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2019 Food Safety Report | Apparel

Food safety apparel: Dress for food safety success

Plant managers are key to educating employees on cross-contamination, auditing vendors and providing clean uniforms.
Megan Pellegrini
Megan Pellegrini
March 6, 2019
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In food processing plants, food safety garments are worn to protect the wearer and the product itself from cross-contamination. Simple enough. But how successful a plant is in preventing cross-contamination from uniforms is where it gets tricky.
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An employee wears sanitized apparel in a meat plant
2017 Food Safety Report

Food safety apparel: Wear it well

Requiring workers to wear sanitized apparel while guarding the garments from contaminants is crucial for enhancing food safety in meat and poultry plants.
Rich Mitchell
Richard Mitchell
March 14, 2017
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Apparel can be a powerful enemy in the battle to contain pathogens in meat and poultry facilities.


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Meat and poultry operators should have guidelines for cleaning and sanitizing workplace apparel
2016 Food Safety Report

The very fabric of food safety in the meat industry

Apparel that helps diminish the spread of contaminants in meat and poultry plants has become more prevalent and popular.
Rich Mitchell
Richard Mitchell
March 21, 2016
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To maintain food safety in the meat industry and help minimize the threat of foodborne illness, it is important for meat and poultry operators to manage apparel as they would machinery and work surfaces.


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Food safety

Apparel: full-coverage food safety

Elizabeth Christenson Fuhrman
Elizabeth Fuhrman
April 9, 2013
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Something as simple as improper care, cleaning and handling of uniforms and garments can lead to product contamination by introducing a microbial or foreign material risk to product. Not to be taken lightly, proper apparel care has become a part of many processors’ culture.
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