Control of Forklifts moving between high and low risk areas

We are cheese company, and we going for BRC certificate, my question is we have forklift moving from production area to Storage to Shipping and recieving area, how should we control it or should we get new forklift for production and leave the other one for shipping.

Thank for any idea.

We are cheese company, and we going for BRC certificate, my question is we have forklift moving from production area to Storage to Shipping and recieving area, how should we control it or should we get new forklift for production and leave the other one for shipping.

Thank for any idea.

Are you saying you have a fork truck in your production area? and that it has free access to intake, storage and shipping?

You almost certainly need better segregation but it would be good if could explan your process.

Regards,

Tony

I would almost recommend anther forklift but there is a large cost with that. Do you have a station in place to sanitize the lift as it travels from area to area. Biggest issue would be tracking contaminents on the wheel sfrom area to area.

Thank you everyone, yes the forklift moving from production to shipping area, and there is no station for sanitize the lift wheels.

It is advisable to have a separate forklift for the two areas and may be the company can lease one. The problem with sanitation is that the forklift needs to go through a bath and make the place more wet and also give you additional problems of wet areas which can lead to Listeria growth etc and the alternative spray mechanism for sanitation is an expensive proposition.

It is not just the wheels for concern here, what about the driver, does the FLT go outside in yard areas, bird droppings on the FLT wiped by the plastic curtains as the FLT goes into high care etc. You need to carry out a RA on this and I am sure you will find you need another means of moving product about in high care area!

Cheese packing or manufacturing? My question is why do you need a forklift in your high care? Can you not use pallet trucks?

Thank you everyone, We make big size Provolone cheese (600 - 800) lb, so we need forklift to move it from production area to storage to shipping.

Cheese packing or manufacturing? My question is why do you need a forklift in your high care? Can you not use pallet trucks?

Depending on the size of the operation one cannot just rely on motorised pallet trucks and therefore one needs dedicated forklifts for high care area.