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9. Conclusion
The treatment of kegs with built-in plunger is a difficult case, especially when it comes to cleaning these containers, with the plunger in place throughout packaging and keg flow at the user's premises. This is all the more the case as treatment times are much shorter than those used for bottle washing, and this treatment is carried out blind, which means that on return to the brewery, the integrity of the position of the plunger on the keg must be checked and, between each packaging function, the elements used for cleaning and sterilization must be completely emptied.
Efficient thermal sterilization is not intellectually satisfying, and in the near future we'll need effective cleaning controls to avoid thermal "bludgeoning", which is compulsory today, but which causes damage to the equipment, especially the seals.
The evolution of the...
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Bibliography
Websites
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Reviews
• Liquids and packaging http://www.editionspci.fr
• Magazine liquids http://www.interfaces-logistiques.com
• Digest packaging
• Magazine packaging...
Events
International Packaging Exhibition held annually in Paris http://www.all4pack.fr
Regulations
• Decree no. 78-166 of January 31, 1978 on the metrological control of certain prepackages, supplemented by the Decrees of October 20, 1978 and February 25, 1980.
• Directive 2007/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 September 2007 laying down rules on nominal quantities for pre-packed products, repealing Council Directives 75/106/EEC and 80/232/EEC, and amending Council Directive...
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Professional and training organizations
• Professional technical center: IFBM – Qualtech, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy (France)
• Institut français des boissons de la brasserie malterie http://www.ifbm.fr
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