What is the minimum time and temperature for steam sanitization of a processing vessel?
Steam flow must be maintained at the outlet of the vessel for at least five (5) minutes after the temperature of the discharge at the outlet has reached 94°C (200°F). When tanks are being automatically steam sanitized, is a temperature-recording device required to show that the minimum time and temperature for steam sanitization has occurred? No. If the sanitizing process is not performed as a continuous part of the cleaning cycle, then a separate record must be made of the sanitizing process. A means acceptable to the Regulatory Agency to verify that this minimum required sanitization time and temperature is being met must be provided. • A firm has charts covering cleaned-in-place (CIP) cleaning of the tanks, but not the steam sanitizing of the tanks. The firm wants to know if they can just set the computer control system for steam sanitization without having to have a temperature-recording device. Refer to the answer in b. above. • PMO-Section 7, Item 15p(B) Does a computer password
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