USDA Approved Floors: The Who, What, Where, When And Why’s

In the United States, it is the United States Department of Agriculture whose responsibility it is to protect the public health through food safety inspections as well as defense. The USDA is responsible for protecting public health by making sure that foods and their preparation are safe, sanitary, wholesome and of course properly labeled. In addition, along with the USDA, the FDA the Food and Drug people, work in conjunction with them to make sure that both veterinary and of course human drugs are both effective and safe. Now, that encompasses a terrific amount of different businesses that would need to utilize USDA approved floors as you can imagine.

Thus USDA approved floors encompass any flooring that protects the floor from mold, fungus, bacteria, and of course algae growth as well. Thus, if you look at them you will find that they are perfect for wet surface floors that encompass food preparation as well as chemical processing plants. In other words, the floors are anti-microbial, steam-cleanable, suitable for heavy traffic as well as forklifts, and of course they are also non-skid. when the floors can pass all those requirements, then those industrial floor coatings can specifically be used for either food or pharmaceutical industries.

Although there are many floors that are acceptable to the USDA, straightforward epoxy paints and pigmented sealers are simply not acceptable. For floors to become USDA approved floors, they must go beyond what those products can do. As you can imagine USDA approved flooring is thus ideal for use in food processing locations, beverage processing, any business that handles beef, pork, poultry, dairy, or produce, any commercial kitchen, all restaurants, and also this applies to all their freezers and coolers.

Many other aspects of flooring come into play here, for instance is the floor thermal shock resistant? How about chemical resistant? Slip resistant? Forklift rated? Odorless? And of course above all, how sanitary is it?

One of the very few USDA approved floors that can answer yes to all the above questions is of course Silikal. With its totally non-porous, guaranteed pinhole free and completely seamless flooring surface, bacteria, dirt and any water borne pests cannot attach to your floor. That means that it’s exceptionally easy to clean. By being an anti-slip product this means that you can reduce or totally prevent slips and falls. Silikal can “take” the harshest conditions such as chemical attacks, or mechanical abrasion from forklifts and still hold up. Wet and cold conditions never mar it at all.

Thus, if you are seeking the very best USDA approved floors, you truly cannot do better than Silikal. Remember that Silikal is the floor that once it is laid down in your facility, you can go to work on it within ONE HOUR!!!, so that your business needs not shut down for 48 hours as many other USDA approved floors require.