Keep Your Soft Serve Machines and Food Processing Equipment Clean For Food Safety with Stera-Sheen Green Label

Stera-Sheen Food Safe Sanitizer, Cleaner and Milkstone Remover in Canada

A surface must be completely cleaned before it can be properly sanitized. A machine that is 90% clean is still 10% dirty. A machine that is 90% clean is still 10% dirty. You can promote food safety when you properly clean and sanitize your equipment with Stera-Sheen Green Label. This sanitizer is FDA approved and EPA-registered. Stera-Sheen Green Label cleans and removes milkstone in one procedure, saving you time.

When used as directed, Stera-Sheen Green Label Sanitizer and Cleaner is used for cleaning and sanitising frozen dessert and beverage machines AND to clean and sanitize surfaces such as: acrylic; glass; glazed ceramic, enamelled, and porcelain surfaces; laminated surfaces; linoleum; metal; plastics such as nylon, polystyrene or polypropylene; rubber such as epdm or viton; stainless steel and vinyl.

Cleaning and sanitizing frozen dessert and beverage machines:

Soft serve ice cream and shake freezers, gelato machines, batch freezers, frozen yogurt, frozen custard, frozen carbonated beverages, smoothie and granita machines, iced cappuccino machines, shaved iced machines, slush machines, and other frozen dessert and beverage machines

Cleaning and disassembly instructions

  1. Follow manufacturer’s directions to drain and rinse hopper (or dispenser) and freezing cylinder. Rinse until water is clear.
  2. Dissolve one 2 oz. scoop into 2 gallons of warm water. Pour into hopper/dispenser.
  3. Agitate solution per manufacturer’s suggested wash cycle. Or, manually brush clean making sure solution makes contact with all surfaces.
  4. Drain solution completely.
  5. Following manufacturer’s directions, take all removable parts to sink. Clean by soaking for at least one minute using one 2 oz. scoop per 2 gallons of warm water. 
  6. Allow to air dry. Follow local health ordinances.
  7. Repeat procedures for each freezing cylinder or dispenser. To insure adequate cleaning, do not reuse solution.

Assembly and sanitizing instructions

  1. Assemble machine and lubricate all parts according to manufacturer’s specifications.
  2. Dissolve one 2 oz. scoop in 2 gallons of warm water. Pour into hopper (or dispenser).
  3. Agitate sanitizing solution per manufacturer’s suggested wash cycle, but for no less than one minute.
  4. Drain solution completely. Repeat procedures for each freezing cylinder.
  5. Do not reuse solution. Do not rinse. Follow local health codes.

General purpose cleaning and sanitizing

For cleaning of kitchen utensils, dishes, glasses and miscellaneous food contact machine parts

  1. Rinse and remove all loose food soil substances.
  2. Dissolve one 2 oz. scoop in 2 gallons of warm water.
  3. Wipe or brush clean surface.
  4. Rinse with potable water.
  5. Sanitize using one 2 oz. in 2 gallons of warm water to yield 100 ppm available chlorine.
  6. Immerse Kitchen utensils, dishes, glasses, or miscellaneous food contact machine parts into sanitizing solution for at least one minute.
  7. Remove and allow to air dry. Do not rinse. Follow local health codes.

Sealed floors, sealed counter tops and stationary equipment surfaces

  1. For previously cleaned surfaces, mix the appropriate amount of sanitizing solution by mixing 2 oz. scoop in 2 gallons of warm water to yield 100 ppm available chlorine.
  2. Apply with a clean cloth, sponge, spray, or completely flood surface making sure the solution completely covers the whole surface for at least 60 seconds.
  3. Let air dry. Do not rinse. Follow local health codes.

Cleaning and sanitizing ice machines

To clean ice machine evaporator:

  1. Turn off refrigeration. Leave machine pump on.
  2. Drain unit.
  3. Dissolve one 2 oz. packet for every 2 gallons of warm water needed.
  4. Pour into unit per manufacturer’s instructions. Allow to circulate for 30 minutes.
  5. Brush clean any areas where solution does not contact surfaces needed to be cleaned.
  6. Ice machine drums can be cleaned by soaking in solution prepared by mixing one 2 oz. packet in 8 gallons of warm water.
  7. Drain unit and rinse with potable water.

To sanitize ice machine evaporator:

  1. Follow steps 1 – 4 above, making sure the sanitizing solution completely covers the whole surface for at least 60 seconds.
  2. Drain solution and allow to air dry. DO NOT RINSE. Follow local health codes.
  3. Discard first batch of ice.

To clean ice machine bin:

  1. Turn off refrigeration and water supply.
  2. Remove ice from bin.
  3. Mix one 2 oz. packet in 2 gallons of warm water in bucket.
  4. Pour into ice bin.
  5. Brush clean as necessary.
  6. Take any removable parts that require cleaning and soak in solution prepared by mixing one 2 oz. packet for every 2 gallons of warm water needed.

To sanitize ice machine bin:

  1. Follow steps 1 – 6 above, making sure the sanitizing solution completely covers the whole surface for at least 60 seconds.
  2. Drain solution and allow to air dry. DO NOT RINSE. Follow local health codes.

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