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Changes In Florida Grease Trap Regulations Concern Commercial Kitchen Owners

Changes In Florida Grease Trap Regulations Concern Commercial Kitchen Owners

Changes In Florida Grease Trap Regulations Concern Commercial Kitchen Owners In an effort to reduce sewage spills and runoff from grease interceptors, a county in Florida approved a fats, oils and grease ordinance that required business owners to increase the frequency in which they pump out their grease traps. However, several business owners said the […]

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Proper Grease Trap Cleaning Keeps Your Commercial Kitchen Running Smoothly

Proper Grease Trap Cleaning Keeps Your Commercial Kitchen Running Smoothly

Proper Grease Trap Cleaning Keeps Your Commercial Kitchen Running Smoothly Keeping your grease interceptor properly maintained prevents a myriad of issues in commercial kitchens, from unpleasant odors to shut-downs and even fines. It’s estimated that across the United States, millions of dollars are spent each year on unclogging sewer pipes from fats, oils and grease

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Delaware Beach Town Recommends Grease Trap Ordinance

Delaware Beach Town Recommends Grease Trap Ordinance

Delaware Beach Town Recommends Grease Trap Ordinance A stormwater study in Rehoboth Beach Delaware uncovered cross-contamination with a sewer line on Rehoboth Avenue. It also found Wilmington Avenue stormwater filters are breeding grounds for bacteria. The report is Phase III of stormwater sampling conducted by City contractor GHD, an international engineering firm. Stormwater testing was

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Rhode Island School Cafeteria Manager Resigns Over Grease Trap Maintenance

Rhode Island School Cafeteria Manager Resigns Over Grease Trap Maintenance

Rhode Island School’s Cafeteria Manager Resigns Over Grease Trap Maintenance In a candid letter announcing her resignation, the School’s Food Service Manager for a K-12 school in Rhode Island raised issues of sanitation, questionable food handling practices, a faulty grease trap and under-staffing in the school’s lunch program. The letter did not give an effective

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California Restaurant's Lack of Grease Interceptor Causing Sewer Spills

California Restaurant’s Lack of Grease Interceptor Causing Sewer Spills

California Restaurant’s Lack of Grease Interceptor Causing Sewer Spills Got grease? According to a Sanitary District in California, a chain restaurant does. The sanitary district board of directors, which oversees trash and sewer services, held a special hearing morning to address sewer overflows from the restaurant. The board ordered the restaurant to flush out its

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Commercial Garbage Disposal Bans In California Impact Restaurants

Commercial Garbage Disposal Bans In California Impact Restaurants

Commercial Garbage Disposal Bans In California Impact Restaurants Ben Bate got some bad news when he was working on remodeling his building to open a restaurant. The City of Mountain View informed him — seven months after he took possession of the property, that the building’s grease trap needed updating. Digging out the carport and

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Catering Equipment Suppliers Association Urges Industry To Fight FOG With Commercial Disposal Alternative

Catering Equipment Suppliers Association Urges Industry To Fight FOG With Commercial Disposal Alternative

Catering Association Urges Fighting FOG With Commercial Disposal Alternative The Catering Equipment Suppliers Association (CESA) is aiming to come to the foodservice industry’s aid over the continuing confusion about what equipment can and can’t be used to manage fats, oil and grease (FOG). The association points out that, while there is no law stating that

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Massachusetts Businesses Face Fines For Lack of Grease Trap Cleaning

Massachusetts Businesses Face Fines For Lack of Grease Trap Cleaning

Massachusetts Businesses Face Fines For Lack of Grease Trap Cleaning More than 70 percent of businesses, organizations and facilities in Plymouth Massachusetts that prepare food are not in compliance with state regulations that require grease traps be pumped and cleaned at least once a year. The Plymouth Director of Public Health delivers the data with

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Video of Sewage at Michigan Restaurant is Grease Trap Overflow

Video of Sewage at Fast Food Restaurant is Grease Trap Overflow

Video of Sewage at Michigan Restaurant is Grease Trap Overflow A local health official said that the “sewage” captured on video by a customer at a Michigan fast food restaurant was actually a grease trap spill. “It wasn’t fecal material, which a lot of people when they think of raw sewage backing up they think

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Texas City Enforcing New Grease Trap Program To Prevent FOG

Texas City Enforcing New Grease Trap Program

Texas City Enforcing New Grease Trap Program The City of Amarillo Texas is requiring restaurant and bar owners to obtain a new permit for waste water pre-treatment. It’s part of the City’s Grease Trap Program. Some local bar owners have expressed their frustration with it, especially if they don’t serve food at their establishment. According to

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