Hygiene at the Christmas market
Christmas is just around the corner, and many visitors feel magically drawn to the Christmas markets. A hot mug of mulled wine in icy cold weather can work wonders.
There is still some time before the Christmas markets open, so that YOU can prepare yourself perfectly. It is quite simple:
Pack your own Christmas market kit! Grab your favourite mug and a straw to go with it. And what for? You may have already guessed:
Bacteria on the mulled wine mug
It is not for nothing that many towns regularly send their own food inspectors to the Christmas markets. It is well known that bacteria can remain on mugs, for example, even after they have been through a dishwasher.
A report by SWR (a German public broadcaster) claims that a third of the sampled mugs were contaminated with bacteria. And since our immune system is already under greater strain during the winter months, we should avoid further exposure to bacteria at all costs. Coronavirus protective measures have also left our immune systems less well trained than they were in previous years.
While you, as a Christmas market visitor, can cling to your own straw, operators also have an ace up their sleeve: biostream® GmbH counts a number of service providers among its customers who use biostream® ZERO for hose disinfection at drinks stalls. Health authorities require that KTW drinking water hoses are only installed in hygienically flawless condition. Here, our customers disinfect with biostream® ZERO and then have samples taken by the health authority.
As you can see: biostream® products are not just useful on holiday, but also in winter, when the snow falls.
P.S.: And if, instead of a Christmas market, you would rather go to the stadium and have a beer there, it may well be that germs in the dispensing systems and lines there are also fought with biostream® ZERO.