Many cleaning and sanitizing products can be harsh on the hands, eyes, and may have an adverse effect on persons with pre-existing asthma, allergies, or bronchitis.

Protect your hands with water-proof gloves. Protect your eyes with glasses or goggles, and work in a well-ventilated area.

A surface that has not been properly cleaned, can not be properly sanitized. Be certain to follow the precautions on the product label. many cleaning or disinfectant agents are not safe for food contact surfaces.

Other items such as utensils and tableware should all be washed, rinsed and sanitized in the establishment's dishwashing facilities. Once this final sanitation step is complete, you will be ready to restock the shelves.

Liquid Cleaners

Wash hard surfaces, such as painted walls, floors, woodwork.

Powdered Cleaners

Removes mud, silt, greasy deposits.

All-purpose Laundry Detergents

Moderately or heavily soiled washable color-fast textiles, some appliances, floors, and woodwork.

Quaternary Disinfectants

Laundry safe for washable clothing, may cause some color change.

Light Duty Dishwashing Soaps or Detergents

Lightly soiled washable fabrics, rugs, carpets, some appliances, and washable wallpaper.

Pine Oil Disinfectants

Laundry safe for washable clothing, but pine odor will linger on fabric.

Household Ammonia

Hard surfaces, windows, walls, woodwork, floors, tiles.

Liquid Chlorine

Laundry, food and non-food contact equipment and utensils. Dilution for food contact surfaces differs from all other sanitizing uses.

Disinfectants and Sanitizers

Help stop or slow growth of microorganisms.

Powdered or Liquid Cleaners

Are more practical - easier to control than an aerosol.

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