florida dept of agriculture

[East Coast Coffee]

i am looking for a roaster in florida who is inspected by the dept. of agriculture :x . my inspector says that my roaster has to be washed, rinsed and sanitized after every batch . can i get some feedback on this from others in the business? this seems rather impossible given the type of machinery it is.

 

[ElPugDiablo]

what kind of roaster are you using?

 

[East Coast Coffee]

A 15 k Ozturk

 

[thewilliams1]

... sounds like a wheel was looking for some grease.

Did you mention that you are not working with a perishable? That sounds like it would be for a butchers block or something that could carry bacteria if not sanitized.

 

[topher]

Sent you a pm...is this for organic cert?

 

[Alun_evans]

Toper may have the angle on this...if it is organic you need to be only roasting organic (et.al) in it or you would need to go through the rigmarole as described if switching between certified organic and other greens...

 

[Alun_evans]

... although using copious quantaties of water in a steel drum roaster sounds dodgy!

 

[topher]

Actually Alun..the organic cert people said that if you "purge" your roaster for a certain amount of time(heat drum to 450degrees) then it is ok to switch from organic to non organic...so they say :wink:

 

[ElPugDiablo]

I don't think it has anything to do with organic certification, notice the inspector wants to have the roaster washed, rinsed and sanitized after every batch. The inspector is totally off his mind, tell the dude roasting is done in a very high temperature environment, over 300F for well over 5 minutes, not too many cockroaches or rats can survive inside the roaster when you fire that baby off.

 

[Alun_evans]

Maybe the inspector thought you were in the "rooster" business...was worried about bird flu??

 

[GreenDude]

Maybe the inspector thought you were in the "rooster" business...was worried about bird flu??

LMAO....I needed that laugh