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Is Your Third Party Equipment Food Safety Compliant? Clean In Place vs. Clean Out of Place

In meat production facilities, equipment and instruments can either be Clean In Place (CIP) or Clean Out of Place (COP).
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Clean In Place items are typically shaped in a way that they’re unable to be cleaned manually and are cleaned with chemicals, detergent, or heat. Clean Out of Place items are pieces of equipment that can’t be cleaned where they’re used, and are removed for manual cleaning.

When introducing new equipment to protein production facilities, the cleaning procedure for each element should be established and accommodated.

Source: food-safety.com