quat sanitizer

[friarjohn]

anyone use quat sanitizer to sanitize bottles and equipement? my wife can get me it from work for cheap...comes as a liquid...

 

[Yooper]

We have that stuff at the hospital, but only for medical equipment and stuff, not for foodstuffs. The kitchen uses something else, rated for food service. I think quat is less effective as a sanitizer than a food rated sanitizer.

 

[friarjohn]

i guess i should have stated that she works in a kitchen. maybe ill just use it for cleaning.

 

[Proofman]

Quat can sanitize like chlorine bleach. 200ppm is the min level, and don't go above 400 ppm. have her get you some test strips to use.

 

[JustDave]

A buddy of mine uses "multi-quat" sanitizer at his catering business. I'm not really sure what a quat is, or why multiple ones would be better ... but it's got a picture of a cook on the instruction sheet, so it must be OK

 

[McKBrew]

A buddy of mine uses "multi-quat" sanitizer at his catering business. I'm not really sure what a quat is, or why multiple ones would be better ... but it's got a picture of a cook on the instruction sheet, so it must be OK

I wouldn't be so sure about that. Take a look at the warnings and cautions here and then decide whether or not it's the best choice for brewing.

 

[Proofman]

Quaternary amonia is an FDA approved sanitizer for food service operations. just like chlorine bleach, used in correct concentrations, it is safe.

 

[menschmaschine]

Quaternary amonia is an FDA approved sanitizer for food service operations. just like chlorine bleach, used in correct concentrations, it is safe.

+1. It's often used in bar 3-basin sinks. Usually comes in little blue tablets to dissolve in the 3rd bay (no rinse). This is one of the big 4 sanitizers for restaurants: sodium hypochlorite, quaternary ammonia, heat, and iodine (which hardly any restaurants use anymore). I guarantee everyone on this board (at least in the US) who has drank/ate at a restaurant, has consumed food or drink from ware sanitized by quaternary ammonia.

 

[Proofman]

+1. It's often used in bar 3-basin sinks. Usually comes in little blue tablets to dissolve in the 3rd bay (no rinse). This is one of the big 4 sanitizers for restaurants: sodium hypochlorite, quaternary ammonia, heat, and iodine (which hardly any restaurants use anymore). I guarantee everyone on this board (at least in the US) who has drank/ate at a restaurant, has consumed food or drink from ware sanitized by quaternary ammonia.

Spoken like a sanitator!

 

[King of Cascade]

I thought I read somewhere that it doesn’t kill wild yeast and some other critters that star san kills. I get the stuff from work also but I just use it on table tops and surfaces in the brewery.

 

[menschmaschine]

Spoken like a sanitator!

5 years in Public Health/Food Safety

 

[Proofman]

7 years here. takin' care of it entering and leaving the body for most. Now just entering.