In the food service industry cleanliness is not just a byword it is a vital part of everyday life. A simple cleaning is not good enough to do the job. Proper sanitation involves going far being washing the utensils and wiping down the counters and food preparation areas. Proper sanitation involves deep cleaning everything in order to eliminate any bacteria and germs that collect during the production cycle. In reality it is a job that is never done and despite many recent efforts at improving the situation there is still plenty of room for improvement. It is a well-known fact that in commercial kitchen across the nation cross contamination due to improper sanitation is responsible for millions of illnesses every year and several thousand deaths.

Accordingly the NSF International (National Sanitation Foundation) now sets voluntary standards for cleanliness in the hospitality industry worldwide, however these are only voluntary and not everyone abides by them, some have never even heard of them. Many food service facilities rely on their own employees to take care of their sanitation needs, which may or may not be the best idea. It can be hard to expect an employee who have already worked a full shift to be 100% attentive to the task, this seems to be where the largest percentage of the problem occurs and when you factor in that many of them have not been properly trained in sanitation, the problems only amplify. In order to reduce or eliminate the problem many food service companies are turning to professional sanitation companies. These companies take over where the routine cleaning stops to make sure that everything from the utensils to the counters, machinery, walls and floors are properly sanitized. Their job is to ensure that facility is in near sterile condition before the next shift begins the process of food preparation. This level of sanitation is vital in the battle to stop cross-contamination and the transfer of food born bacteria and germs from the equipment to the food and then to the consumers.

These companies send in team of professional workers who have been fully trained in every aspect of sainting a food service business whether it a restaurant, a hospital cafeteria or an industrial food preparation facility such as a cannery or a meat processing plant. The type of business does not matter only that they must all meet the same levels of cleanliness in order to protect the public from the risk of any illness or disease. For those in the food service industry in South Africa that are looking for a sanitation company that can take care of all of their needs, there is Prestige Cleaning. They have over 30,000 professionally trained employees across the nation who are ready to come to your facility 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to ensure that it meets and exceeds all sanitary standards. The management team can work with you to establish a working schedule that fits in with your hours so that there is little to no interruption in your normal flow of business and everything will be kept clean.