SALINAS, CA - An industry leader in food safety science, engineering, and technology, SmartWash Solutions® is celebrating its 15th year of making food safer. Founded in 2009 in the wake of the E. coli spinach outbreak, the company has over 30 facilities across North America, Asia, Oceania, and Europe, protecting over 5 billion lbs of produce annually.
“Our scientists and engineers ensure our existing products and upcoming innovations alike remain at the forefront of food safety prevention, detection, and management,” said Steven Swarts, Director of Business Development. “For example, we initially launched our ASAP unit as a pH control system managing application of the SmartWash® food wash enhancer, but quickly saw the need in the industry for chlorine management. Our team enhanced the machine into the complete monitoring and control system used today, and we continue to apply updates as food safety challenges evolve.”
Over the past 15 years, SmartWash Solutions has continued its commitment to revolutionizing the food safety industry, filing nearly 100 patents globally.
SmartWash has several exciting new innovations currently in customer trials, including a wash water management system and a new fruit application system for their SmartWash Boost™ line. The company’s innovations in chlorine monitoring and control have also been critical for bringing this level of food safety to the European market.
“Despite chlorine being proven by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) as the safest, most effective food safety solution, many European companies avoid its use due to consumer and regulatory concerns surrounding chlorates residues, a disinfection by-product (DBP),” shared Ewoud Buter, General Manager, SmartWash Solutions’ European Operations.
The company’s comprehensive approach makes wash lines not only safer but also more efficient, reducing input and labor costs, ensuring systems operate at peak efficiency, and providing exceptional audit preparation through real-time access to wash line data and reporting from anywhere in the world, explained a press release.
“It has been an honor to serve on the Center for Produce Safety board for the past six years,” shared Jim Brennan, President. “We also openly share our wash water quality measurement data to improve food safety knowledge industry-wide and often donate use of our pilot plant facility to government and academic food safety researchers.”
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