Restaurant and Commercial Kitchen

Restaurants need Effective Microorganisms™. Grease and odors hover everywhere in the operation. Restaurant owners purchase various products for treating all these issues (soap, degreaser, bleach, drain cleaner, acids, enzymes, etc.). Using EM-1® for all these applications will take care of these problems and save the restaurant owner time & money.

With all the food, garbage, and water, restaurants are notorious for attracting pests. Therefore, cleanliness is extremely important. Also, restaurants care about keeping chemicals away from the foods they plan to prepare for their customers. What better way is there than to get rid of the chemicals and clean with all natural products?

The Grease Trap:
Extending the time between cleanouts of the trap and drains will save the restaurants several hundred dollars per cleanout. EM-1® will digest the majority of the grease and stabilize proteins (something no other product on the market can currently claim.) This will control odors and keep the trap from backing up.

Regular applications of Effective Microorganisms™ brand products (EM-1®) will keep the restaurant pest and grease free, leaving the restaurant owner with a secure feeling, knowing there will be no grease trap overflows or health department problems.

The Hood, Behind, and Underneath The Line:
There are a couple of easy ways to apply a solution of EM-1® to these areas during breakdown. One is to use a pump sprayer and spray in a fine mist each time you breakdown or cleaning. Another way is to use a spray bottle and spray the solution directly on the surface at the end of each shift. Within a short time, the grease will be eaten off the wall and you will only need to polish the surface. A Great Time Saver!

General Cleaning During Breakdown:

Using EM-1® during the nightly wash down (breakdown) on the line and the firewall behind is great for fire preventive. The EM-1® eats the grease on the walls, the stoves, and the hood and gets rid of the fire hazard by eating the grease.

Moping The Floor (Tile, Stone, and Wood):
Add a combination of water and EM-1® to the mop bucket. You won't need any soap, bleach, or grease cutter any more. The floor will not have that haze of grease. This will be great because it will prevent the slick slipping hazard that is almost impossible to get rid of with normal cleaners.

Use a sprayer and spray a solution of water and EM-1® onto the carpet after each dining time. Since carpets harbor odors, this will help to stop the odor, build up of grease, and stop matting of the carpet fibers. This will leave the room smelling and looking fresh every day.

When steam cleaning the carpets, add a cup of EM-1® for each full reservoir of water.

Odor (Smoke, Food, Grease, etc):
Regular use of EM-1® inside the restaurant will stop odors in the sewer or septic lines that hover around the manholes that your walk by on their way into your restaurant.

Spraying the dining area (the front of the house) with a mixture of Effective Microorganisms™ (EM-1®) and water will keep grease down on the carpeted areas and eat any odors from dirt, spilled alcohol, and smoke.

All the mats should be hosed down with a solution of EM-1® during normal cleaning as well. This will not only keep odors from coming out of the mats, but will also eat the grease on the makes, keeping them from being so slippery.

EM-1® can be put into an evaporative cooler or in Smoke-Eater® filters to get rid of the smells in the air. EM-1® in air conditioner and "swamp cooler" keeps the components and filters clean and running efficiently. This can be done by using a simple siphon unit connected to a container of EM-1®.

Cleaning the bathrooms with an Effective Microorganisms™ (EM-1®) solution will get rid of all smells of urine and drain back gassing.

The recommended dilution rates for typical food service establishment and industry applications are as follows:

Dilution Rate	Purpose	Quantity	Application
	Odors & Tobacco Smoke	Slightly Moist	Daily
	Dumpsters	Wet
1: 10	Garbage Disposal
	Kitchen Floor Drains	1-2 ounces per Drain	Daily at closing
	Floor Drains
	Food Waste Container	Final Rinse
1:20	Carpets & Mats	Slightly Moist	1-2 times per week
	Kitchen sinks, Dishwashers, and all non-food prep areas	Appropriate Amount	1-2 times per week
	Bathroom fixtures/floors	Final Rinse/Mopping
1:50	Urinals	1-2 ounces per drain	Daily at closing
	Metal Stall Base*	Wet Spray
1:1:100**	Floors	1/4-3/4 cup per bucket	**Hot water final mop

*Stops rusting of metal surfaces by eliminating free radicals and oxidation.

**{EM-1®: Vinegar: Hot Water} Each night use mild non-antibacterial soap and 5% acid white vinegar to eliminate the grease film on the floor. For tougher application use 1:1:50.

Hotel and Housekeeping

All versions of the Effective Microorganisms™ brand (EM-1®) work great as environmentally-safe de-greasers and all-purpose cleaners. EM-1® is especially useful as a cleaning or deodorizing agent due to its antioxidant qualities and ability to eat grease.

Effective Microorganisms™ brands do not contain any hazardous ingredients and are not hazardous to humans, animals, or plants. Because of FDA restrictions, we are not recommending the use of Effective Microorganisms™ on food preparation surfaces such as counters and cutting boards.

For hotel and home housekeeping, EM-1® applications will First reduce and eliminate odor in carpets, furniture, trash, etc. Second, it is also used to clean windows, mirrors, toilets, tubs, flooring, etc.

Benefits of EM-1®

• In toilets and tubs EM-1® has an effect on salts that prevents them from binding to other substances, therefore, getting rid of the "ring".
• EM-1® will cut down the use of detergent in laundry, eliminate odor, clean laundry better, and help drainage.
• In swamp coolers or humidifiers, EM-1® will keep unit clean, eliminate odors and freshen the air you breath.

EM-1® can be used in the following ways:

Dilution with water	Purpose	Rate	Frequency
1:10	Odors & Tobacco Smoke	Slightly Moist	Daily or when needed
1:10	Trash Receptacles, Dumpsters, and Enclosures	Wet	Daily or when needed
1:10	Garbage Disposals	1/4 cup per unit	Daily at Closing
1:50†	Kitchen Floor Drain	1/4 cup per unit	Daily at Closing
1:300*	Carpets & Mats	Slightly Moist	1-2 times per week
1:100*	Urinals	1/4 cup per unit	Daily at Closing
1:100*	Metal Stall Base	Wet Spray	Daily at Closing
1:100*	Kitchen sinks, dishwasher, and all non-food prep areas	Appropriate Amounts	Daily cleanup
0 dilution	Swamp Coolers and Humidifiers	1-4 ounces	One time per week
1:100*	Bathrooms Fixtures, mirrors and windows	1/2 cup per bathroom	1-2 times per week
1:100*	Kitchen Floors	3/4 cup per mop bucket	Daily Mopping
0	Laundry	1/8 cup per load (residential size machine)	In place of detergent
* For tougher applications, use a higher concentration of EM-1®. † If excess water from mop bucket is poured down drain, there should be no need for additional applications to the drains.