ISO 5704:1980—Equipment For Vine Cultivation & Wine Making
In ancient Greece, it was custom for a dinner host to take the first sip of wine to assure that the wine served to guests […]
Food Equipment
ISO 22043:2020—Horizontal Closed Ice-Cream Freezers
Ice-cream is perishable and requires careful treatment. Exposing ice-cream to temperatures that are too high will negatively affect its body, texture, and flavor characteristics. ISO […]
NSF/ANSI 2-2022: Food Handling Equipment
An American National Standard, NSF/ANSI 2-2022: Food Equipment, covers food protection and sanitation requirements for a variety of food handling and processing equipment. A chef […]
NSF/ANSI 7-2023: Commercial Refrigerators And Freezers
The refrigerators of the 1920s were deadly because their motorized compressors easily malfunctioned, allowing the refrigerants (i.e., toxic gases) to escape and sicken or kill […]
NSF/ANSI 51-2023: Food Equipment Materials
An American National Standard, NSF/ANSI 51-2023, doesn’t deal with what’s in your food—it focuses on what’s in the equipment used to make your food. Demand […]
IKECA Standards for Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning
Thousands of restaurant fires happen each year. These grease-borne conflagrations result in millions of dollars of property damage and lead to injuries and even fatalities. […]
Hygiene Requirements For The Design Of Meat And Poultry Processing Equipment
They say that after handling raw meat, you should wash your hands. In fact, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services advises anyone preparing […]
NSF/ANSI 2-2018: Changes to the Food Equipment American National Standard
***Update: This standard has been revised. NSF/ANSI 2-2019: Food Equipment is available on the ANSI Webstore, and you can learn more about the new edition […]
Ventilation Control and Fire Protection of Commercial Cooking Operations
Restaurants and other commercial cooking facilities are widespread, and, while their services are highly beneficial to their patrons, they do expose individuals and property to […]
ANSI Z83.11-2016/CSA 1.8-2016 – Gas Food Service Equipment
In the food service industry, the product (the food) is very straightforward, but one can easily forget about the many components that help to ensure […]