Here’s your reckoner to the restaurant hygiene checklist and tools.
Adequate hygiene is a must
Restaurant hygiene is critical for the health and safety of both your staff and customers and plays a key role in establishing and/or cementing your restaurant’s brand image. Customers prefer a clean restaurant. Period.
And, the sensitive situation of the pandemic has enough stressed the need for utmost and standardized hygiene in public spaces. So, here we are with comprehensive guidelines to maintain hygiene in your restaurant.
Kitchen cleaning
Guidelines:
- Inspect frequently the kitchen and dining area.
- Sanitize the preparation area frequently.
- Clean frequently the surfaces that come in contact with food.
- Clean oven, fryers and stove after every shift.
- Use a dedicated degreaser to avoid the build of grease and dirt. Clean the oven’s interior using an oven cleaner once a week.
- Sanitize bars, tabletops and chairs frequently daily.
- Clean your dishwasher once a week
- Use a specialized dishwash liquid detergent for cutlery to give them an enhanced cleaning.
- Clean the floor using a floor cleaner for any spillage or greasy deposits. It is preferable to use a disinfectant floor cleaner.
Cleaner for generic purposes:
Use Sumabrite All Rounder 4 in 1 Kitchen Cleaner for high-quality kitchen cleaning, encompassing hard surface cleaning, dishwashing, floor cleaning, and degreasing. It is one product for all your kitchen needs.
Benefits:
- Removes heavy oil and greasy deposits (10% dilution for heavy degreasing)
- Is soft on metal surfaces
- Comes with a thick formulation for easy dilution
- Is soft on hands
Cleaner for ovens, fryers and hobs:
Use Sumabrite Oven and Grill Cleaner to remove heavy carbonaceous and baked-on deposits from ovens, grills, fryers and hot plates. This professional-grade oven and grill cleaner is scientifically formulated for optimal performance.
Benefits:
- Increases equipment efficiency by consuming less energy.
- Gives zero odour on cleaned equipment
- Increases life expectancy of equipment
- Helps save money for maintenance in the long run
Cleaner for dishes:
Sumabrite Concentrated Dishwashing Liquid Detergent is a concentrated dishwash liquid detergent to remove all grease and food stains from crockery and cutlery. It is formulated with mixed actives and special ingredients to enhance the cleaning performance.
Benefits:
- Leaves tableware streak and scratch-free
- Is fully biodegradable
- Is concentrated for economy of use
- Is gentle on hands
Cleaner for floors:
Crew Disinfectant Floor Cleaner is a scientifically-formulated cleaner-cum-disinfectant. It is used to clean and sanitize hard surfaces, including floors, tables, sinks, tubs and tiles.
Benefits:
- Is safe on all types of hard floors
- Kills 99.9% of all pathogenic bacteria
- Removes stubborn stains
- Is safe for use on marble and granite
- Is devoid of abrasives or bleach
- Works in all water conditions
- Can repel flies up to 6 hours
- Is cost-effective
Restroom cleaning
Guidelines:
- Use a microfibre cloth to clean bathrooms and fittings.
- Wipe the glass panels of the shower enclosure frequently to eliminate the build-up of soapy, hard water.
- Scrub the grout in between the tiles with an old toothbrush and wipe dry with a microfibre cloth regularly.
Cleaner for the bathroom:
Crew Bathroom Cleaner Liquid and Descaler comes with 3-in-1 action formula: It descales, deodourises and cleans hygienically. It is a fully formulated cleaner to clean all fittings and walls in the bathroom — sinks, bathtubs, tiles, and fittings like taps, soap holders, and showers.
Benefits:
- Is specifically formulated for use in hard water conditions
- Is ideal for cleaning bathroom wall surfaces
- Can also be used to clean the bathroom floor
- Avoids scratching surfaces
- Contains actives that prevent scale deposition
- Ensures scale removal
- Is concentrated for economy of use
- Deodorizes and removes stains, ensuring optimum bathroom hygiene
Cleaner for toilet bowl:
Use Crew Toilet Bowl Cleaner to remove stubborn stains and eradicate limescale deposits from the toilet seat. It is designed to toilet surfaces clean effectively and spotless and keep the toilet areas fresh and clean.
Benefits:
- Helps avoid lime-scale build-up
- Enables extended contact time with ideal viscosity
- Has fast action formula; works in 5-10 minutes
- Has an easy flow mechanism to cover more with less
Cleaner for urinal screen:
Crew Urinal Screen is designed specially to deodorize and effectively provide maintenance of the urinals. It provides a controlled and consistent fragrance release, using proprietary polymerized fragrances and a polymer-based delivery system.
Benefits:
- Are made with recyclable EVA polymer, making them safe to use and dispose
- Can neutralize odours, negating the use of an external fragrance system
- Come with a delayed fragrance release system to prolong washroom freshness
- Is economical for effective odour control
Staff hygiene
Guidelines:
- Ensure a clean handwashing station with a suitable anti-bacterial hand wash for your staff and guests.
- Sanitize the sink and tap using a cleaner at the end of every shift.
- Clean the kitchen’s soap dispensers regularly.
- Ensure your staff always wear headgear, hand gloves, hairnets, hats or scarves when handling food.
- Make sure their uniforms are regularly washed and cleaned.
Antibacterial handwash:
Soft Care Antibacterial Handwash is formulated to kill pathogenic bacteria and viruses on the hands.
Benefits:
- Kills 99.99% of germs found on human skin
- Is gentle on human skin with a perfume-free formulation
- Is formulated with organic actives
- Is devoid of harmful triclosan (listed as a Contaminant of Emerging Concern)