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Posted: September 15, 2023
Read more »Where do I start with colour coding?
What are the non-negotiable contamination risks you need to prevent? It’s these areas that are ideal to begin managing using colour. There’s no right or wrong way to do this, and colour coding is fully customisable to your needs.
Outlined below are some of the common colour coding practices used within the industry. If you are interested in how and why it works, click through to this blog where we outline some tips on implementing it.
Allergen management:
Allergen contamination is a universal concern within the food processing industry, as the consequence of this occurring is -
Posted: February 10, 2023
Read more »In the food processing industry, colour coding is an effective way to prevent cross-contamination and reduce the risk of allergen exposure.
Designating a specific colour to different ingredients or parts of the process allows employees to identify and maintain food safety standards quickly.When deciding which colours to use, it's important to start by identifying which ingredients require segregation. For example, if you have allergens such as nuts or gluten in your food processing site, it's important to consider the colour
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Posted: September 12, 2022
Read more »PPE and Hygiene are indispensable in the food processing industry. The purpose of hygiene wear and PPE are quite different to one another; hygiene wear is disposable clothing designed to keep the food free from contamination; protecting the task from the wearer whereas PPE protects the wearer from the task. These products can occasionally satisfy both purposes. For instance, a disposable poncho protects the wearer from splashes while preventing matter from falling off their clothes.
Colour, as we know, plays a critical role in preventing cross-contamination and controlling allergens. Most hygiene wear is available in blue and or white, but many come in additional colours such as red, yellow, and green. Purple, pink, orange and black are unique colours and can further signify different roles or tasks.
It is crucial, however, not to overcomplicate your colour-coded system. Colour coding works due to its quick visual recognition and ease of interpretation - particularly
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Posted: August 15, 2022
Read more »Hygiene wear is available in many forms within the food processing industry. Keeping the food pure and uncontaminated is of utmost importance. Labcoats are an indispensable product to ensure food is protected.
Labcoats act as a hygiene barrier between clothing and the task at hand. Many food production sites mandate labcoats. However, it’s hard to know which is preferable, disposable, or reusable. While both have advantages, the primary purpose is the same. It comes down to whether you prefer to purchase a uniform for your team members and are willing to launder it or choose to have disposable lab coats which cover your team’s usual clothes.
With disposable wear, don’t forget to purchase larger sizing to account for regular clothing underneath. Labcoats are designed to be efficiently made, so shaping is limited, this means bigger sizes can be comfortably worn.
The primary purpose
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Posted: December 02, 2019
Read more »The Identi-Rail system is designed to make 5S implementation easy for food processors.
The modular system means:
-every station is entirely customised
-changes can be easily made to tool requirements
-a 5S system can be implemented then improved over time
Get in touch with one of the team to learn more about the range of 5S cleaning tool storage systems available.
