Recalls on the Rise: How to Design Food Safety into Employee Welfare Areas
Food safety has never been more important at processing and manufacturing facilities.
One in six Americans gets sick every year from eating contaminated foods, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Plus, the problem is only growing: Food safety regulators in the U.S. are recalling about twice as many products now as a decade ago.
While there are numerous best practices for incorporating food safety into the actual processing, employee welfare areas are a critical point of potential risk that can’t be ignored. This is especially true for facilities that have both raw and ready-to-eat (RTE) operations.
Let’s examine the various touch points employees encounter at a facility and how to design these spaces to maximize food safety.
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