Friday 14 August 2015

The Benefits of Air Hygiene in the Food Industry



Food hygiene is crucial to everyone's health so it's of crucial importance specific measures and systems are put in place to ensure high standards of hygiene is always met for everyone. 


Systems such as air hygiene can provide the correct air disinfection using UV technology. They use germicidal effect of UV-C radiation which effectively prevents the microbial build up found in air conditioning and refrigeration systems.



The systems will improve the health of your staff and customers and the hygiene of your food products, increasing the shelf life of food during the food processing stages and storage. The systems will also help to improve the HVAC efficiency.

How does UV-C technology improve health?

When air is contaminated with microbes in the ventilation systems it can cause health problems. UV-C air hygiene systems prevent this from happening by reducing the concentration of microbes and endotoxins by up to 99%!

Advantages of UV-C air hygiene to health:
  • 40% fewer respiratory problems **
  • 30% fewer mucous membrane problems **
  • 50% fewer complaints about muscle pains **
  • Fewer absences due to illness **
  • Healthier staff **

            ** Dick Menzies, Julia Popa, James A Hanley, Thomas Rand, Donald K Milton. Effect of ultraviolet germicidal lights installed in office ventilation systems on workers’ health and wellbeing: double-blind multiple crossover trial. The Lancet – Vol 362 – pp. 1785 - 1791, November 29 2003 – www.lancet.com

            How does UV-C air hygiene improve shelf life? 

            Food is spoiled when the air is contaminated with bacteria, moulds, yeasts and viruses. The UV-C air hygiene solutions prevent this from happening by reducing the microbial contamination by up to 99%. 

            Advantages of UV-C Technology to the food industry:


            • Extended shelf life
            • Customer complaints are reduced
            • Fewer product returns
            • Improved freshness
            • Contributes to HACCP and improves hygiene standards
            • Quality assurance
            • Fewer product losses - more profit!

            How does UV-C air hygiene improve HVAC efficiency? 

            Air contaminated by bacteria, moulds, yeasts and viruses causes microbial build-up on the heat exchange plates, primary condensate drain pans and intermediate drain pans of the cooling coils and eliminator sections in air handling units. This problem also affects the system ductwork, resulting in increased resistance to air flow and a loss in thermal efficiency.

            The UV-C air hygiene solutions from Advanced Air Hygiene will help to prevent the microbial build up by reducing the contamination up to 99% on a recurring basis. 

            HVAC Advantages of UV-C preventing microbial build up


            • Improves Heat Transfer
            • Reduced Compressor run time
            • Reduced Compressor maintenance 
            • Compressor life increased
            • HVAC system life increased
            • Net cooling capacity improved
            • Thermal comfort increased
            The following benefits can also be realised:


            • Lower density filters can be used
            • Between a 10-20% reduction in energy consumption
            • Can go for years without cleaning coils, drain pans & ductwork, which can be a significant cost saving.

            Advanced Air Hygiene have provided their UV-C air hygiene solutions to a vast range of industries including butchery and meat, bakery, fruit and veg, fish, dairy, health, elite sports facilities, modular buildings, oil industry and ventilation and air conditioning across the UK and Internationally. 

            If you would like to know about how you can improve the health of your staff and customers, increase the shelf life of your food and more through air hygiene please visit aahygiene.com




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