TITLE : SOP FOR CLEANING & SANITATION

ISSUE : 01
DOC # MIN/SOP/CLEAN/19
REVISION : 00
DATE : 01/01/2019

SOP FOR CLEANING & SANITATION

DESIGNATION SIGNATURES

PREPARED BY: QA/QC Executive

Factory Manager
REVIEWED BY:

APPROVED BY CEO

DISTRIBUTION LIST

S. No Copy Holder Signature Date

1 Department Incharegs
2 Factory Head
3 CEO

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AMENDMENT SHEET

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DATE : 01/01/2019

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1. Purpose & Scope

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This guideline is prepared to ensure the proper cleaning and sanitation of all production,
storage areas and plant premises that could be a source for contamination to food packaging
products and outbreak of diseases. This guideline is applicable to janitorial staff activities.

2. Responsibility

 Supervisor/ Officer In charge.

 Factory Head

3. Procedure

3.1 Janitorial staff must follow the personal hygiene guidelines. Especially they must wear
clean uniforms and footwear. Dirty uniforms and sleeper are not allowed in production
area. Eating, chewing, wearing of jewelry, wristwatch, etc are prohibited in production
area. Color Coding for uniforms must be identified in order to separate the Janitorial
Staff for Washrooms / Warehouse area.

3.2 Janitorial supervisor must get approval from Supervisor prior to use of any new
sanitizer / detergent, or changing or replacing current sanitizer. Prepare a list of all the
chemicals & sanitizers being used in production area. Ref. Cleaning Chemical &
Sanitizer List. (All Chemicals used must be WHO approved or favorable for food
facilities.)

3.3 Sweeping and mopping with liquid sanitizer & phenyl will be carried out in all
production area, storage area twice in a day (Raw Material, Clean Material, Powder
Material, Packaging Material, etc) plant premises and office facility. Do not squeeze
mop cloth into sanitizer solution after mopping floor; otherwise this will render the rest
of clean sanitizing solution dirty & ineffective. Use a separate bucket for this purpose.
Preferably use mopping trolley if available. (Chemicals used for Mopping should be
favorable for food facilities or WHO approved).

3.4 Dispose off garbage from dustbin to outside the factory designated area. Also maintain
the dustbin in clean condition in order to prevent the infestation & microbial growth.
Place plastic PE bags inside the dustbins for waste collection & garbage, especially
where waste is in wet form. Wash the dustbins and replace plastic bag when they
become dirty. Waste like cardboard, glasses, PE bags, cellophane wrap are to be
disposed-off at separate place where they are segregated according to their type. While
garbage like spoiled products, extracted spice residue bags, broken glass with products
etc are to be discarding at main dustbin outside the factory area.

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DATE : 01/01/2019

3.5 General dusting and cleaning of office room situated in production & storage areas.

3.6 Washing and cleaning of worker bathrooms and hand washing area twice a day. Place
the hand washing sanitizer or soap on its designated area.

3.7 General cleaning (dusting, sweeping, garbage removal) of worker lunchroom & change
room.
3.8 Place the brooms, dust collector, washing bucket or any other cleaning equipment or
sanitizer in a designated tool box inside or outside the production area. They must not be
left uncovered when not in use. These things should be preferably covered in a closed
container when not in use.

3.9 Deep Cleaning Program: Department Inchage will prepare a thorough Sanitation
Program that will be shared to Janitorial Staff which will cover complete cleaning and
washing of entire plant including production floor, roof, walls, windows, doors, ceiling
etc. Cleaning frequency of this program varies from one week to one month depending
upon the severity & likelihood of contamination in that department.

3.10 Deep cleaning also includes washing or cleaning of walls with detergent water, cleaning
of roof with brooms, cleaning of ducts with brooms, cleaning of cabinets and railings
with dusters etc.

3.11 Records of the activities are maintained in check sheet Ref. Daily Cleaning Report and
Deep Cleaning Schedule & Checklists.
4. Related Documents

 Daily Cleaning Checklist

 Deep Cleaning Schedule
 Deep Cleaning Checklist
 List of cleaning chemicals & Sanitizer

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