We produce RTE imitation crab. Our facility is one building. Upstairs contains the office and employee lunchroom. Downstairs is the employee locker room, lab, production floor and maintenance shop.
We don't allow food in the locker room. Employees enter a "boot wash" room where they wash hand and walk through a boot wash prior to entering the production floor.
In the employee lunchroom, we have a couple microwaves, refrigerator, a couple vending machines, bottled water, coffee pot, drinking fountain and a small sink.
How picky do we need to be about employees leaving open bags of food (chips) or beverages on a provided rack in the lunchroom?
We just hired a new HR director, and she posted a bunch of signs saying it is a "SQF 2000 Violation".
The photo she emailed around was a lunch bag with an open can of soda in the bottle holder.
*Edit to add*
This is what our SQF policy says.
Break Rooms
Separate break room facilities are provided away from a food contact/handling zone.
Break room facilities are:
- Ventilated and well lit
- Provided with adequate tables and seating to cater for the maximum number of staff at one sitting.
- Equipped with a sink serviced with hot and cold potable water for washing utensils
- Equipped with refrigeration and heating facilities enabling them to store or heat food and to prepare non-alcoholic beverages if required; and
- Kept clean and free from waste materials and pests.
Edited by Miss Frankie, 24 February 2023 - 12:44 AM.