Renovation realities: How food safety plays into plant construction/expansion plans
Without a sharp focus on the food-safety tasks required during expansion or remodeling of a processing plant, a company could be setting itself up for failure before operation even begins.
Remodeling an existing meat and poultry facility can be an exciting opportunity. It also provides many different challenges related not only to the specifics of construction, equipment and staffing, but also to the development of programs, policies and training.
There are many moving parts in bringing a remodeling project to the start of first production. The team focus on the big components of the project occasionally results in the basics being pushed off and not thoroughly evaluated or executed properly.