Sanitation Kit Could Combat Norovirus in Food Plants

A kit for sanitizing food handling environments when bodily fluid spillages occur can restrict the spread of potential contaminants such as norovirus, claims its manufacturer.

Food safety and sanitation product supplier, Chemstar Corporation, said the new container enables employees in a food processing plant to clean and disinfect bodily fluids spillages quickly and safely at a time when "intense media focus on the recent outbreaks of norovirus, salmonella and E. coli has resulted in the further scrutiny of cleaning and disinfection protocols in the food industry.”

Bodily fluids such as vomit, blood, faeces and urine may contain bacteria, pathogens or viruses such as norovirus, which is one of the most common causes of gastroenteritis, is highly contagious and can be spread through human contact

In one case, five norovirus outbreaks affecting several hundred people in Denmark in 2005 were traced to a single batch of contaminated frozen raspberries.

Source: FoodProductionDaily.com