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• • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
  • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
  • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
  • C11D3/00—Other compounding ingredients of detergent compositions covered in group C11D1/00
  • C11D3/40—Dyes ; Pigments
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
  • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
  • G01N21/00—Investigating or analysing materials by the use of optical means, i.e. using sub-millimetre waves, infrared, visible or ultraviolet light
  • G01N21/84—Systems specially adapted for particular applications
  • G01N21/88—Investigating the presence of flaws or contamination
  • G01N21/91—Investigating the presence of flaws or contamination using penetration of dyes, e.g. fluorescent ink

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• the present invention relates to a method for simultaneous control of cleaning and hygiene, so-called prophylactic cleaning, in particular for use in the food industry, hospitals and other places where hygiene requirements are high.
• the invention further relates to an agent for use when carrying out the method.
• Bacteriological methods can only be used for determining live microorganisms (e.g. bacteria and fungi), but not for determining the total amount of organic contaminations which may give rise to bacteria growth. This entails that by bacteriological methods only the bacteriological hygiene state is determined, whereas no impression of the overall hygiene is obtained.
• live microorganisms e.g. bacteria and fungi
• Bacteriological methods as an expression of the over ⁇ all hygiene state further entail that inadequate hygiene can be masked as a result of efficient disinfection. This entails the risk that a build-up of organic contaminations which have not been measured or detected may give rise to growth of microorganisms, in particular microorganisms of resistant or pathogenic nature.
• an otherwise non-colouring cleaning agent contains a dye or a combination of such dyes which react chemically with organic matter - only organic matter of vegetable or animal origin - and dyes the organic matter with a visible colour shade, such organic matter is made visible during the cleaning process proper.
• organic contaminations of any kind including hard to see or even invisible contaminations, are made visible and markedly distinguishable form the background as such, whereby places at which the required cleaning has been inadequate are immediately revealed.
• the invention thus relates to a method for simultaneous control of cleaning and hygiene, so-called prophylactic cleaning, in particular for use in the food industry and hospitals, and the method of the present invention is characterized in that an aqueous solution of a cleaning agent containing a dye or a combination of such dyes which bind on and colour organic matter of animal origin is applied onto the surfaces to be cleaned when performing the cleaning, whereby contamination, if any, of the surfaces shows itself by colouring thereof.
• US patent specification No. 4 745 797 discloses a method of detecting leaks by which a dye solution is applied onto the object to be detected.
• the organic material in particular mineral oil fractions, seeping through the leak will subsequently evoke a colour reaction and consequently reveal the leak.
• the method is particularly useful for leak control of fuel tanks in aircrafts.
• Such a dye method may also be used for revealing unevenness or cracks in a surface, e.g. as disclosed in DE public disclosure No. 1 773 270. This is an indirect (not immediately visible) colour reaction with specific substances which call for detection with UV-light in order to be labeled.
• prophylactic cleaning is understood a method which in conjunction with any kind of cleaning process and any cleaning agent can visualize even the tiniest occurrence of dirt during the cleaning process proper.
• Any person can - without special qualifications and without using any kind of aids - quickly, in a simple way and reliably evaluate the course and result of a cleaning solely based on the presence or absence of colour on the cleaned surface.
• Any cleaning parameter including choice of agents, equipment and method can be evaluated objectively during the cleaning proper. Hereby it is made possible to optimize all cleaning parameters in view of obtaining the desired hygiene at a minimum of economical, environmental and human costs.
• the dye used in the method of the present invention may be any dye or a specific combination of such dyes which can bind on organic materials of any animal and vegetable kind, such as proteins, lipids and carbohydrates, and in the process colour these materials if the dye is stable in the selected combination with the cleaning agent.
• a variety of dyes have this capability, and the invention is thus not limited to any particular dye or any particular cleaning agent.
• the method of the invention is extremely usable in slaughterhouses and other food producing and processing industries it is in practice preferred to use dyes which are already known - and approved - in connection with food.
• Examples of food dyes which are approved in the EEC-countries are Ponceau 4R (E124), Carraoisine (E122), Amaranth (E123), Erythrosine BS (E127), Ponceau 6R (E126) and Scarlet GN (E125), all of which are red dyes.
• Yellow and orange dyes may be Orange GGN (Elll), Tartrazine (E102), Sunset Yellow FCF (E110), Acid Yellow (E105), Quinoline Yellow (E104) and Chrysoine S (E103).
• Green, blue, violet and black dyes are also known, e.g. Brilliant Green BS (E142), Indigo Carmine (E132), Patent Blue V (E131) and Black BN (E151).
• Erythrosine BS (E127), a red dye which is well-known for use in connection with colouring of sausages.
• the substance which is marketed by Pointing Ltd., Northhumberland, England, under the trade name "Hexacol Erythrosine Supra” is- the disodium salt of the compound 2,4,5,7-tetraiodofluorescein, having the formula
• This dye is preferred because it is extremely well-suited for the use. It thus reacts very quickly and has an intensive colour effect. Further it exhibits negligent toxicity, and it is already widely used in the food industry and other areas within which the present method is usable.
• Erythrosine BS (E127) has been used within odontology, where it is administered in tablets for control of toothbrushing, in particular with children. Also here advantage is taken of the marked colour effect and the negligent toxicity.
• the selected dye has been added to the concentrated cleaning agent, whereby the dye is applied onto the surfaces during cleaning.
• the method according to the invention is applicable in connection with all kinds of cleaning, such as foam cleaning, manual cleaning, circulation cleaning, in washing machines, when cleaning containers etc.
• the preferred dye E127 When using the preferred dye E127 preferably 1 g E127 per kg cleaning agent is added. As the cleaning agent is typically used in concentrations of 0.2-2,0% (w/w), the dye concentration used will be 2-20 mg per 1 end solution.
• measuring or evaluation of the cleaning quality and the hygiene standard can be performed in various ways: -
• Samples of the coloured surfaces can be taken out by scraping and a chemical/technical measurement of the dye concentration performed, e.g. spectrophotometric- ally.
• the cleaning consists such as mechanial processing, the efficiency of the cleaning agent and the like.
• the method may also be used to ensure that during flushing all traces of the cleaning agent have been removed.
• the prophylactic cleaning agent has optimal technical efficiency:
• the product provides the desired foam formation and foam stability. - the product colours and makes visible all dirt occurences in the course of approx. 5 min.
• the prophylactic cleaning agent results in optimal hygiene:
• the prophylactic cleaning agent causes none of the traditional nuisances to the user:

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