Design of food factory changing rooms

Abstract

Changing rooms have to fulfil several key functions including provision of ideally a single entrance to the food production area for all staff, visitors, contractors, etc; an area where employees can store external clothing and personal effects; toilet facilities completely segregated from food production areas; facilities to store factory clothing separately from external clothing; an area with handwashing and drying facilities in which a structured personnel hygiene entry sequence includes changing of clothes and hand hygiene; and facilities for cleaning and laundering factory clothing and footwear as appropriate. This chapter provides information relating to these key changing room functions that should help ensure that they achieve their purpose.