Kemtile aims to keep it clean at Foodex 2025
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Kemtile, together with European hygienic impact protection company, PolySto, will be on Stand E39 at the UK’s leading trade event for the processing, packaging and logistics industries, to focus attention on the importance of maintaining high hygiene standards to ensure food safety, the companies say.
With 17% of listeria outbreaks in food processing environments originating from poor-quality kerbs, walls, and floors, Kemtile is using Foodex 2025 (7-9 April) to shine a light into the food and beverage industry’s darkest places.
The food industry faces some big challenges around the topic. Listeria can grow at very low temperatures, it can adhere to surfaces and form biofilms, making it difficult to remove during cleaning, and it can spread from contaminated surfaces to food products.
Using inadequate or wrong surface materials in food factories can lead to several problems.
- Porous surfaces can harbour bacteria, making them difficult to clean effectively.
- Cracked or damaged walls and floors can create breeding grounds for harmful micro-organisms like Listeria and Salmonella.
- Additionally, open joints and corroded surfaces can trap food particles and moisture, leading to mould growth and further contamination risks.
Kemtile provides a range of hygienic, durable epoxy and polyurethane flooring systems from Stonhard: seamless, non-porous surfaces to prevent bacteria build up and provide strong chemical resistance against cleaning agents and food by-products.
PolySto offers hygienic construction materials that are specifically designed to eliminate food safety risk. Its CleanRock kerbs and CleanSheet walls and ceilings, ensure that a food processing environment remains hygienic and safe, minimising the potential for contamination and safeguarding the quality of products.
Kemtile account manager Dave Sleight comments, “Managing listeria in the food industry requires a proactive approach. Reducing the risk and preventing contamination not only protects public health but also safeguards a company’s reputation and financial stability.”
Nick Van den Bosschelle, vice president of global business development at PolySto adds, “We have spent the last 30 years investing in hygienic product design and construction to provide the highest level of protection for food facilities. We partner with Kemtile and other master Iistallers in more than 100 countries worldwide.”
