Cool Rooms Safety

If a company’s food items are improperly stored, there is no way for that company to be successful because their products would eventually spoil or expire. 

They have very few options for storing them, and one of those options is to use refrigeration units. 

In addition, cool rooms have the potential to be improved to preserve and store food.

A coolroom is a specially designed and built room used to store and preserve the freshness of food with a short shelf life. 

The coolrooms are equipped to store a wide range of perishable items, such as fresh vegetables, meat, and seafood. 

Although cool rooms are designed to offer the necessary temperatures and conditions for storing food products, their appropriate utilisation calls for the utmost care and attention. 

To achieve the highest level of feasible functionality, it is necessary to comply with all relevant health and safety laws.

If you already own and operate a coolroom, you must familiarise yourself with and adhere to the following health and safety rules.

Creating Coolrooms That Won’t Put a Dent in Your Wallet

Although it is possible that your existing cool rooms satisfy all of the requirements for the cooling of your food products, it is also possible that their general design needs to be revised. 

There are established standards that can serve as a starting point for more effective coolroom design and planning. These guidelines can be found here.

For instance, a forklift cannot navigate its way around any of the internal pillars in your coolroom. 

In addition, it must have adequate lighting, working plumbing, and either a hoist or some other form of a mechanical aid. 

The platforms and walkways in your coolroom must be constructed to eliminate the risk of injuries and mishaps. 

Your coolroom’s ceiling and floor need to be constructed of a material that is strong enough to hold both the objects you store there and the ice that will indeed accumulate on them.

Keep an Eye on the Temperatures

Raw foods can quickly become rancid when exposed to temperatures too high. 

If incorrect storage conditions are utilised, these goods have a significant risk of becoming contaminated with germs and becoming a source of food poisoning. 

If infected food goods were to impair the quality of other foods stored in your facility, you might suffer a significant financial loss.

The temperature settings in your coolrooms must be adjusted in such a way that the quality and freshness of the items are not jeopardised. 

Coolrooms with temperatures of 5 degrees Celsius or lower are the standard storage environment for foods sensitive to temperature changes. 

To stop them from going bad and encourage the growth of bacteria, high-risk foods are occasionally frozen at a temperature of -18 degrees Celsius.

Integrate a System of Assessment and Instruction into Your Offerings.

In addition to constructing cost-effective coolrooms and establishing their temperatures, you are required to provide your employees and staff with training and a series of evaluations. 

Regardless of how frequently different people need to use coolrooms or how they store food, everyone needs to be familiar with their ins and outs as well as the right way to do so. 

They need to be aware of all the actions that need to be taken when reporting threats and addressing problems. 

They must be well-versed in all available safeguards and preventative measures. 

Trainees must take part in a competency-based assessment built on the information gained from these sessions to examine their level of comprehension regarding coolrooms and the processes that are required to be followed there.

You can run your company more efficiently if you ensure that your coolrooms comply with all applicable health and safety laws. 

If you have any further questions about coolrooms, please do not hesitate to contact ALKCOOL Commercial Refrigeration at your earliest convenience.