STER-BAC

Versatile Environmental Sanitizer

®

Ster-Bac is a liquid quaternary ammonium sanitizer.

PRODUCT
DESCRIPTION

BENEFITS Promotes Quality Assurance

• Enhances finished product quality and shelf life when used in a
total Ecolab product and professional services program.
• Versatile — ideal for deodorizing, disinfecting and no-rinse
sanitizing.
• Broad spectrum of antimicrobial efficacy.
Saves Time and Labor
• Convenient to use — easily proportioned through sprayers or
injection meters.
Helps Reduce Cleaning Costs
• Effectively controls molds and odors.
• Noncorrosive at recommended use dilution.
• Sanitizes at a high use dilution in warm water.
Environmentally Responsible
• Phosphate free formulation.
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Form ...........................................................................liquid Pounds per gallon — 8.29 (3.8 kg)

PROPERTIES Color ...........................................................................clear pH 1.0% solution.................................... ......................7.9
Odor ..........................................................................sweet 0.1% solution..........................................................7.6
Foam............................................................................high Specific gravity at 68°F./20˚C.
Wetting Ability .............................................................good EPA Reg. No. 1677-43

Active Ingredient:
n-Alkyl (50% C14, 40% C12 , 10% C16) dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride..........................................................10.00%
Inert Ingredients: ...........................................................................................................................................................90.00%
Formula ingredients contain no Phosphorus.

For cautionary and first aid information, consult the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) or product label.

DIRECTIONS It is a violation of Federal Law to use this product in a

manner inconsistent with its labeling.
(200 ppm). All surfaces should be explosed to the sanitizing
solution for a period of not less than 1 minute. Allow
FOR USE DEODORIZING equipment to drain thoroughly and air dry.
After cleaning, deodorize waste containers and ELEVATED TEMPERATURE SANITIZING
inaccessible areas in food processing plants with For sanitization of equipment in food processing plants,
1 oz. Ster-Bac to 1 gallon of water (7.8 mL/L) (800 ppm). restaurants, etc., remove gross food particles and excess
Flush surfaces thoroughly or apply by mopping or soil by a pre-flush or pre-scrape, wash with a good
sponging onto the surface. detergent or compatible cleaner, rinse equipment
DISINFECTING thoroughly with clear water, then rinse equipment with a
Disinfect previously cleaned hard surfaces such as walls, sanitizing solution. At a temperature of 130 deg F, Ster-Bac
floors, woodwork, sinks, bathroom fixtures, with 1 oz. of is an effective sanitizer for food contact surfaces at 1 ounce
Ster-Bac to 2 gallons of water (3.9 mL/L) (400 ppm). For Ster-Bac to 10 gallons (0.8 mL/L) of water. All surfaces
disinfecting previously cleaned porous surfaces such as should be exposed to the sanitizing solution for a period of
ceiling board, chopping blocks, pallets, rubber conveyor not less than 1 minute. Allow equipment to drain
belts, in meat, poultry and other food processing thoroughly.
operations, use 1 oz. Ster-Bac to 1 gallon of water Ster-Bac fulfills the criteria of Appendix F of the Grade “A”
(78 mL/10 L) (800 ppm). Flush surfaces thoroughly or Pasteurized Milk Ordinance 1978. Recommendation of the
apply by mopping, sponging, or coarse spraying on U.S. Public Health Service in waters up to 500 ppm of
surface. All surfaces should be exposed to the disinfecting hardness calculated as CaCO3 when tested by the
solution for a period of not less than 10 minutes. Food A.O.A.C. Germicidal and Detergent Sanitizer Official
contact surfaces which have been disinfected must be Method.
rinsed thoroughly with potable water. For use on non-food FOR CONTINUOUS TREATMENT OF MEAT AND
contact surfaces as a general disinfectant in the brewery POULTRY OR FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CONVEYORS -
industry, use 400 to 800 ppm active quaternary. Follow Remove gross food particles and excess soil by a pre-flush
disinfectant directions above. or pre-scrape, wash with a good detergent or compatible
Fogging can be used as an adjunct to acceptable manual cleaner, rinse equipment thoroughly with clear water, then
cleaning and disinfecting as described above. Prior to rinse equipment with a sanitizing solution. During
fogging, food products and packaging materials must be processing, apply Ster-Bac at a 200 ppm quat level to
removed from the room or carefully protected. conveyors with Mikro Master or other suitable feeding
equipment. Controlled volumes of sanitizer are applied to
After cleaning fog desired areas using one quart per
return portion of conveyor through nozzles so located as to
1000 cu. ft. of room area with a Ster-Bac solution
permit maximum drainage of sanitizer from equipment and
containing 1.5 oz. of Ster-Bac to 1 gallon of water
to prevent puddles on top of belt. During interruptions in
(11.7 mL/L) (1200 ppm). Vacate the area of all personnel
operation, coarse spray equipment, peelers, collators,
for a minimum of 2 hours after fogging. All food contact
slicers and saws with Mikro Master dispensed Ster-Bac
surfaces must be thoroughly rinsed with a Ster-Bac
solution of 200 ppm quat. Conveyor equipment should be
solution of 200 ppm active quaternary (1/2 oz. per 2
free of product when applying this coarse spray.
gallons; 12.0 mL/L) prior to reuse. Allow food contact
SANITIZING SHELL EGGS INTENDED FOR FOOD - To
surfaces to drain thoroughly before operations are
sanitize previously cleaned food-grade eggs in shell egg
resumed.
and egg product processing plants, spray with a solution of
DISINFECTING — POTATO STORAGE AREA AND 1 oz product in 4 gl of warm water (2.0 mL/L) (200 ppm
EQUIPMENT quat). The solution should be warmer than the eggs, but not
Remove all potatoes prior to disinfection of potato storage to exceed 130 deg F. Wet eggs thoroughly and allow to
area or equipment. Preclean hard surfaces by removing drain. Eggs sanitized with this product shall be subjected to
heavy soil or gross filth. Follow general disinfection a potable water rinse only if they are broken immediately for
(1 oz./2 gallons; 13.9mL/L) procedures as outlined above. use in the manufacture of egg products. Eggs should be
All treated surfaces must be thoroughly rinsed with potable reasonably dry before casing or breaking. The solution
water prior to reuse. should not be reused for sanitizing eggs.
SANITIZING EQUIPMENT - FOOD PROCESSING
NOTE: FOR MECHANICAL OPERATION prepared use
PLANTS - For sanitization of equipment in food processing
solutions may not be reused for sanitizing but may be
plants, remove gross food particles and excess soil by a
reused for other purposes such as cleaning.
pre-flush or pre-scrape, wash with a good detergent or
compatible cleaner, rinse equipment thoroughly with clear FOR MANUAL OPERATIONS fresh sanitizing solutions
water, then rinse equipment with a sanitizing solution of should be prepared as soon as they become diluted or
1 oz Ster-Bac to 4 gallons (2.0 mL/L) of water soiled.

Ster-Bac is authorized by the U.S. Department of potable water rinse only if they are to be immediately
AUTHORIZATION Agriculture for use in Federally inspected meat and poultry broken for use in the manufacture of egg products. At a
plants for use as a sanitizer for all surfaces not always concentration of 1 oz. per 5 gallons water (1.6 mL/L)
requiring a rinse. Ster-Bac is also authorized as shell egg (150 ppm active quaternary) Ster-Bac is authorized for use
sanitizer at 1 oz./4 gallons of water. Eggs that have been as a hand sanitizer.
sanitized with Ster-Bac should be subjected to a thorough

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