For decades, food processors have been using footbaths (also called shoe baths and foot mats) as a method of reducing cross-contamination from footwear in food and beverage processing facilities. Typically, a footbath is a large tub, trough, mat or tray filled with an antimicrobial solution. Workers walk through the solution, which saturates the soles of their footwear, thus reducing the number of pathogens.