Flowcrete understand that hygiene is of critical importance in food and beverage processing environments and with Flowfresh, Flowcrete’s range of ultra-hygienic cementitious urethane flooring, the solution begins at ground level.

1. Flowcrete understand that hygiene
is of critical importance in
food and beverage processing
environments and with Flowfresh,
Flowcrete’s range of ultra-hygienic
cementitious urethane flooring, the
solution begins at ground level.
bac•ter•i•a Single-cell organisms that feed on nutrients in their
surroundings to reproduce. Pathogenic bacteria are harmful
to humans, and can enter the body through contaminated food.
If you laid 25,000 bacteria cells side by side in a line, they would stretch
One Inch
some time later...
Bacteria multiply by splitting into halves every
20 minutes, meaning that in just 3 hours
one bacterium will become about 1020!
(× 100)
START
20 mins
40 mins
60 mins
3 hours
Foods most prone to bacterial contamination are:
meat
poultry
eggs or foods
made with raw
eggs
raw shellfish
cold cooked
seafood
soft cheeses
Approximately 16%
of foodborne illness
cases are attributed
to a contaminated
processing environment.
Common types of Bacteria that contaminate food are:
 E-coli
 Staphylococcus Aureus
 MRSA
 Proteus Vulgaris
 Listeria Weshimen
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Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
Salmonella Typhi
Streptococcus Pyogenes
Enterococcus Faecalis
SARS Coronousitus
Listeriosis causes an
estimated 25,000
cases of food
poisoning in the
United States each
year and kills about
500 people...
(× 1000)
(× 10)
E. coli causes an estimated
25,000 cases of food
poisoning in the United
States each year and kills
about 100 people.
(× 1000)
(× 50)
... at an estimated
cost of $2.33bn.
$2.33bn
A study in The New England Journal of Medicine
found that 20% of samples of ground chicken,
beef, turkey, and pork contained Salmonella.
Flowfresh contains Polygiene; a silver-ion additive
that remains active for the lifetime of the floor,
and kills 99% of bacteria on contact, including:
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E-coli
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
Staphylococcus Aureus
Salmonella Typhi
MRSA
Streptococcus Pyogenes
Proteus Vulgaris
Enterococcus Faecalis
Listeria Weshimen
SARS Coronousitus
Antibacterial Activity After 60 Wash Cycles
(JIS Z 280: 2000)
ntrol)
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Bacterial Population (Log 10 CFU cm-2)
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fresh
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Contact the Flooring Specialist:
+61 7 3205 7115 | +61 2 4648 0397
ausweb@flowcrete.com
www.flowcreteaustralia.com.au
@Flowcrete/Flowcrete_Aust
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