Color-Coding for Better Food Safety

April 14, 2025
Vikan

In the food production and processing industry, tightly controlled systems and procedures are essential for complying with regulations and ensuring food safety. A color-coding system for your work areas, tools, and equipment is a simple way to prevent cross-contamination and ensures you are better prepared to meet GFSI-approved food safety standards. When correctly implemented, color-coding should be easy to follow, and
encourages employees to take extra responsibility for food safety and cleanliness in their work area.

Getting started is simple

Contact our Nelson-Jameson food safety experts to help guide you through selecting the appropriate color-coded program for your facility. To make your color-coding implementation easier, a full range of cleaning tools, material handling solutions, and food storage options are available.

Vikan-Site-Survey_ipad_mockupTake advantage of the Vikan Site Survey

A comprehensive inspection of your plant to identify and tackle any hygiene challenges, including adding a color-coding plan, cleaning practice optimizations, and a review of cleaning equipment and food handling tools. Conducted by a trained Vikan hygiene professional, a Site Survey helps make sure your plant’s cleaning equipment, food handling tools, and procedures are in line with changing compliance requirements so you can feel confident in passing any hygiene audits.

Vikan

Vikan is a leading supplier of hygienic cleaning tools and insight for the food & beverage industry and other hygiene-sensitive environments in North America.

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Recognize and address possible hygiene and sanitation challenges based on the cleaning and material handling equipment available in your facility.

Through a discovery call, virtual, or on-site assessment, Vikan SQF Practitioner certified specialists will assist in confirming that your system and cleaning tool inventory aligns with your risk management objectives while pinpointing any missing tools and enhancing maintenance and usage practices. Evaluate whether your existing tools are utilized in the most effective manner, or determine if a more suitable tool exists for the task at hand. Ensure that your tools comply with all relevant standards and regulatory requirements. Site evaluations encompass a summary survey, an overview of the location, a color-coded factory layout plan, product suggestions, a recommended order form, and a proposal for a follow-up survey.

 

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This is a comprehensive program for the food processing industry. Nelson-Jameson brings together the most extensive collection of color-coded products for material handling, product handling, janitorial, safety, apparel, QA/QC, and metal-detectable applications. With the right pieces, a color-coding system is a powerful tool in preventing cross-contamination of allergens and food-borne illnesses that can lead to sickness or expensive product recalls.

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On-Demand Webinar | Visualizing Food Safety Communicate & Iterate: Why Improving Color-Coding is an Ongoing Initiative

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With existing and emerging threats, food safety has never been more important to food manufacturers in protecting their consumers and their organization.

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Beyond Sanitation: Dry Cleaning & Color-Coding for Allergen Control

Get Dry Cleaning Certified through our complimentary immersive food safety-focused workshop for managers, personnel, and teams.

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