Improve Shelf Food Life - Advanced Air Hygiene

Advanced Air Hygiene have noticed how contaminated by bacteria, moulds, yeasts and viruses causes premature product spoilage. They have created a solution to help make shelf food last as long as possible through UV-C air hygiene solutions. This helps to reduce microbial contamination by up to 99 %.

There are many advantages to UV-C technology in the food industry. Some of these are:

• 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!

Disinfection systems from Advanced Air Hygiene work on a purely physical basis. They ensure effective and continuous disinfection. This dispenses with the need for chemical cleaners that harm the environment saves operators additional cleaning costs.

Their disinfection systems are incredibly low maintenance. As they near the end of their life, Advanced Air Hygiene will be pleased to attend to their replacement to ensure constant, optimal disinfection, allowing you to continue getting the best air disinfection possible.

They currently work in the following industries:

• Bakery
• Butchery and Meat
• Fish
• Cheese  

For information on their products they have available, visit their website or contact them for more information.

UV-C in the Fruit and Vegetable Industry - Advanced Air Hygiene

Advanced Air Hygiene have identified the problem and created a solution for the prevention of cross contamination of bacteria in the fruit and vegetable industry.

The Problem
Over the last 50 years global demand for fruit and vegetables has significantly increased especially in high-income countries as people start to focus more and more on the health benefits. Due to the perishable nature of these products one of the biggest obstacles to meeting this increase in demand is from food spoilage. The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations has estimated that about 25% of all worldwide food production is lost after harvesting due to insects, bacteria and spoilage. Economic losses due to insects and microbes have been estimated to be as high as $17 billion yearly in the US alone.

Depending on the specific fruit or vegetable and their individual growing and harvesting conditions they can arrive at the storage, processing and packing stages contaminated to varying levels by these micro-organisms. Over a short period of time they multiply until there are millions of them in the air, causing cross-contamination of nearby products, accelerating their spoilage and of greater concern potential health issues for workers who are ingesting large quantities of these microorganisms.

It is during these stages where the UV-C products supplied by Advanced Air Hygiene can really help reduce the levels of these airborne spoilage bacteria resulting in a longer product shelf-life and improved health of workers.


The Solution
Consistent disinfection of the circulating air in all production and storage areas with the stand-alone circulating air units AirStream C or AirTube C or as additional equipment for ventilation systems in the form of AirStream , and AirStream V for circulating air evaporators. This regular cleaning of the air stops the colonies of microorganisms from developing into huge numbers helping to maintain the health of workers and preventing products from being further contaminated.

In addition to this using their product decontamination tunnels as close to the product packing stage of the process will improve the product shelf life further by destroying many of the microorganisms that are already on the surface of the food.


A further application is surface disinfection with the SurTech system or an integrated solution with the Compact lamp IP 65.

For more information and to see their products, look on Advanced Air Hygiene's website or contact them today.

Air Hygiene Solutions For Bakery’s

Bakery’s cook a vast amount of products that we love, everyday bread and delicious cakes and biscuits. However, air hygiene is vital in a bakery and this is where Advanced Air Hygiene come in.

The problem Advanced Air Hygiene provide a service for, is that baked goods risk being contaminated with micro-organisms. Advanced Air Hygiene provide a solution for this problem. They provide UV-C air hygiene systems which can be fitted into air conditioning and ventilation systems which provide clean air quality and will stop the build-up of germs and viruses.

Advanced Air Hygiene have a number of products which can provide a solution for this problem. These are listed below.

Air Stream

Some disinfection systems such as AirStream can be fitted into spiral coolers or in the central ventilation shaft. Using this solution the production and packaging areas are always effectively supplied with disinfected air.

Air Stream 1 

However, they also provide stand-alone recirculating air units. These units can be fitted separately to the ventilation unit. AirStream C and AirTube C both provide this option.

Airstream C

AirTube C

They also provide an option for when circulation evaporators are in use. For this they suggest using AirStream V.

You can also turn your conveyor belts into hygiene islands using AirCoat. The Compact Lamp IP 65 and Advanced Air Hygienes disinfection equipment to achieve good results for dough-rising trays. 

AirCoat

Compact Lamp IP 65

By using these products they provide, microbial contamination is reduced to virtually zero and your products remain fresh and will reliably comply with and often exceed the shelf life. 

For air quality and food hygiene for your bakery visit www.aahygiene.com