{"id":2126,"date":"2020-05-25T07:18:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T12:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/minnesota.safefoodtraining.com\/2026\/?p=2126"},"modified":"2020-05-11T17:24:06","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T22:24:06","slug":"covid-19-and-servsafe-sanitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minnesota.safefoodtraining.com\/2026\/certified-food-protection-manager\/covid-19-and-servsafe-sanitation\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 and ServSafe Sanitation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way foodservice businesses operate and will continue to change food safety procedures for the foreseeable future. Once eating establishments are finally permitted to seat guests in their dining rooms, ServSafe<\/a> food managers will have to change their sanitation procedures and the way they enforce certain food handling rules after the COVID-19 shutdown. This week, we’d like to take a look at what these new sanitation procedures could look like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Post COVID-19 Shutdown ServSafe Sanitation Guide for Restaurant Reopening<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

At this time, there is no recommendation to deviate from the types of sanitizer solutions recommended in Minnesota Food Code sanitation procedures<\/a>, so it’s not necessary to increase the concentration of bleach, iodine or quaternary ammonia compounds in sanitizing solutions. In fact, using a solution with higher concentrations than recommended could pose a health risk to staff and guests should excess sanitizer chemicals end up in customers’ food or create a toxic atmosphere when working in close contact with these over-powered solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether you’re open for business as usual or your establishment is still only providing takeout service, it’s important to sanitize all surfaces regularly. The most touched surfaces should be sanitized many times a day. Make sure these frequently used surfaces are sanitized often:<\/p>\n\n\n\n