Food Quality Magazine
ISSUE 01 | JANUARY 2016
Hygienic design & Drainage:
The key things every food company
needs to know
Zdeněk Valošek, ACO Stavební prvky spol. s r.o.
Although drainage is not the only
thing that affects hygiene in a food
processing or manufacturing
of stagnant water, odours, microbial growth and potential chemical
hazards.
facility, it undoubtedly has a crucial
role to play when you’re looking to
prevent cross
Are you using continuously welded
lap joints or welded butt joints?
contamination and optimise hygiene.
So what are the key questions you
should ask about the design of your
drainage?
Is your design drainable?
If your drainage isn’t fully drainable
then its hygienic performance will
be compromised. To optimise hygienic performance, ACO drainage
channels have completely drainable
dry sumps with engineered positive
slopes which prevent the build-up
Simply put, lap