Sanitary condition
Good morning,
I know answer to my question however I am looking for backup document. In our raw meat processing area employee who works on the line also likes to empty the trash can. We are USDA and SQF facility. I am getting little push back when I said person who works on production line cannot empty out trash also.
Can anyone help me on this?
Thank you,
We don't allow it. The USDA inspector doesn't allow it. The individuals who empty the trash wear a red sleeve to distinguish them.
Say the USDA inspector doesn't allow it - that can work as 'proof'. Or ask them in front of the person trying to argue with you - that's a little more sneaky.
When we have people from the production floor doing cleaning, they wear a different color smock to differentiate them from the tasks.
White smocks for food handling, dark blue for cleaning. They also wash hands and change gloves before going back to production.
Our USDA would have given us NR, If I haven't seen what happen front of my eye. I just reacted before the inspector. Still, I am getting push back.
The document you're looking for is GMP guidelines
- Sanitation controls are procedures, practices, and processes to ensure that the facility is maintained in a sanitary condition to minimize or prevent hazards such as environmental pathogens, hazards from employees handling food, and food allergen hazards.
Our USDA would have given us NR, If I haven't seen what happen front of my eye. I just reacted before the inspector. Still, I am getting push back.
That's crazy about the push back. Who is giving you push back.
Good morning,
I know answer to my question however I am looking for backup document. In our raw meat processing area employee who works on the line also likes to empty the trash can. We are USDA and SQF facility. I am getting little push back when I said person who works on production line cannot empty out trash also.
Can anyone help me on this?
Thank you,
For SQF these three parts should be enough to indicate that personnel engaged in handling waste will at a minimum be expected to change PPE like frocks and gloves as well as wash their hands after handing waste, before returning to product contact duties. Most facilities will probably go a step further and have designated people, probably wearing "sanitation" colored garments responsible for these tasks -- to help distinguish for both GMP and food defense reasons who is or is not supposed to be doing those things.