clean wash process immediately all Vegetables and Fruit .

At all times you must, and clean, wash process immediately All Vegetables and Fruit that arrive into the hotel as per the Hygiene law and regulations in order to
• Remove all dirt, insects, sand, pesticides, and other chemicals
• Satisfy Health regulations


Procedures:
You will follow the workflow and procedure as below at all times
1)Sorting
2)Preliminary Washing in clean water
3)Soaking in sanitizer solution
4)Final Rinse in Fresh clean water
5)Storage or usage

Sorting
1. Do not allow any boxes, cartons, cases etc into the pre preparation area
2. All vegetables & fruit must be transferred into specified containers
3. Sort the vegetables & fruit carefully discarding all the damaged or spoilt ones
Preliminary Washing in clean water
4. Wash each type of vegetable & fruit separately thoroughly in cold water
5. Green leafy vegetables like spinach, lettuces etc must be washed several times in many changes of water
6. Root vegetables like potatoes that are used with skin for baking must be scrubbed well to remove dirt and mud.
7. Vegetables like Cauliflower, broccoli, Bok choy may be soaked in salted water for a minimum of 30 minutes to kill and remove any insects
8. Leeks need special attention, after cutting lengthwise in half, remove the dirt that is between the layers by holding them under cold running water
9. Celery needs to be washed well too, pay special attention to the insides of the stalks.
Soaking in sanitizer solution
10. Prepare a sanitiser soaking solution using the designated chemicals at the designated strengths
11. After the vegetables& fruit have been through the preliminary wash, soak them in a sanitised solution for a minimum of XXXX minutes.
12. Drain the vegetables out of this solution and proceed to the next step
Final Rinse in Fresh clean water
13. Rinse the vegetables and fruit in fresh clean water and drain well
Storage or usage
14. Store as per the standards at the correct temperature in the correct containers
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