Food Production

The UK food industry is extensive. It is the largest manufacturing sector in the UK and represents around 15% of the country’s total manufacturing output.

As a site engineering /technical manager one of your main concerns will be compliance to customer technical and product specifications. Food safety is paramount in production areas so the regular inspection and cleaning of oven extract and production line ventilation systems is vital. Moulds, dust, grease and other harmful substances can accumulate and contribute to poor air quality and may also exacerbate fire risk.

Your HACCP analysis will have identified the grease and fume build up in the ducts to be clean in order to meet the BRC and customer inspection regimes, an audit trail must be identifiable and contain appropriate and relevant data.

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Our job at Canopy Cleaning Services, is to understand the issues unique to food processing and provide you with a package of services that will help you to comply with both legislation and the stringent requirements of major customers like Tesco.

To prevent fire, general kitchen extract ductwork must be cleaned efficiently and effectively at regular intervals, in compliance with TR19® Grease.   Kitchen extract systems in heavy use (12-16 hours a day) should be cleaned at least quarterly, moderate use (6-12 hours a day) should be cleaned half-yearly, light use (2-6 hours a day) should be cleaned at least once a year. Factory food production extraction systems which may be subject to a greater throughput of grease laden air, compared with a general kitchen extract, may need tailor made regimes to minimise fire risk. We can assist in monitoring and developing appropriate fire safety cleaning regimes for such extract systems.  Contact us for more information.