Cleaning a tomato processing plant is essential to ensure good quality processed products that meet health regulations. Moreover, a clean tomato processing plant will optimise the production level. If you keep the machine clean and maintained when it will last for a long time without incurring any repairing expenses. Thus, regular cleaning of the tomato processing plant is essential to improve productivity and prevent contamination of processed products. Companies manufacturing tomato processing plants in India provide guidelines to the users regarding the professional cleaning process.
Here’s an insight into the professional cleaning process that the manufacturing companies follow.
How Should Tomato Processing Plants be Cleaned and Maintained?
- Establish a Cleaning Schedule
In order to clean the tomato processing plant properly, the companies need to establish a well-scheduled cleaning plan. This should include daily, weekly and monthly cleaning tasks to ensure that every part of the processing plant has been cleaned thoroughly. Daily cleaning focuses on the surfaces of the machine. Weekly cleaning addresses the drainage system, plumbing lines and the movable parts of the machine. Monthly cleaning involves a deep cleaning process where all the parts are removed, cleaned and inspected.
- Clean all Parts Separately
During the monthly cleaning, all the parts are removed and cleaned separately. Before cleaning, the machinery is disassembled. Parts like hoppers, blades, and conveyors are cleaned separately to prevent contamination of tomato juice or pulp from the machine. The specialists use food-safe detergents to remove the tomato pulp and juice left over from the machine’s parts. The stuck residues are also cleaned with the help of a high-pressure water system.
- Sanitise the Facility
Once the machine and its parts have been cleaned, proper sanitisation is conducted on the floor and the premises to ensure complete food safety. While cleaning and sanitising, proper attention should be paid to the areas where bacteria can accumulate. A proper inspection is done to check mould or fungal growth in and around the machine.
- Clean and Inspect Plumbing Lines
When the cleaning is over, timely inspection should be ensured to ensure proper maintenance of the processing plant. During inspection, some of the moving parts are lubricated while others are replaced. The temperature control points and the plumbing lines connected with the processing plant are also checked to ensure that the processing plan maintains food safety throughout the process.
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