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THE SANITATION OF FISH BOXES. II. THE EFFICIENCY OF VARIOUS SANITIZERS IN THE CLEANING OF COMMERCIAL WOODEN FISH BOXES
Author(s) -
SPENCER R.
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
journal of applied bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 0021-8847
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1960.tb00174.x
Subject(s) - fish <actinopterygii> , ammonium , hypochlorite , pulp and paper industry , formaldehyde , chemistry , chlorine , cleaning agent , contamination , environmental chemistry , environmental science , fishery , biology , organic chemistry , ecology , engineering
SUMMARY: An investigation of the effect of various sanitizers, including kinds containing hypo‐chlorite, formaldehyde and quaternary ammonium compounds, alone and with detergents, and of a nonionic detergent alone, on the cleanability by various methods of commercial wooden fish boxes, showed that no major reductions in viable counts greater than 99·9% could be expected; this was due presumably to the high degree of contamination of the box and the porous nature of the wood. Of the materials investigated, hypochlorite solutions containing not less than 1,000 p/m of free chlorine and the quaternary ammonium compounds in 0·1–1% concentrations were most satisfactory. The implications of these investigations, to the fish industry in particular and to the cleanability of wooden surfaces in general, are discussed.