Meat, Poultry
& Seafood Processing

Leaders in the meat, poultry, and seafood industries turn to AFCO for solutions to operate at the highest levels of sanitation, productivity and profitability. Our expert team will work alongside you to optimize every aspect of your food safety program. We help you meet sanitation, compliance, and operation needs with efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

Trusted Partner Delivering Sustainable Solutions Through Food Safety™

What We Do

CLEANING & SANITATION SOLUTIONS

TROLLEY
SOLUTIONS

EQUIPMENT SOLUTIONS

TECHNICAL SERVICES
& SUPPORT

INTERVENTION SOLUTIONS

Cleaning & Sanitizing

  • Caustic, Acid, and Neutral Cleaners

  • Hydragenix® line of more sustainable products

  • Sanitizers

  • Floor Treatments

  • EPA & FDA Registrations

  • Membrane cleaning programs

  • Smart Technology for cleaning verification

  • Hand Care, JanSan, and Tool Cage

  • Array of pack sizes and bulk delivery

Intervention Solutions

  • Peracetic Acid — FDA approved FCNs

    • 4360 Perasafe FC-100

    • 4364 Perasafe HM

    • 4363 Perasafe 23

  • Acidified Sodium Chlorite (ASC) with our exclusive Hydragenix® TypHall Activation

Peracetic Acid

4360 Perasafe FC-100 — 15% active PAA

  • FCN 1389

    • Poultry carcasses, parts, trim, and organs

    • Meat carcasses, parts, trim, and organs

    • Processed and pre-formed (ready-to-eat) meat and poultry

    • Seafood and fish

  • FCN 1650

    • Shell eggs

  • FCN 2224

    • Hard-boiled peeled eggs

  • FSIS Directive 7120.1 – list of approved substances for intervention

    Approved for OLR (Poultry On-Line Reprocessing)

    Canadian Meat Approval

4364 Perasafe HM - 15% active PAA

  • FCN 1694

    • Meat carcasses, parts, trim, and organs

    • Processed and pre-formed (ready-to-eat) meat

  • FSIS Directive 7120.1 – list of approved substances for intervention

  • Lower HEDP concentration than most PAA agents

4363 Perasafe 23 - 23% active PAA

  • FCN 1389

    • Poultry carcasses, parts, trim, and organs

    • Meat carcasses, parts, trim, and organs

    • Processed and pre-formed (ready-to-eat) meat and poultry

    • Seafood and fish

  • FCN 2224

    • Hard-boiled peeled eggs

  • FSIS Directive 7120.1 - list of approved substances for intervention

  • Approved for OLR (Poultry On-Line Reprocessing)

Acidified Sodium Chlorite (ASC) & Typhall Activation

Keeper® Professional Poultry

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)(21 CFR 173.325; Food Contact Notification (FCN) 739) and Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) (7120.1) approved

  • For the processing of poultry carcasses, parts and organs, and for the processing of comminuted, and formed meats

  • Spray or dip up to 1,200 ppm at or near neutral pH

Keeper® Professional Red Meat

FDA (21 CFR 173.325; FCN 450) and FSIS (7120.1) approved

  • For the processing of red meat carcasses, parts and organs, and for processed, of comminuted, and formed meats

  • Spray or dip up to 1,200 ppm at or near neutral pH

Keeper® Professional Seafood

FDA (21 CFR 173.325) approved

  • Approved for water and ice used to rinse, wash, thaw, transport, and store

  • Rinse, wash, thaw, transport or store seafood (40 – 50 ppm)

  • Harvesting, handling, heading, evisceration, butchering, storing, holding or packaging of finfish and crustaceans (up to 1,200 ppm)

  • Filleting of finfish (up to 1,200 ppm)

Keeper® is a registered trademark of Bio-Cide International, a Kemin Company.

Hydragenix® Typhall Activators

  • Efficient Activation

  • Unique patented acid that produces a high conversion percentage

  • At 1:10 ratio TypHall produces a 5 X conversion over citric acid at same ratio

  • At 1:10 ratio TypHall will mimic the pH & conversion values of phosphoric acid when diluted 1:20

  • Sustained conversion % up to at least 8 hours

  • Corrosion potential below Citric / Phosphoric

Benefits of Intervention Solutions

  • Helps to increase shelf-life

  • Helps processors meet government regulations for tolerance levels

  • Helps to maintain brand protection

  • There are no labeling requirements

  • Acceptable for use in the production of Organic Foods

  • Spraying products and lines may allow extended runs of conveyers and reduce the number of cleanings that are needed to maintain sanitary conditions

  • Environmentally friendly – peracetic acid breaks down into acetic acid, water and oxygen

  • Cost effective

  • User friendly

Technical Services & Support

SQF and HACCP Certified Food Safety Specialists provide on-site and technical service support

Digital Platforms to effectively manage your sanitation program

Quality Action Team to help improve safety and reduce liability

Laboratory and R&D services that provide application support

Continuous Improvement Team to help you operate more sustainably and efficiently

Equipment Solutions

Perasafe E3 Data Logging

  • Controls PAA concentrations and pH value up to 8 application points

  • Cloud-based reporting

  • Captures data in real time

  • User-friendly interface

  • Customized graphics

  • Mobile interface

e4 CIP Program

  • Real time tracking

  • Historical data capture

  • Diagnostic tool that provides alerts

  • Risk management

  • Operational excellence

  • Sustainability reporting

Rail Magic Rail Care Program

  • Once-a-week lubrication process performed the last day of weekly processing

  • Contains anti-wear and extreme pressure additives

  • Proven to extend chain life while reducing amp draw

  • Removes existing rust from entire trolley system

  • Reduces rail dust and black grease

  • Provides protection against rust and corrosion

  • Extends life of chains, trolleys, rails, and motors

  • Reduces application frequency

  • Increases line speed and improves efficiency

  • Complete system and procedures

  • USDA acceptable

Trolley Solutions

Protecting Your Brand

With a proven history of successful partnerships with leaders in the meat, poultry, and seafood industries, we understand that food safety is critical to your business.

  • We offer a portfolio of sanitation and service solutions.

  • Our Food Safety Specialists bring the experience and technical expertise to troubleshoot your specific application, rather than a one-size-fits-all approach.

  • We also assist in sanitizing your hard surfaces to prevent cross-contamination while protecting your sensitive equipment.

  • Our EcoClear division specializes in deep cleaning your refrigeration evaporator coils in food processing and storage areas, rooftop units, cooling towers, and other hard-to-reach spots that can hide and spread microbes.

Benefits of Using AFCO

  • Full technical service support

  • Commitment to environmentally-friendly products and processes

  • Focused on continuous improvement

  • CIP and engineering expertise

  • Largest customized offering in the industry