Hazardous chemicals storage solutions for food industry

With the continuous improvement of people's material living standards, the food industry has developed rapidly. Food factories are being built all over the country, driving economic development, but at the same time, the danger has also increased rapidly. In food factories, hazardous chemicals are often used in production and processing, cleaning and disinfection, pest control, and maintenance of facilities and equipment. If the use of these hazardous chemicals is not effectively managed and controlled, it will cause food contamination or accidents.

People take food as their priority, and ensuring good food safety is to ensure people's livelihood and safety! In order to better provide safe and healthy food, most dairy, beverage, food and condiment processing companies need to establish a management system for hazardous chemicals to ensure food safety.

01 Frequent security incidents

On December 3, 2019, an explosion occurred in a bean paste processing plant in Niulanshan Town, Shunyi District, Beijing.

At about 9:00 on November 29, 2017, employees of Lihejiang Guangtai Food Factory in Qinnan District, Qinzhou City, Guangxi Province died of high concentrations of toxic gases such as carbon monoxide and hydrogen sulfide.

At 13:00 on March 6, 2003, the refrigeration workshop of Ruilin Food Co., Ltd., Tianyuan Development Zone, Deyang City, Sichuan Province was swept away by ammonia gas, resulting in a large leakage of ammonia gas, causing casualties.

02 Geographical distribution of food industry in China

03 Common hazardous chemicals and their hazards in the food industry

The use of hazardous chemicals in food processing establishments can be seen everywhere. For example, cleaning and disinfection of processing equipment, production pipelines, and containers requires the use of a large amount of hydrogen oxide, scale inhibitors, and other CIP barreled chemicals. Rust removers, lubricants, and even pesticides for pest control are all classified as hazardous chemicals. The compliance management of the above hazardous chemicals is very important.

Laboratory reagents:

Absolute ethanol, toluene, sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, acetone, acetonitrile, methanol, petroleum ether, n-ethane, various ethanol, cycloethane, isooctane, n-butanol, tetrahydrofuran, methyl tert-butyl ether, nitric acid, hydrochloric acid, glacial acetic acid, etc.

Lubricant:

NSF H1 grade or ISO21469 certified food grade lubricating oil or grease; conventional chain lubricant, equipment lubricating oil, etc.

Food additives:

Food additives (sodium nitrate, etc.), food industry aids (such as filter aids, clarification, adsorption, lubrication, mold release, decolorization, peeling, extraction solvents, nutrients for fermentation, etc.)

Cleaning agent:

Acid or alkaline cleaning agent, descaling agent, antiscaling agent, etc.

Sterilization and disinfectant:

84 disinfectant, chlorine dioxide, peracetic acid, sodium hypohydrogen, edible alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, etc.

Others:

Insecticides, rodenticides, rust removers, coding inks, laboratory chemicals; argon, oxygen, etc.

04 Safety management solutions for hazardous chemicals in the food industry

1. Establish a list of enterprise hazardous chemicals

Combined with the production and processing technology of the factory, the existing chemicals are classified and sorted out against the catalogue of hazardous chemicals. Clarify the characteristics of medicinal properties, the scope of use, and the negative list, and refine the key points of management and use.

2. Comprehensively identify the safety risks of hazardous chemicals

Establish MSDS data for hazardous chemicals: the content includes chemical properties, precautions for storage and use, use protection, emergency treatment, etc. Carry out risk mapping of various chemical use links, and promote the tracking and supervision of major hazard sources.

3. Establish an acceptance system for hazardous chemicals

Acceptance includes: product packaging, product labels, inspection sheets, regular type inspection reports and business licenses, production licenses, safety data lists, etc.

4. Regulate the storage and use of hazardous chemicals

Set up special hazardous chemical warehouses or temporary chemical storage cabinets, fire safety cabinets and other fixed containers to store chemicals, and manage them by special personnel. Strictly follow the taboos allocation and storage table to achieve color separation and classification storage.

Types of Chemical Safety Storage Cabinets

In the process of storing chemicals, colors and labels are usually used to distinguish various hazardous chemicals. In the event of a fire, it is helpful for firefighters to identify hazardous chemicals.

SYSBEL flammable liquid and chemical safety storage cabinets are thus divided into the following series:

90 minute EN 14470-1 safety cabinet The fire resistance time is up to 9060, 30 minutes, suitable for all kinds of laboratories	Flammable liquid safety storage cabinet Yellow safety storage cabinet is widely used to store flammable liquids (low and medium flash point liquids, liquid flash point <37.8 ℃)	Combustible liquid safety storage cabinet Red safety storage cabinets are usually used to store paint, oil or other flammable liquids (high flash point liquid, liquid flash point> 37.8 ℃)
Weak corrosive liquid safety storage cabinet Blue safety storage cabinet is dedicated to storing weak corrosive liquids	Toxic Chemical Safety Storage Cabinets White safety storage cabinet designed to store toxic chemicals	Explosion-producing strong corrosive chemical cabinet Special for explosive chemicals, in line with the Ministry of Public Security GA1511-2018 standard
Strong corrosive liquid safety storage cabinet Polyethylene blue safety storage cabinets are specially designed to store strong corrosive chemicals	Air-purifying ductless safety cabinet Remote online monitoring of chemical storage environment, standard self-purification module	Air purification type ductless medicine storage cabinet With its own purification function, it is specially used for storing reagents, chemicals, medicines, etc.

5. Strengthen training on the use, storage and management of chemicals

Strengthen the awareness of food safety, and carry out knowledge training on the safety management of hazardous chemicals, so as to master the knowledge of dealing with emergencies, enhance the sense of responsibility, and improve the management level. When necessary, conduct emergency drills for hazardous chemical leakage on a regular basis.

6. Carry out regular inspections and audits.

Safety management personnel regularly inspect and check the storage of chemicals, timely confirm the inconsistency between on-site use of chemicals and accounting, and put forward corrective and preventive measures to check safety risks in a timely manner.

05 The real case of SYSBEL in the food industry

A food company in Guangzhou, China

Products used: several sets of emergency spill kits, lab spill containment pallet, one drum spill pallet, OSHA oily waste cans, MSDS document box, safety cabinets, and strong corrosion cabinets

Application status: various workshops and laboratories store laboratory utensils, reagents, alcohol and other chemicals and waste chemicals.

User evaluation: complete products, reliable quality, cost-effective, and can also provide on-site training guidance.

Another food company in Guangzhou, China

Products used: several sets of emergency spill kits, lab spill containment pallet, one drum spill pallet, OSHA oily waste cans, MSDS document box, safety cabinets, and strong corrosion cabinets

Application status: various workshops and laboratories store laboratory utensils, reagents, alcohol and other chemicals and waste chemicals.

User evaluation: complete products, reliable quality, cost-effective, and can also provide on-site training guidance.

A world-renowned beverage company

Products used: Dozens of 4 drum spill pallet SPP104

Application status: A large number of barreled chemicals such as hydrogen peroxide, antiscalants, MEP and other CIP chemicals are used in the cleaning and disinfection of equipment, pipelines and containers in laboratories and production workshops

User evaluation: There are often a large number of chemicals that need to be temporarily stored, the anti-leakage is guaranteed, the supply is timely, and it is a big brand.

World-renowned pet food manufacturer

Products used: Flammable cabinets WA810220, WA810450

Application status: placed in the laboratory hazardous chemicals warehouse for storing reagents

User evaluation: According to the requirements for storing flammable goods in hazardous chemical warehouses, an overall solution can be provided

A well-known food company

Products used: several Flammable safety cabinets WA810450, WA810120, portable eyewash station WG600BD

Application status: different safety cabinets are placed at different points to facilitate access to chemicals nearby, and a portable eyewash is provided to facilitate timely and rapid washing

User evaluation: SYSBEL products are complete, buy together, and post-service is convenient.

A food company in Hangzhou

Products used: Flammable liquid cabinets WA810450, WA810450B, WA810300R

Application status: testing and R&D laboratories to store alcohol and weakly corrosive chemicals

User evaluation: CE certification and American FM certification, short delivery time and guaranteed quality

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