Cleaning Produce Washing Equipment: SOPs for Cleaning Other Wash Line Equipment
Robert Hadad, Extension Vegetable Specialist
Cornell Vegetable Program
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In the wash/pack shed, a variety of large and small equipment can be found. All need cleaning. Here is a group of cleaning SOPs for growers to use as examples for writing their own to meet their specific needs.
We also provide instructions for preparing sanitizer solution for a pump sprayer used to clean produce washing equipment.
SOP: Preparing Sanitizer Solution for Pump Sprayer (pdf; 149KB)
SOP: Washing Machine Greens Spinner (pdf; 133KB)
SOP: Greens Spinner (pdf; 161KB)
SOP: Tank with Aerator (pdf; 109KB)
SOP: PVC Wash/Pack Set-Up (pdf; 109KB)
SOP: PVC Wash/Pack Set-Up -- 10 Gallon Tubs (pdf; 147KB)
SOP: Triple-Basin Sink (pdf; 108KB)
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Upcoming Events
Niagara Region Vegetable Meeting
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August 14, 2024
Clarence Center, NY
We'll start this meeting off at Root Down Farm to hear late season disease management updates in peppers and cole crops, plus current best management practices to limit fungicide resistance. Potato variety recommendations and disease control questions in potatoes will be addressed.
Then we'll head to Kreher's beet field to view and discuss alternative weed control technologies. The beet field is an on-farm demonstration of various flame weeding protocols in comparison with stacked tool cultivation equipment. One or two weeding robots will be on-hand for live demonstrations and discussion of the technology's current abilities and future potential. We'll also cover industry updates and a review of late summer disease management in squash.
2.0 DEC credits will be available in categories 23, 1a, and 10.
2024 Chipping Potato Twilight Meeting
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August 20, 2024
Dansville, NY
Join us for a brief, on-farm meeting including insect pest updates and viewing of the chipping potato variety trial. 1.0 DEC credits in categories 10, 1a, and 23 will be offered. Dinner follows!