<p style="text-indent:0px; line-height:12px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;line-height:130%"> Henderson, Co</span><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">By Eric Anderson<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">3.14.13</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/hl_crunchpak_birko_BODY.jpg" alt="Pi Day Images" /> Birko, a leading provider of antimicrobial process aids and sanitation chemistry to the produce industry, has announced its new partnership with Crunch Pak® to provide food safety solutions for fresh produce manufacture.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Crunch Pak® provides organic and conventional sliced apples to supermarkets nationwide and in Canada.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Birko has recently installed its improved entryway foamers at Crunch Pak's Washington and Pennsylvania plants, which help keep E. coli, Salmonella, Listeria and other pathogens from migrating at processing plants. The foamers will help protect Crunch Pak's processing environment from contamination carried by foot traffic and forklift tires, as they are placed at all critical plant entries.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">"Birko has made itself available to us as a partner to provide the right equipment and chemistry for our needs," said Ozgur Koc, Director of Research and Food Safety/Quality Assurance at Crunch Pak's Cashmere, Wash., plant. "They've enhanced our food safety practices and we look forward to continuing to grow with them."<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Dana Johnson, Birko's produce specialist, said, "Crunch Pak® is on the cutting edge of produce safety, as produce processors are being asked to meet new stringent guidelines from the FDA."<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">In addition to its entryway foamers, Birko has supplied Crunch Pak® with a complete suite of chemistry to control pathogens in its packinghouses, including:<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">• Birko's Algae Guard™ Quat Blocks, used in refrigeration unit condensate trays to prevent growth of harboring biofilms<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">• Sterilex® Ultra Kleen CW-502 HF Powder, a foaming drain cleaner used as an instrumental part of Crunch Pak's Listeria prevention program<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">• Sterilex® Ultra Disinfectant Cleaner Solution I and Ultra Kleen Liquid Cleaner Solution II, biofilm removal products for deep cleaning of processing equipment<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href=" http://www.birkocorp.com/" target="_new">Birko </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
