Safer ice for hospitals
12 November 2020XSafe from Scotsman protects ice makers from bacteria and viruses.
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FEM helps keep your utensils ultraviolet clean
29 June 2020Sirman’s UV sterilisers help to guarantee the integrity of cooking utensils, hassle-free FEM now supplies a range of UV sterilisation cabinets from Sirman. These are ideal for sterilising cutlery, utensils and glasses and can help as part of an infection control system. Exposing washed items to ultraviolet light helps to kill any remaining bacteria. This needs to be done for at least an hour in order to achieve sterilisation, but as UV light can be dangerous to eyes it needs...
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Big screen bacteria: ice in cinemas found to be unacceptably contaminated
10 May 2018Hubbard highlights the simple measures that could avoid similar cases A report on BBC’s Watchdog programme has found high levels of bacteria in ice at three top cinema chains. In one instance, levels of bacteria were found to be 10,000 times higher than acceptable levels. Hubbard Systems, which markets the Scotsman range of ice machines, says it’s vital the industry gets serious about cracking down on poor hygiene practices that lead to the issue. “It’s obvious that the message isn’t getting...
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