mild, non-invasive illness (listerial gastroenteritis) or a severe, invasive illness (listeriosis). Listeriosis is characterized by a relatively high mortality rate compared to illnesses caused by most other foodborne pathogens (~20% compared to <1 % for Salmonella or E. coli O157), but can be treated with antibiotics.
In the News: Rodents and Climate Change
In the News: Rodents and Climate Change Of the rodent family, rats and mice are some of the most adaptable in terms of habitat and diet. Recent studies have also now concluded that climate change has an impact on physical changes in some species. While research has yet to determine if these changes will be passed along to future generations
Food Safety fridays
Food Safety Friday Tips Week 18 For cleaning equipment in food processing facilities we recommend that: 1. A well planned colour coding program is implemented in your facility; 2. The program adequately distinguishes between: • High/Low risk areas • Food contact vs Non-food contact • Product Handling vs Non product handling • Dirty/Clean areas • Halaal • Allergens • Glass
SOUTH AFRICAN BORN COMPANY MAKING AN IMPACT ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE
SOUTH AFRICAN BORN COMPANY MAKING AN IMPACT ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE Ecowize Group is taking steps towards achieving its vision of being the one of the most respected food safety partners internationally, and recently received both local and offshore recognition of its long history of using world class systems, processes and equipment. South Africa Ecowize has recently embarked on a
SA FARMERS URGED TO MAINTAIN INFRUSTRUCTURE
SA FARMERS URGED TO MAINTAIN INFRUSTRUCTURE South African farmers are running the risk of losing millions should they not focus on investing in regular maintenance and cleaning of infrastructure like silo’s. This is according to Gareth Lloyd-Jones, MD of Ecowize, who says that locally, equipment maintenance still lags far behind the productivity of farmers and should they not acknowledge the
A&H CLEANING NOW PART OF ECOWIZE
ECOWIZE ANNOUNCES AQUISITION OF A&H CLEANING TO FACILITATE GROWTH IN SA’S BAKERY SECTOR Ecowize, South Africa’s leading hygiene and sanitation provider to the food production industry has recently acquired specialist cleaning company, A&H Cleaning who have over 15 years of experience specialising in the Bakery sector. The acquisition will strengthen A&H Cleaning’s footprint nationally and increase servicing capabilities to the
