Food Safe LED Lights - NSF LED Fixture

The lights used for food processing facilities must have a high level of protection. These include airborne dust, effluents, steam, mist, water, oils, grime and cleaning solvents.

The compliance standards may differ for different food and beverage facilities. Food production involves many processes. Processed, stored and preparation may occur in different locations. Each has its own set of requirements. Food and beverage plants are industrial spaces. The light fixtures are different than standard warehouses lights.

2. Wet Location Fixtures

IP rating designates a fixtures ability to keep out both dust and water. The first digit of the IP score designates dust protection, the second designates water protection. A water protection score of 5 or above helps protect your fixtures from water intrusion.

LED Lighting Supply offers IP66 rated NSF Safe LED Food Fixtures. This ensures your fixtures are water safe for years of trouble free operation. We also offer IP69K linear NSF fixtures for extreme hot water and high pressure spray downs.

IP66 rated lighting fixtures can withstand general jet spray. If they get dirty you can rinse them with water.

4. Color Temperature Options

Color temperature or correlated color temperature, measures the temperature of a light source. The Kelvin scale measures a bulb's color temperature. Bulbs with a low color temperature produce warm light (in the red, orange, and yellow spectrum). Those with a high color temperature produce cool light (in blue and white spectrum).

Our food safe fixtures are 5000K and provide bright high quality lighting for your indoor areas.

6. Beam Angles: Proper Light Distribution

The beam angle is what determines the distribution of light. A wide beam angle produces softer light and distributes it better to different areas of a room.

A narrow beam angle produces concentrated light good for accent lighting. It makes the light more intense and focused.

Our LED food safe lights are available in a range of beam angles: from 50° (narrow) to 120° (wide).

Beam Angle Selection

Ask us to run a lighting photometric to determine the perfect light and beam angle for your indoor space. Look at both the foot candle measurements and max/min ratios to make sure your space is bright and uniform.

For the longest time, food processing facilities used old lighting technologies. These include sodium lamps, metal halide lamps, xenon lamp, and fluorescent lights. But these lighting systems have many limitations. They have spectral power distribution and emit a lot of heat. In food processing plants, very high temperatures can affect food processes. Some add HVAC systems to offset heat created by these lights. This increases energy consumption.

Most old lighting technologies contain mercury. Disposal of bulbs that contain mercury must happen in a specific way in case they break.

Metal halide lamps and fluorescent buzz and flicker if they operate for long hours. Buzzing and flickering light can interfere with the productivity of employees. They can also cause eye strain and headaches.

LED lights emit very little heat. Their efficiency gets better at lower temperatures and they work best in cold places.

According to NSF International regulations, light fixtures must have IP65 or higher ratings. The lights must have UL or ETL Listing for damp and wet locations. In hazardous locations, use vapor-tight, clean-room rated lighting fixtures.

On mistake food processing facilities make is to use common industrial light fixtures. Lighting fixtures used in food processing facilities must work in sanitary conditions.

The lighting fixtures used must follow the regulations set by NSF International. They depend on the environment of a particular area. There are usually different environments in one food processing plant. Each environment has its own lighting requirements.