Kiska95 wrote:Hi Wade,
Yep its for Utensil and surfaces but states...........
7.4.2 Zinc coated materials
Galvanized materials and other zinc coated
materials shall not be used on surfaces intended
for direct food contact.
Yes I read that, however other than the cooking rack in the smoker no other parts have direct food contact. As this refers only to things that have direct food contact, it means that only the cooking rack should not be galvanised. It does not apply to other non-food contact parts of the smoker. It also states that this only applies to acidic foods. Ok maybe the marinade you have used contains vinegar or lemon juice and could be acidic so this effectively rules out the cooking rack and any utensils that you use to handle the food.
Kiska95 wrote:Just paste the following into your browser
American National Standard/NSF International Standard for Food Equipment
I did and it takes you to the NSF Commercial Food Equipment Standards site. Unfortunately here you cannot read the detail of the document - just the summary. Reading the summary of section 7 (as in 7.4.2) it refers to:
NSF/ANSI 7: Commercial Refrigerators and Freezers
NSF/ANSI 7 establishes minimum food protection and sanitation requirements for the materials, design, manufacture, construction and performance of commercial refrigerators and freezers and their related components. This includes storage refrigerators and freezers (reach-in, under counter, walk-in, roll-in); rapid pull-down refrigerators and freezers; refrigerated food transport cabinets, buffet units and food preparation units; display refrigerators; beverage coolers; and ice cream cabinets.It sounds as if you actually have access to the document detail itself. Could you please let me have a copy of it - or post me a link to it
Thanks
Wade