DEEP CLEAN IN STAFF CANTEEN
July 1st 2005

Coca-Cola enterprises has awarded a contract to Indepth Hygiene Services to clean the kitchen grease extract ventilation system at its Milton Keynes soft drinks plant every six months.

A staff canteen caters for the 300 staff at the site, providing a range of hot food around the clock. A grease extract ventilation system draws hot air from a canopy in the kitchen and, when the extract fan failed, it had to be repaired quickly to get the kitchen back into full operation.

The fan was removed for rewinding, presenting the opportunity for ventilation ductwork to be cleaned.

Indepth Hygiene’s operatives traced the route of the ductwork which ran from the kitchen canopy above a false tiled ceiling above the servery and staff restaurant to an internal riser. Here, it rose vertically to the fan in the roof-level plantroom. Additional access panels were installed in the ductwork to allow access to the internal surfaces for thorough cleaning.

The ductwork clean was completed by the time the fan was returned, minimising the disruption to the kitchen.