Commercial food industry facilities are required to adhere to numerous government standards and regulations. And because of recent incidents with the spread of E.coli, listeria, and salmonella, many processing plants in the food industry are under closer scrutiny than ever before.
Think about your favorite food. Is it pizza with loads of cheese and tons of toppings? Or maybe you prefer a thick slice of medium-rare prime rib with a loaded baked potato. Then again, sushi is trendy these days, especially among millennials – picture a beautiful fresh tuna sashimi or a tiger roll with shrimp, avocado, and cucumber. Whatever your preference, along the way to your plate, the ingredients spent time in a commercial kitchen or food processing plant.
Commercial kitchens, along with high-volume food and beverage processing plants have a unique set of challenges with it comes to facility flooring. The floors in dry storage areas, cold storage rooms, processing, mixing, canning and slaughtering areas are all subjected to different, sometimes extreme, conditions. Even different types of food can present challenges. For instance, animal fats, vegetable oils, and dairy products all contain acids that can damage standard epoxy flooring. And because cleanliness and sanitary conditions are a must in the food industry, industrial solvents, harsh cleaners, and disinfectants are used in these facilities on a daily basis.
Add to these already tricky conditions the physical punishment from heavily loaded carts, dragging crates across floors for stacking, and traffic from fork-lifts and shipping vehicles, and you understand why the USDA, FDA, and OSHA have gotten involved in regulating the food industry.
Flooring Solutions for the Commercial Food Industry
Xtreme Engineered Floor Systems specializes in flooring solutions where the challenges are many such as the commercial food industry. Our 6.0 Epoxy and V-8 Hybrid floor coating systems are all seamless installations with a coved base that continues up the wall and allows for easier sanitizing. The floor coatings are all non-porous, chemical resistant, and USDA approved for incidental food contact. Also, as the most durable floors available on the commercial market today, they will stand up to the abuse of heavy traffic for years to come. We also have other flooring options available to meet the most demanding of areas.
In the commercial food industry, where cleanliness and sanitation are paramount, it is imperative to cover concrete floors with an appropriate protective floor coating. Xtreme Engineered Floor Systems is the answer to the food industry flooring dilemma. For more information on how you can have industrial-strength, clean floors in your commercial food facility, call us today at 1-800-234-8208.
