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<pre>In our Olive Care training with Australian growers we mention that
all harvesting equipment used should be cleaned and then sanitised
before harvest to reduce prevent or eliminate any potential hazards
occuring.
The sanitisers here in Australia must be of Food Grade, if you use
bleaches or Pool Chlorine to do the job then you must be made aware
that these non food grade sanitises also contain other ingredients
which may lead to contamination of your olives and must NOT be used.

Cheers Gino Russo
Senior Quality Assurance Consultant
Qld Dept Primary Industries






--- In OliveOil@y..., "Mike Meredith" <mikemer@i...> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Why don't you sanitise after picking. It will solve both crate and
hands
> issues.
>
> We are a producer not a grower and we sanitize all our olives using
a
> solution made with bleach that is made up in exactly the same way
that the
> solution for sterilizing babies bottles.
>
> The solution is strong enough to kill the bugs but weak enough that
it
> leaves no taste or smell
>
> This was recommended by a food technologist that we consulted. The
food
> technologist also said that if we were worried about the solution
then we
> could further rinse in clean, cold, previously boiled water.. We
have
> however not found it necessary
>
> Regards
>
> Mike
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jrogerh2001 [mailto:jrogerh2001@y...]
> Sent: 24 April 2002 10:08
> To: OliveOil@y...
> Subject: [OliveOil] Sanitisation of equipment
>
>
> Hi
>
> I have decided to sanitise my olive collection baskets and the
> equipment that I use to strip the olives from trees.
> I also would like to clean my hands with a non water containing
> solution before picking any olives.
> I am doing this mainly to reduce contamination with bacteria which
> could concievably cause botulinism and deliver a good quality
product
> to my processor.
>
> I went to my local agricultural chemical store and asked for a
food
> grade sanitiser. They of course had plenty of things for the
dairy
> industry but they had so many to chose form that I was confused by
> the choice.
>
> The sanitisers available could be divided up into basic groups
> 1 Detergents
> 2 Acidic solutions (mainly phosphoric acid but also mixtures with
> Sulphuric and Sulphurous acid with or without Benzylkonium
chloride)
> 3 Alkaline solutions
> 4 Pool Chlorine
>
> Would those people already using sanitisers tell me what they use
and
> why.
>
> What is a suitable non water containing way of sanitising the
hands of
> the olive collectors.
>
>
>
>
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