The UK's leading ice machines - scoop 2009 Food Processing Hygiene Award
At the 25th annual Food Processing Awards, held on 9 February 2009 at the Hinckley Island Hotel, Leicestershire, Hubbard Ice Systems, exclusive UK distributors of the Scotsman range of ice making equipment were presented with the Food Processing Award for Innovations in products and services to achieve hygienic food processing.
Hubbard Ice Systems were one of four finalists selected by a panel of judges and voted for by readers of Food Processing magazine. Hubbard Ice beat off close competition from Be-Plas Marketing, Teknomek and Vikan .
The Scotsman ice machines supplied exclusively by Hubbard Ice Systems in the UK are built to make compliance with food and drink safety requirements easy. Scotsman is an ISO 9002 accredited company whose machines are compliant with the Water Regulations Advisory Scheme (WRAS) and carry the CE mark as well as many international standards.
The machines' auto-flush function removes any potentially contaminating impurities after each cycle. Additionally, Hubbard Ice offers anti-algae and anti-scale solutions for use when cleaning machines.
Hubbard Ice also recommends an optional filter to remove harmful bacteria as small as 0.5 microns, remove chlorine, arrest scale and produce the highest quality ingredient water.
Hubbard Ice provides machine maintenance training, model-specific cleaning posters and a comprehensive after-sales support package for any hygiene queries. Their dedicated website www.perfectice.co.uk provides information on ice hygiene.
Adrian Rayner, Hubbard Ice Systems Key Accounts Manager, receiving the award commented: "Hubbard Ice Systems have always placed great store on educating the users of Scotsman Equipment on the importance of good hygiene practice, providing on site training programmes, technical literature and promotional information to encourage those at the cutting edge of food processing and presentation to subscribe to hygiene best practice. The fact that the readers of Food Processing have identified with our approach is a significant feather in our cap. Hubbard Ice Systems are at the forefront of driving the development of Scotsman Ice Machines and we have been instrumental in the launch into the UK market of integrated hygiene tools within the New 6 Series of Scotsman ice cubers, which include integral antibacterial systems for storage bins, scale guard systems to minimise scale contamination, automatic maintenance warnings to assist with scheduled maintenance tasks and removable condenser air filters for easier and more frequent cleaning."
