Understanding the Role of Chemicals in Meeting Food Industry Regulations
Long ago, homesteaders would grow crops for their own consumption and eat what they grew, whether it was fresh from the ground or a few days old and showing its age. Water would be pumped from a well with a cloth covering the pump’s opening to catch as many impurities as possible. Foodborne pathogens were a constant threat. In today’s world, food industry regulations maintain a much more robust form of food safety.
Food ingredient supplier Bell Chem leads its competitors with food safety certifications to ensure the products and ingredients you purchase from Bell Chem’s warehouse are pure, safe, and exceed all regulations set by government agencies. Knowing Bell Chem’s products exceed industry standards is one step in understanding how chemicals can help maintain your industry’s safety standards and regulations.
Preservation
Many foods and beverages are manufactured to be shelf-stable, and the ultimate method of stabilizing these products is with chemicals in the form of preservatives. While many products contain antimicrobial agents or antioxidants to kill existing bacteria or prevent new growth, other chemicals raise or lower pH levels where bacteria are unable to thrive. Preserving foods is good for consumers since food is sustained for an extended period without spoiling.
Food contact chemicals
It is not only chemicals within the food that stabilize its freshness; it's also products surrounding the manufacture of those foods, from packaging to cleaners on food surfaces and detergents cleaning storage tanks. Packaged food touches cardboard, plastic containers, metal cans, and other forms of packaging that enhance the appeal of the product while maintaining its freshness. Chemicals within these wrappings are responsible for increasing shelf life, preventing metal oxidation (chromium or zinc), enhancing heat resistance (silica), maintaining below-freezing temperatures (calcium chloride, salt), and allowing the containers to bend without breaking. Using the correct packaging for both the environment and the food maintains freshness and can greatly increase your product’s shelf life.
Sanitation
All food and beverage manufacturers must meet strict FDA guidelines for cleanliness and sanitation. Leave your facility’s sanitation to Bell Chem’s CSANTM cleaners, detergents, and sanitizers. CSAN’s lineup includes food-safe alkaline and foaming cleaners, acid and chlorinated detergents, and sanitizers to fit your specific needs.
Bell Chem is a food ingredient supplier based in Longwood, FL (just north of Orlando) with hundreds of products stocked in their 50,000+ square-foot warehouse, including CSANTM products. You can expect the highest quality products, expedited shipping options for maximum efficiency, and unrivaled personalized customer service. Let our knowledgeable and friendly customer service representatives and accounting staff personalize all your needs by either calling 407-339-BELL (2355) or by sending us an online message.