ʻO Crunch Pak lāua ʻo Birko ʻelua mau hui kaʻawale loa, akā naʻe ua hoʻomaopopo lāua ʻelua he pilina ko lāua ʻoi aku ka hohonu ma mua o ka mea kūʻai kumu kūʻai.
Hoʻopuka ka Cashmere, Wash.-based Crunch Pak i nā ʻōlaʻi ʻokiʻoki a maʻamau no ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka ʻāina a ma Kanada. Hoʻokumu ʻia ma Colorado, ʻo Birko kahi mea hoʻolako i nā mea kōkua kaʻina hana antimicrobial a me ka kemika hoʻomaʻemaʻe.
ʻO nā hui ʻelua i pili i ka United Fresh trade show ma Las Vegas ma 2009, wahi a Birko Corporation Luna Hoʻokele o New Business Development Dana Johnson.
"Makemake ʻo Crunch Pak e ʻike inā ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hoʻonui i kā lākou HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) papahana a hoʻomaikaʻi i kā lākou palekana meaʻai," wahi a Johnson. “Ua hoʻomaka mākou e kāhea iā lākou. He mea kūpono loa ia no kāua.
A he laulima i ulu wale.
"I ka wā ma mua, ʻohi ʻoe i ke kelepona, kauoha ʻoe i kāu mau kemika: 'Pono wau i nā kemika ABCD, he aha ke kumukūʻai a i ka manawa hea hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻopuka? meakanu.
ʻAʻole pēlā me Birko. No ka mea hoʻokahi, hana pū ʻo Crunch Pak me Birko senior chemist and microbiologist Elis M. Owens, Ph.D.
"Ua hele ʻo ia ma kā mākou pūnaewele ma kahi o ʻekolu mau manawa, a ua nānā ʻo ia i kā mākou papa kahe, a me kā mākou hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe," wahi a Koc.
Ua hoʻohui ʻo Tony Freytag, ʻo Crunch Pak ka pelekikena kiʻekiʻe o ke kūʻai aku a me ke kūʻai aku ʻana ʻo Birko "lupe maoli i loko."
"Ua lawe lākou i ka manawa e hoʻomaopopo ai no ka mea ... ʻaʻole hiki mai ka nui o nā pilikia i ka hua," wahi a Freytag. "I kekahi mea hiki ke hoʻouna ʻia e ka forklift, ma ka boot. He mau pilikia ākea kēia.
"ʻO kekahi e hele mai a aʻo i kā mākou hana, pehea mākou e hana ai, pehea e neʻe ai ka huahana - e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻike. Inā ʻaʻole lākou e hoʻolimalima manawa me mākou, ʻaʻole lākou e ʻike.
Ke aʻo ʻana mai ka ʻiʻo
Ma ka ʻoihana no 60 mau makahiki, ua ulu aʻe nā aʻa o Birko a me ka hapa nui o kona ʻike i nā kaʻina hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe meaʻai a me nā huahana mai ka lawelawe ʻana i ka ʻoihana ʻiʻo. Akā i ka puka ʻana mai o nā hua ʻoki hou ma ke ʻano he mākeke ulu e hoʻomaka ana me nā salakeke ʻeke, ʻike ka ʻoihana i ka manawa kūpono.
"ʻO kaʻu hōʻike PMA mua, manaʻo wau, ma 2005," wahi a Johnson. "Hoʻomaka mākou e hele i nā hōʻike PMA ma mua, a laila me nā mea a mākou e hana ai a me ke ʻano o nā huahana a mākou e hāʻawi aku ai, hoʻomaka mākou e hele i nā hōʻikeʻike United Fresh no ka mea ʻano maʻalahi lākou e kālele nui i nā huahana hou.
"A ʻo ia nō kā mākou ala e pili ana i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe a me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana, HACCP, nā mea āpau."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Birko microbiologist ʻo Owens ʻo ka ʻike o ka ʻoihana i ka hana ʻiʻo i hoʻokumu iā ia i ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe e hoʻomohala i nā papahana no nā mea kūʻai aku e like me Crunch Pak.
"ʻOiai heʻokoʻa loa nā'ōleʻa i kālaiʻia a me ke kaʻina hana'āpala i nā hana e pili ana i ka hanaʻana i kaʻiʻoʻulaʻula, aia kekahiʻano maʻamau e pili ana i nā pōʻino palekana meaʻai a me nāʻano i hoʻohanaʻia no ka hoʻoponoponoʻana i kēia mau pilikia," i'ōlelo aiʻo Owens ma o ka leka uila. "No ka laʻana, ʻo nā pathogens o ka hopohopo, listeria, salmonella a me E. coli, ua like ia no ka huahana a me ka ʻiʻo, a me nā kaʻina hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe maikaʻi a me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana he kī nui i ka hoʻomalu ʻana i kēia mau pathogens ma nā ʻoihana ʻelua."
ʻAʻole ia he mea no ka hana hou ʻana i ka huila ia manawa, akā no ke aʻo ʻana i nā kaʻina hana hou a me nā pono a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka mea i ʻike mua ʻia e Birko i ka ʻoki ʻana i nā hua.
"ʻO ka ʻōlelo a puni ʻaneʻi inā hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaʻemaʻe i kahi mea kanu rendering, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaʻemaʻe i kekahi mea," wahi a Johnson. "A aia kekahi ʻoiaʻiʻo i kēlā."
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ia ka hohonu o ka ʻike i ka hana ʻiʻo i huki iā Crunch Pak.
"Ua ʻoi aku ka nui o nā hoʻoponopono a ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka ʻiʻo i nā makahiki ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hua, no ka mea ua ʻoki mākou i ka ʻiʻo a kūʻai aku no ka manawa lōʻihi," wahi a Freytag.
ʻO nā paʻakikī
ʻOiai ua like nā pilikia palekana o ka meaʻai a Crunch Pak me ka nui o nā mea hana ʻoki hou, hōʻike ʻia nā ʻāpala i kahi papa hou i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā nooks a me nā crannies ʻaʻole i loaʻa i kekahi mau waiwai ʻē aʻe.
"ʻO ka paʻakikī ʻē aʻe a Crunch Pak e kū nei he ʻokoʻa iki paha ia mai nā mea hana hou i ʻoki ʻia ʻo ia ka lōʻihi o kā lākou kaulahao hoʻolaha," wahi a Owens. "ʻOiai ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mea hana ʻē aʻe, a i ʻole nā mea kanu he nui e hāʻawi ana i nā wahi like ʻole o ka ʻāina, hoʻāʻo ʻo Crunch Pak e hoʻolako i kahi koi ʻāina mai kahi wahi kikowaena ʻole."
Ke hana nei ʻo Birko e hāʻawi i nā mea ʻē aʻe i ka chlorine.
"ʻAʻole maikaʻi ia no ke kaiapuni a he ʻano paʻakikī i nā mea hana," wahi a Johnson. "ʻO kekahi o kā mākou mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kaiapuni."
Hoʻokomo pū ʻia ke ola papa.
"E pili ana i ka mālama ʻana i nā mea hana maʻemaʻe a hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia," wahi a Johnson. "A ua ʻike mākou i ka noʻonoʻo maoli ʻaʻole wale i nā lako, akā i nā mea e like me nā ʻōnaehana hoʻokele ea ... nā papahele a me nā kahawai.
“He nui ko mākou ʻike e puka mai ana mai ka ʻoihana ʻiʻo me ka ʻike ʻaʻole ʻo ia wale nō ka lako. I kekahi manawa pono ʻoe e nānā i nā mea ʻē aʻe e pili ana, ʻoi aku hoʻi i kahi huahana mākaukau e ʻai e like me nā ʻāpala a Crunch Pak e hana nei. Pono ʻoe e hōʻoia ʻaʻole e pōʻino ka huahana i kekahi. Manaʻo nui mākou i kēlā. "
Nā hāʻina
Ua hoʻokomo hou ʻo Birko i kāna mau puka komo i hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia i nā mea kanu Crunch Pak ma Wakinekona a me Pennsylvania.
Ke hoʻohana nei ʻo Crunch Pak i nā poloka ʻo Birko's Algae Guard Quat i loko o nā pā condensate unit refrigeration e pale i ka ulu ʻana o nā biofilms. ʻO Birko's Sterilex Ultra Kleen CW-502 HF Powder foaming drain cleaner he mea pono ia o ka papahana pale listeria a Crunch Pak. ʻElua mau huahana hoʻoneʻe biofilm Birko e hoʻohana ʻia no ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe hohonu ʻana i nā lako hana.
Ke hoʻomau nei nā ʻoihana ʻelua i nā ala e hōʻemi ai i ka hiki ke hiki i nā pathogens hiki ke hana i nā maʻi i lawe ʻia i ka meaʻai a me nā bacteria e hōʻemi i ke ola o ka mālama ʻana, ma waho o nā huahana kuʻuna e like me ka chlorine a i ʻole ka paracetic acid.
"Ke hoʻāʻo nei mākou e hana i kahi mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe hou e hōʻemi i nā ukana micro ma nā ʻōpala e hāʻawi iā mākou i ke ola ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi," wehewehe ʻo Koc.
Hana pū ʻo Birko me Crunch Pak e kōkua i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka pono.
"Nānā lākou pehea ... hiki iā mākou ke hana i ka hana like i ka manawa pōkole me ka ʻole o ka lawe ʻana i nā pilikia palekana meaʻai," wahi a Koc. “A i ʻole, aia nā ala e hiki ai iā mākou ke hōʻemi i kā mākou hoʻohana wai? He wahi nui ka inu wai no kākou a pau. No laila he wahi ʻē aʻe kēia i hoʻohui maoli lākou i ka waiwai no mākou. "
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Freytag, ke manaʻo nei ʻo Crunch Pak i kēlā ʻano komo a me ke alakaʻi ʻana mai kāna mau mea kūʻai aku i kēia manawa.
"Me kēlā me kēia o kā mākou mea kūʻai nui, ʻo kēlā me kēia o kā mākou mea kūʻai hoʻolālā, ke ʻimi nei mākou i ka mea e hiki mai ana - he aha kā lākou e ʻike ai ma ka lewa," wahi a Freytag. "Birko ... kōkua lākou iā mākou e ho'ā i ke kukui."