Inspection of Ambient Storage Food and Other Products Warehouse:
Access to storage warehouse is secured, controlled and monitored.
Health and Safety Office on site, presented safety message to visitors at entrance.
Scope:
Facility receives packaged non-perishables from suppliers
Facility unloads to store nonperishable to racks in warehouse.
Items are held at ambient within recommended shelf life
Items are selected, picked and reserved for wrapping and redistribution to Save on Foods
Items are held in outgoing storage area until they are picked up at ambient temperature (15-20C).
Employee Hygiene:
Hand wash stations for employees are available in washrooms/change areas.
Hand wash stations are all fully supplied with liquid soap and paper towels in dispensers.
No employees observed to be grazing outgoing products.
Warehouse Storage Practices:
Majority of the aisles are clear and free of food debris or spillage.
Flour/sugar/dry food powders aisle is notably clean, well organized with no signs of spillage or food debris - well done.
All items are stored above the ground on racks.
Chemicals, beauty products, pet food and other items not intended for consumption are stored separately in separate aisles away from food and penetrable food packaging (e.g. paper bag wrapped dry food items).
Recalled items are piled in boxes that are labelled.
Damaged items also in piles and are sorted or rejected.
Procedure is to reject any items that have signs of spoilage, rips, tears, punctures or those have been dropped on ground or touched.
Surfaces and equipment:
Storage racks in good repair.
Warehouse is cleaned and maintained on a regular schedule.
Floors/walls/ceilings in good repair.
Cleaning and sanitation spray bottles at the front near entrance.
Lights have covers or shields to prevent shatter.
Pest Control:
No on-going infestations observed for flying and crawling pests in any food storage areas.
Facility maintains inspections with pest control contractor.
No issues or on-going infestations noted on recent inspection reports.
Recent reports in March show a decline in rodent activity or none.
Flying midges last noted in March in light traps but none on last inspection report.
No crawling insects noted, no issues with flour beetles or other crawling insects.
Light traps are available and routinely inspected by pest control contractor.
No follow ups required at this time. |