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The Ultimate Guide to Color-Coding in Food Manufacturing
Color-coding in food production minimizes contamination risks, enhances safety, & extends tool life, leading to cost savings & improved work environments.
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March 25, 2025
How to Monitor and Audit Your Color-Coding System
As a part of the Nelson-Jameson product team, I help our organization identify and provide the tools to serve every area of food processing plants. And a major piece of our team’s goal is to find the products that best help food manufacturers’ facilities protect their creations while keeping consumers safe. Among those products that Nelson-Jameson offers is an extensive collection of items for material handling, product handling, janitorial, safety, apparel, QA/QC, metal-detectable applications, and more (find them all at our color-coding buyer’s guide). But for a food manufacturer, assessing the need for a color-coding system (Nelson-Jameson and Vikan can help with that) and putting the system in place are just the first steps. To truly see benefits like improved efficiency and a better environment for food safety, a robust plan for ongoing monitoring and auditing is the next step. Any critical system needs regular checks to ensure it's working as intended. Monitoring and auditing allow you to proactively identify any vulnerabilities or areas for improvement. By consistently monitoring how your color-coding system is being used and auditing its effectiveness, you're reinforcing its value and ensuring everyone on your team understands and adheres to the protocols that you’ve built. This helps to maintain clarity, reduces the risk of errors, and ultimately contributes to a safer and more efficient workflow. "To truly see benefits like improved efficiency and a better environment for food safety, a robust plan for ongoing monitoring and auditing is the next step." Auditing your color-coding system also helps maximize ROI by reducing your risk of foodborne illness outbreaks, improving efficiency, or reducing waste. And as always, investing in quality tools will extend the lifetime value of the equipment. Read on below to explore more about why monitoring and auditing are crucial and how to effectively implement them:
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April 14, 2025
Is Color-Coding Right for Your Food Processing Facility?
April 14, 2025
Color-Coding for Better Food Safety
May 6, 2025
Enhanced Safety, Efficiency: Color Coding in Food Production Areas
In the fast-paced food processing production area, maintaining order, preventing cross-contamination, and ensuring efficient workflow are always top-of-mind. As Nelson-Jameson shares with customers every day, color coding offers a simple yet powerful solution to these challenges. It's a visual language that communicates critical information instantly, minimizing risks and optimizing operations. Let's quickly explores the diverse applications of color coding within food processing production areas. And for a deeper dive, visit our complete guide to color coding here!
July 15, 2025
Webinar Recap: Elevating Your Color-Coding Program
Food safety is a primary concern for any manufacturer, driven by existing and new threats that call for robust protective measures for consumers and the food processors themselves. A crucial tool in this ongoing effort is a well-implemented color-coding program, which, as a recent webinar that we hosted alongside Vikan highlighted, is not a "set it and forget it" solution. It's an ongoing, iterative initiative.
September 25, 2025
Introducing the NEW Vikan® Compact Lobby Dustpan
An innovative lobby dustpan that transforms commercial cleaning. This is not just a basic dustpan; it has been designed with efficiency, hygiene, and durability in mind. Whether you work in the food processing, healthcare, or janitorial industry, this compact and hygienic lobby dustpan by Vikan is engineered to meet your needs.
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March 25, 2025
How to Monitor and Audit Your Color-Coding System
As a part of the Nelson-Jameson product team, I help our organization identify and provide the tools to serve every area of food processing plants.
February 21, 2025
Good Practice Examples of Color-Coding
February 21, 2025
Potential Pitfalls in Color-Coding
March 25, 2025
Color-Coding for Food Safety: A Crucial Part of Regulatory Compliance
April 8, 2025
Documentation and Record-Keeping for Your Color-Coding System
WEBINAR | VISUALIZING FOOD SAFETY
Communicate & Iterate: Why improving color-coding is an ongoing initiative
With existing and emerging threats, food safety has never been more important to food manufacturers in protecting their consumers and their organization. Utilizing the best existing color-coding tools is a must, but your program should be an ongoing initiative to meet current food safety needs and stay ahead of new challenges.
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