Paul Barnhill

What is a Captive Footwear Program? A captive footwear program is truly the precipice of great footwear hygiene practices at any organization. “Captive” or “Zoned” footwear is a subcategory of …

Choosing Footwear that is Easily Cleaned and Sanitized Not only is the hygiene method a key part of any footwear hygiene program, but the type of footwear used at your …

Now that you’ve created a food safety culture, it’s time to discuss how to maintain and reinforce this new culture at your facility. These three areas of reinforcement can help …

This is the third article in our continued discussion about food safety culture plans, you can read the other posts here: 1. What is a food safety culture? 2. What …

Welcome to the second post in Meritech's continuing series on food safety culture! The previous post discussed the importance of building a food safety culture into your organization. This time, …

Unquestionably, food safety is a primary focus for every food manufacturer. However, while a lot of effort is put into food safety processes and procedures, many of these don’t account …

An effective shoe sanitizing program is key in preventing employee work shoes from contaminating production zones and ultimately finished food products. Unfortunately some common practices for shoe sanitation in food …

ISO Clean Room Standards and classifications are one of the most complex – yet essential – parts of designing and building a clean room. There are many important questions that …

Everyone understands the importance of good hand hygiene, but the reality is that out in the real world… most people don’t understand the power of hand hygiene to reduce the …

We get it; you have a lot on your plate. Enforcing rules, regulations, and health standards. It’s a lot to keep up with. There is so much you have to …