Resources for Cleaning and Sanitizing Surfaces on Produce Operations 

Cleaning and sanitizing, general information:

• Cleaning food contact surfaces on farms (handout)
• How to clean and sanitize food contact surfaces (handout)
• Basic elements of cleaning and sanitizing (fact sheet)
• Cleaning versus sanitizing (handout)
• Cleaning versus sanitizing (video)
• Food safety in farmers’ markets (video)
• How to clean and sanitize (video)
• Sanitary design and construction of food processing and handling facilities (fact sheet)
• National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) Food Equipment Materials Standards (document)

Types of surface contaminants:

• Biofilm (video)

How to clean equipment:

• Clean and sanitize crates (video)
• Conveyor washing system, includes brushes and absorbers (checklist)
• Root barrel washer (checklist)

Cleaning and sanitizing, templates and tools:

• Cleaning and sanitizing record (template)
• Download the Word template by searching 'Template Records in Word' on the PSA resource listing
• Chlorine dilution calculator (online tool)
• Labeled sanitizers for produce (Excel tool)
• Video tutorial on how to use the tool
• Sanitation schedule (template)
• Sanitizer dose calculation (Excel tool)
• File available from UVM : https://blog.uvm.edu/cwcallah/2020/03/30/clean-sanitize-disinfect/