When it comes to the food industry, cleanliness is vital for a business to thrive and succeed. This can extend to their employees being sanitized when allowed in or for their customers’ well-being. If you are a part of the food manufacturing or processing industry, here are the best practices to follow and maintain. Which will benefit not only the health of your business but also your workforce.
Assessing Food Preparation and Storage
Before you pick up your mop, it is better to assess your operations, especially areas for food preparation and storage. The one vital role in the food industry is not to allow raw and cooked food to touch. Hence, it is important to keep them separated at all times while ensuring neither ends up where it shouldn’t.
Regularly Clean Fridges
Fridges and refrigeration are very important components of the food industry. But many fridges are overlooked, and many are cleaned after too much has built up inside them or there is a bug infestation. To avoid molded foods and bacteria from spreading, follow the most common food practice of cleaning your fridges regularly. Furthermore, you also make sure that your food is contained, the doors are tightly shut, and raw and cooked food is separated.
Empty your Trash
Overflowing trash bins are a terrible sign for any business, no matter the industry. With various health risks this can produce, a rat infestation can be the worst part. Hence cleaning and taking out your trash daily is the best possible practice to follow and maintain. Even though pest infestation is not really something the food industry will ever get rid of, we can do our best to avoid every instance of it.
Training your Staff
Your workspace can be 50% cleaner if workers can tidy behind themselves. Since everyone at the facility will share a clean workspace, your employees should be taught to be responsible for their stations. Furthermore, businesses can hold workshops or seminars to teach their workers the best and most up-to-date practices in the food industry. Soon enough, the entire quality of the facility will increase.
Cleaning all Surfaces
Going back to janitorial work, it is important to maintain daily cleanliness, whether it is wiping the floor and walls or cleaning the multitude of machinery and pots. This basic practice needs to be upheld first, and above all, this can also include keeping the bathrooms clean, towels, and uniforms. Moreover, you can also explain to your staff the importance of avoiding creating and spreading germs.
Maintain your Food Safety with RR Consulting Services
Food safety should be your first priority as a part of the food industry. With the matter of public health being as sensitive as it is, we at RR Consulting Services can help you prepare for your upcoming food audit. Contact us today for a consultation session with our food expert. Or visit our website for more information on our services.
