Food Industry Cleanroom:
for Optimal Decontamination Conditions
For all professionals in the industry, the food industry cleanroom ensures product safety and, consequently, consumer safety. While the various systems commonly used are effective, they come with significant constraints that can lead to errors.
To ensure the highest quality of your production at all times, choose a flexible, high-performance solution that can be easily deployed in your food industry cleanroom.
UV Decontamination in “cleanrooms”: A Solution to the Challenges Facing the Food Industry
The food industry is particularly vulnerable to contamination risks. There are several types of contamination:
- Presence of bacteria, yeast, or mold
- Changes in appearance, odor, or taste
- Accelerated spoilage
- Health risks
These problems stem from microbiological, chemical, or VOC contamination of the air caused by inadequate filtration. This contamination can occur during production, packaging, or storage. The risks are therefore numerous, and the consequences are significant for industry professionals. Spoiled products are no longer safe for consumption and represent a loss—or even a hazard—if they are sold anyway.
To ensure air quality and product quality, you likely use HEPA filters, possibly combined with surface decontamination during off-peak hours. However, the bulkiness of the required equipment and its high energy consumption pose a problem for many professionals, who are seeking a solution better suited to their production needs.
In response to these challenges, Photoclean has developed an exclusive decontamination solution for food industry “cleanrooms.” Our technology, which combines UV-C light with a specialized filter medium, completely captures airborne particles and microorganisms and immediately destroys them. Extremely reliable, this system also has the advantage of streamlining the food industry’s air filtration process. Less restrictive and more cost-effective, the Photoclean solution allows for a quick and easy custom installation at your facility.
A system suitable for all food industry decontamination rooms
Strictly speaking, cleanrooms are particle-controlled environments and must comply with ISO 14644. They must therefore meet very strict standards. However, this entails very high equipment costs, since it requires the installation of positive pressure systems, airlocks, and other such features—and this type of setup is not necessarily compatible with facilities in the food industry, which typically occupy large areas with openings on all sides.
For this type of facility, we’re actually talking about microbiological cleanrooms, which Photoclean can easily help you set up thanks to its highly effective and innovative technology. The goal is to eliminate virtually all microorganisms and VOCs circulating in the air without having to comply with a particulate standard that is not mandatory in the food industry, unlike in other sectors.
Photoclean modules are specifically designed for installation tailored to your facilities. Whether fixed or mobile, centralized or standalone, the units we develop can cover large areas while adapting air decontamination to the specific constraints and challenges of each location.
A preliminary audit by our engineering department will ensure that each unit is tailored to its future location. With many leading companies in the food industry among our clients, we have a thorough understanding of the sector’s expectations regarding air decontamination and air treatment. We replace what are often bulky, energy-intensive systems with an energy-efficient, customized solution. With a proactive approach and expert advice, our teams will provide you with a tailored study and support you every step of the way to ensure a smooth transition to your new system.
Would you like our engineering department to visit your facility for a customized audit? We’re here to help!