 bulk storage/silo cleaning Within bulk storage areas Hygiene will thoroughly clean all internal surfaces of bulk liquid ingredient holding tanks to ensure that accumulated debris, contaminated product and mould is removed from all internal surfaces to prepare the vessel for use as a clean and sanitised storage medium for food grade products. All silo and tank cleaning is carried out by personnel fully trained in all aspects of these tasks with due regard to safety and product contamination issues. Work is carried out in accordance with procedures, method statements and specifications documented in the Safety Manual. Hygiene owns and maintains various items of equipment to allow safe access into different types of silo and vessel each being tested and certified annually by the manufacturer. Confined space work requires careful assessment of risks involved from entry, exit, breathable atmospheres, risk from product and emergency viewpoints and is always carried out in conjunction with the relevant Permit to Work system. Flour and sugar silos are normally cleaned twice yearly, to remove any build up of damp or encrusted residues and to allow a report to be made on the internal condition and any evidence of infestation. Similarly, fat, oil and chocolate tanks are normally inspected internally annually to determine the risks of mould growth (fat tanks) and physical contamination affecting the product. All work undertaken is carried out in accordance with the relevant regulations and special requirements of: |
 the food act 1990 the factories act 1961 the control of pollution act 1989 the health and safety at Work act 1974 the environmental protection act 1990 the environmental act 1995 the food hygiene (general) regulations 2006 the control of substances hazardous to health regulations 2002 |
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