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THE SANITATION OF FISH BOXES. III. A COMPARISON OF PLASTIC COATED AND UNCOATED WOODEN BOXES
Author(s) -
SPENCER R.
Publication year - 1961
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.1365-2672.1961.tb00240.x
Subject(s) - data scrubbing , fish <actinopterygii> , pulp and paper industry , ammonium , contamination , environmental science , waste management , chemistry , fishery , biology , ecology , engineering , organic chemistry
SUMMARY In comparisons of the extents to which new plastic coated and uncoated commercial wooden fish boxes became contaminated when filled with fish, and of the efficiencies of various methods of cleaning them, it was established that the coated boxes were less contaminated before cleaning and were generally cleaned more efficiently by the various methods examined. Scrubbing was essential for uncoated boxes, but hosing with cold water was reasonably satisfactory for coated boxes. The sanitizers and detergents in the concentrations used did not materially enhance the cleaning effect of water alone. There was some evidence that during the experiment a build up of bacteria occurred on coated boxes cleaned by methods which did not involve scrubbing or hosing with a solution of a quaternary ammonium compound.