Colour coding is commonly used in food manufacturing to separate cleaning equipment by area, task or hygiene risk.
Jesal Projects can manufacture colour-coded shadow boards that match the facility’s existing cleaning-equipment system.
Common colours may include:
- Red
- Blue
- Green
- Yellow
- White
- Black
The meaning assigned to each colour should be determined by the facility’s documented hygiene procedures.
A business may use colour coding to identify:
- Raw-material zones
- Cooked-food areas
- High-care production areas
- Low-care areas
- Allergen-controlled sections
- Washrooms
- External areas
- Waste-handling zones
- Food-contact surfaces
- Non-food-contact surfaces
The board background, equipment outlines, text and labels can be designed to match the assigned zone.
This provides employees with a strong visual cue and helps reduce the likelihood of equipment being used in the wrong part of the facility.