If the environs are well kept, the personnel working there are much more apt to try to keep things neat and clean on the inside.
If the surroundings are dirty or cluttered, those working in the plant are apt to become careless in matters concerned with general sanitation.
All parking spaces, roadways, and walks should be paved so that dust contamination of the air will be minimized, and contamination such as animal droppings, will be washed away with each rain rather than be soaked into the ground to be airborne during dry spells.
The areas surroundings a food plant including platforms, should not be used for storing crates, boxes, machinery, since these materials may become a harborage for rodents that may eventually find their way into the plant.
There should be no area around the plant where the landscaping allows potholes or depression of any kind in which water nay accumulate and become a breeding place for insects that then may become established within the plant.
Food materials, ensilage piles, or other organic wastes should not be present in any exposed area near the plant, since they attract and become breeding slaves for insect, especially flies, which are difficult to control in food plants, even in the best conditions.
There should be no neighboring plants such as chemical, sewage, poultry, or tanneries that may transfer bacteria or chemicals to the food plant.
Sanitation of Plant Exterior
