What is NSF Certified Product compliance in relation to field modifications of Ice Machines? NSF International Certification Policies for Food Equipment, Section PP-34 says that components of a Certified Product may be replaced with identical components as provided by...

Ice machines in restaurants are commonly found to be contaminated. Despite the unwanted attention brought on by a series of investigative reports revealing the dangers of unhygienic ice machines, restaurant operators many times are not aware of what...

When dealing with ice machine sanitation, there are many unfortunate and tragic risks for operators who don’t properly sanitize their machines.

What is your ice machine cleaning policy? Once a week? Every two weeks? Once a month? Once a year?

The four main ice machine manufacturers in North America recommend IceZone, and have policies supporting IceZone and Ice Machine OEM Warranty.

One of the most common questions we hear from our customers is, "How often should you clean an ice machine?" But this question doesn't have a simple answer.  Contaminated ice runs your restaurant the risk of health inspection infractions, illness in guests and...

Almost all restaurant operators who find themselves cleaning ice machines face the dreaded sign of a poorly sanitized ice machines:  slime. Slime in ice machines is formed when even a single colony forming unit of contamination in the air is drawn into the machine. ...

A contaminated hospital ice macine was responsibie for the death of one patient and the sickness of two others. Learn more.

Ice machine operators have been fighting a losing battle against slime in their ice machines.

Owning and operating an ice machine can seem like a chore. The consequences, however, of improperly maintaining an ice machine can be disastrous.

For restaurant operators, ice machine sanitation can become a numbers game. One Florida child’s science fair project became a nationwide ABC News story.

BioZone Scientific International is proud to be selected as the winner of this year’s “Florida Companies to Watch” award.

For many companies, manual ice machine maintenance seems like the only viable option for maintaining their ice machines. Publicly, ice machine manufacturers recommend cleaning an ice machine only once or twice a year.  Does this seem like enough?  Anyone who has ever...

There is an old saying that any publicity is good publicity, but when your restaurant is being filmed by the local news, an unsanitary ice machine is really bad publicity.

Ice machine cleaning is no easy task.   Ice machines installed in common settings, such as restaurants, can become contaminated by bacteria, fungus, mold, and yeast in both the air and water. This cocktail of contaminants is known as biofilm, or slime. Biofilm can...