While TRSA’s Hygienically Clean certification program continues to gain a greater following, largely by certifying more laundries for their service to healthcare and food manufacturing/processing businesses, the COVID-19 pandemic has also revved up demand for the third-most popular such designation: Hygienically Clean Food Service.

Certified linen, uniform and facility services operations are touting the foodservice certification to customers in their blogs and local media outlets. Balfurd Linen Service, Tipton, PA, points out to restaurant customers that it had been previously certified only for healthcare, but recently added the Hygienically Clean healthcare and food service designations. Earning the food and beverage ...