Hygienic Floors and Drainage: The Infrastructure Under Every Food Safety Plan

Why this matters in UK food manufacturing Floors and drains are where water, product waste and cleaning chemicals end up. A cracked floor or a slow drain holds water and food debris, and that is where Listeria and other organisms survive cleaning. UK food hygiene law requires floors to be easy to clean and to allow adequate surface drainage, and BRCGS auditors check floor and drain condition on every walk. HSE reports that slips account for around 35% of major injuries in the food and drink industries, most of them on wet or contaminated floors. In plain English A floor in a food factory is not just something to walk on. It is a food-safety surface. If water sits on it, or it has cracks you can push a coin into, bugs can live there and cleaning will not reach them. 1. Know what the law and standards expect Regulation (EC) 852/2004 Annex II (retained in UK law) requires floor surfaces to be maintained in a sound condition, easy to clean and, where necessary, disinfect, and to allow adequate surface…