Building Fabric That Protects the Product: Roofs, Walls, Ceilings and Pest Proofing

Why this matters in UK food manufacturing The building is the outer layer of product protection. A roof leak drips onto open product, flaking paint falls into a mixer, a gap under a door lets in a mouse. These are foreign-body and pest failures, but the root cause is usually building maintenance that nobody owns. In many sites the building sits between Engineering, Facilities and the landlord, and falls through the gap. In plain English Think of the building as the biggest piece of equipment on site. It needs a maintenance plan, inspections and a budget, just like a filler or an oven. 1. Know what is required Regulation (EC) 852/2004 Annex II (retained in UK law): walls easy to clean, ceilings that reduce condensation, mould and shedding of particles, windows with removable insect-proof screens where they open to the outside, and doors easy to clean.BRCGS Food Safety Issue 9: section 4.4 (building fabric), 4.9.3 (glass, brittle plastic and similar materials) and 4.14 (pest management).Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012: check the asbestos register before drilling, cutting or fixing into older…