The Care and Cleaning of Stainless
A Typical Sanitizing Method
There are many possible sequences in cleaning and sanitizing. Usually, the cleaning is done first,
followed by sanitizing. Although there are many similar ones, a typical sanitizing sequence is as
follows:
1) Thoroughly rinse free of all cleaning solutions;
2) Immerse all surfaces for at least one minute in clean, hot water at a temperature of at least 80 degrees
Celsius;
3) Immerse all for at least one minute in a solution containing at least 50 ppm of available chlorine as a
hypochlorite at a minimum temperature of 25 degrees Celsius;
4) Rinse in clean, hot water;
5) Immerse for at least one minute in a solution containing at least 12.5 ppm of available iodine at a pH of
5.0 or below and a minimum temperature of 25 degrees Celsius;
6) Rinse as in 4) above;
7) Immerse in a third sanitizing solution of equivalent strength to the one used in 3) above;
8) Rinse again with clean hot water (greater than 80 degrees Celsius) or clean steam; and
9) Drain dry.
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