FACT: Almost every day, there is another product recalled in the U.S. !
Don't wait to be fined, shutdown or forced into a product recall !
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FSIS - Current Recalls
Food Processing facilities require durable, easy-to-clean, floor surfaces. If you have loose or peeling coatings, then you are not able to effectively clean and sanitize the floor surfaces. With the new FOOD SAFETY LAW (Food Safety Modernization Act, or FSMA) the FDA now has the legal authority to order the recall of dangerous foods....READ MORE
BE PRO-ACTIVE! Flooring surfaces are an important ingredient in a quality food safety program. Inspectors and auditors of food processing facilities are looking for durable, easy-to-clean, floor surfaces, in order to prevent the growth of pathogens on the floor surfaces. If the floor harbors these dangerous pathogens, it creates the potential for contamination passing to food contact surfaces, and into your supply chain.
Meet the floor requirements for SQF 2000 certification !
Floors and drains will always have a higher rate of contamination than food contact surfaces, and fortunately, floors and drains are somewhat removed from direct product contact. However, the frequent presence of Listeria organisms in floors and drains does create an ever-present potential threat of cross contamination to food contact surfaces in the post-lethality environment. It is recommended that processors work with sanitation suppliers to develop a sound floor and drain sanitation program if they don't already have one in place. Such a program may include:
- The professional installation of highly durable seamless urethane flooring
- More routine scrubbing of floors and drains
- Application of high levels quat sanitizers
- Limiting use of high pressure hoses (which create aerosols, which transport bacteria).
- Installation of foot baths.
- Altering/limiting employee foot traffic where possible.
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