Outdated Food and Beverage Processing Plant Drainage. Is Your Facility at Risk? Drainage is integral to the proper functioning of a food or beverage processing plant. Advancements in drain technology are making food and beverage plants safer and cleaner. If your facility is functioning with outdated drains it could increase your risk of bacterial contamination leading to foodborne illness. Here are 5 questions you can ask to determine if your facility’s drainage meets the latest standards of the food and beverage processing industry. Does Your Drainage meet the requirements of its given area?  A processing or packaging room floor will have different requirements from a storage room, which will have different requirements for a warehouse area. Determining whether a given area has a high or low risk level for bacterial contamination, what the traffic will be and what kind of flow rates are required can help determine what kind of drain is best suited for that area.At FoodSafe Drains our