Food Safety Blog

Mike Gangel
President, Chad Equipment, LLC

Recirculating Hot Water Pasteurization Systems

The tragic 1993 E. coli outbreak, where four children died and hundreds were sickened after eating undercooked…

Birko Equipment Division – Efficient, Economical and Safer Food Plant Operation

Chad Equipment, LLC, a division of Birko, specializes in the design and manufacture of USDA-approved washing and pasteurizing equipment for small to large volume meat harvesting and processing operations. This equipment includes the patented oscillating action wash system for high and low pressure applications including beef, hog, veal, sheep and horse harvest. Chad also pioneered the concepts of washing beef carcasses before evisceration, pasteurizing red meat carcasses and washing viscera tables and viscera pans using brushes and sprays.

Birko’s automated chemical dispensing systems are designed to help food processing professionals safely blend and distribute both sanitation and processing chemicals. Our systems help create a more efficient, economical and safer food plant operation. They’re designed to precisely batch the correct Birko formula or chemical for specific applications, while eliminating chemical waste due to overmixing. At the same time, Birko systems help eliminate problems with chemical performance that may occur due to undermixing. They also control employee access to chemicals. Birko equipment is designed to work equally well from small drums or larger bulk storage.

Birko’s equipment line is designed to help processors save money by reducing and eliminating manual operations; save water by minimizing water usage and sewer disposal; and increase yield and increase profits by reducing trim. Additionally, Birko’s equipment reduces and controls microbial contamination by pasteurizing carcasses and reduces downtime through reliability, ease of maintenance, and immediate delivery of replacement parts from stock.

Birko sources related equipment from reputable companies specializing in food plant sanitation or food processing. Through special distributorships, we offer Emech™ temperature control valves, Komax inline steam heaters and Lafferty entryway foaming equipment.


Harvest

For beef, pork, lamb and other carcasses.

BLAST

Hypobromous acid generation system.

BOSS™ Blend-On-Site System

Tracks chemical use.

mini-Allo™

Smaller version of BOSS™.

Semi-Bulk Storage Tanks

Bulk chemical storage.

System Cleaners

Full line from Denmark.

Emech Valves and Electronic Actuators

Ensure precise temperature output.

Komax Inline Steam Heaters

Accurate temperature set points.

Liquik® Tripe System

Precision measuring for tripe refiners.

Pumps and Controllers

Chemical dispensing and replenishing systems.

Foamers

Use with Birko foaming cleaners.

Disinfecting Entryway Foamers

Stop pathogen migration.

Liquik Trolley® System

Adjusts chemistry for trolley dip tanks.

CON-TACT-IT® Test Kits

Precise bacterial sampling.

Lafferty Equipment

Foamers and other high quality systems.

UltraClean™ Systems Line

Birko’s UltraClean™ Systems Line includes dispensing systems and chemicals.

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