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Be aware of and utilise appropriate hygienic design and construction principles for floors of food production areas, to make management of factory hygiene easier and help prevent food contamination. Good hygiene is essential in preventing end-product contamination. It covers everything from good hygienic design of food production areas and processing equipment to understanding the benefits and limitations of specific hygienic practices before, during and after food production. This guide is one of a set, produced to help food and construction industry personnel to identify and consider the many hygiene-related factors that need to be taken into account when designing, building and refurbishing food production premises. This particular guide looks in detail at floors in food production areas. Written with the close involvement of the food and construction industries, it provides a flow diagram for decisions on flooring design, followed by detailed practical advice on the underlying and overlying substrates, movement joints, drainage, surfaces, cleaning, maintenance and repair. Intended for anyone considering building, renovating or refurbishing food production areas, this practical guide will help companies to avoid mistakes which could compromise food safety or add significantly to the on-going costs of maintaining hygiene in food production areas. This guide complements CCFRA’s related publications Guidelines on hygienic layout, design and construction of food factories, Guidelines on the design and construction of walls, ceilings and services for food production areas and Guidelines for air quality standards for the food industry.Contents
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