Hello All,
We were dinging in our audit because we have our hand cleaning and boot cleaning station inside of a high risk zone. We are looking to put in a guard or wall of some sort to "block off" the area and rezone it.
The question is, do we need to have a fully enclosed room (which requires the fire sprinkler moving and all that fun), or can we put up permanent barriers and self closing gates to justify the rezone?
The section of the code is this: 11.4.1.3 The flow of personnel in food processing and handling areas shall be managed such that the potential for contamination is minimized.
Comments from the auditor: The employee entrance door leading into the operation is missing intervention steps leading into the High-Risk area.