Saturday, April 26, 2014

Information To Have About Winery Sanitation

By Essie Osborn


If you run a winery, it is a good idea to make sure that it is as sanitary as possible. There are a lot of ways to go about maintaining winery sanitation, but one way in particular is through using ozone. This has been used for over a hundred years for water treatment in a number of different ways. This ranged from things like swimming pools to sewer works.

It was, however, for a long time, only permitted to be used with bottled water that needed to be purified. Since then, however, it has become okay for it to be used to clean areas meant for foodstuffs, including wineries. Other than just sanitation in general, there are many areas where this may be needed.

This includes things such as barrel cleaning, tank cleaning and surface cleaning, too. Where ozone tends to be most used, the systems are usually kept in one place. This makes it easier to maintain health and safety levels where the ozone is concerned. However, with wineries, these systems will be mobile since there are often multiple operators, and this means that the safety of it is more likely to be compromised.

It is very important, this means, to ensure that safety features are always in place. The system is also required to be both well maintained and reliable. Ozone interacts with both microbial membranes and denaturing metabolic enzymes and this is how it works.

Alongside the microbial biofilms that it has contact with, it will degrade them. The ozone will, after that, turn back into the oxygen that it generated from after this oxidizing potential is released. While this means that the ozone will not be stored, it also leaves no residue behind. Every time it is in use, it needs to be generated, freshly.

When it is used within the workplace, it should be monitored since it is a toxic gas. As well as this, when it comes to the amount that it should be used in that workplace, there are also limits that have been made officially. Consider this if you plan to use it. To best ensure safety, there are those monitors that can be used, as well.

There are specialists who can help you pick out the monitor that is most right for you. You also should have a manual that instructs you on the use of your ozone system. In addition to this, you should also be keeping records of the use of the system and the monitor, as well. You should also employ a technician to come in and verify that the system is running as smoothly as it should be. The things that should be verified are things like the concentration and flow rates.

One thing that is very important to make sure that you account for is that all of the generated ozone has been accounted for. There can be leaks that release the unaccounted for gas that could cause a danger. When it comes to monitoring, how the ozone is used is important. It might be, for instance, that a cellar is being fumigated with it. It might, though, be that it should be dissolved in water for reasons of sanitation.




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