STEAM STERILIZATION
We have a Steam Sterilization facility to treat microbial contaminations in Spices & Herbs. Our unique Steam sterilization process treats products through Saturated Steam and ensures minimal damage to the organoleptic characteristics of the treated products.
Basic scope of supply steam sterilizing plant
- Sterilizer, complete with support frame, platform and staircase
- Wet scrubber/ Cleaning in Place unit for sterilizer
- Fluid bed dryer/cooler
- Sterile air supply unit for fluid bed dryer/cooler
- Dust separator for exhaust air from fluid bed dryer/cooler
- Central control panel (PLC and suitable for data acquisition for HACCP)
- Instrumentation
- Spare parts for the first year of operation
- Supervision of erection and commissioning plus training of operators
- Pneumatic product feed to sterilizer using sterile air from filter unit
- Pneumatic product discharge from fluid bed dryer/cooler to packing room using sterile air from filter unit
- Finisher to turn agglomerates back into a free flowing powder
| TPC | Less Than 10,000 |
| E.Coli | Negative. |
| Salmonella | Negative. |
| Coli forms | Less Than 50 CFU/gram. |
| Yeast and Moulds | Less Than 100 CFU/gram. |
| Enterobacteriaceae | Less Than 10 CFU/gram. |
| Bacillus cereus | Less Than 100 CFU/gram. |
| Clostridium Perringers | Less Than 10 CFU/gram. |
| Staphylococcus aureus | Less Than 100 CFU/gram |