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Hygienic design to ensure food safety

Food safety is not only a complex challenge but also an obligation

Clean-In-Place (CIP) system in hygienic design

The responsibility for food safety lies in the hands of producers. To ensure a safe food supply chain, food producers and their partners must implement safe production processes and equipment that comply with the stringent food regulations and standards. In this way, food safety and public health can be ensured worldwide. The use of state-of-the-art measuring technology in hygienic design assumes a central role in mastering the challenges.

Key facts

~50%

of all food recalls

are caused by microbiological contamination of food products. Read more about the impact of food contamination and how food risk management can help:

Pressure instrumentation in hygienic design used in dairy processing equipment ©Endress+Hauser
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Hygienic design prevents food contamination

Producers within the food industry must be diligent and continuously review the production equipment to eliminate the weakest link that may become a source of contamination. This is particularly important when changing recipes or cleaning detergents/procedures since conditions may change. Incorporating good hygiene practices and equipment that conforms to hygienic design criteria is a smart decision. This will significantly reduce the risk of foodborne illnesses.

Our expertise in the field

Endress+Hauser takes the critical hygiene requirements of the food industry into account during research and development of process instrumentation. We are an active member of the EHEDG (European Hygienic Engineering and Design Group), a global network of equipment manufacturers, food processing companies, research institutes and public health authorities devoted to improving hygiene in the production, processing and packaging of food products.

  • Discover our proven portfolio of innovative measuring technologies and process instrumentation. All relevant measuring tasks in your process can be equipped with instrumentation according to hygienic design.
  • Learn more about the potential of suitable process instrumentation in your Cleaning-in-Place (CIP) process
Instrumentation for the food processing industry in hygienic design ©MILEI
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Demands to food processing equipment

The processing and production of food requires particular sensitivity. The laws, guidelines and standards that fundamentally regulate the requirements and pursue the goal of the highest possible food safety are correspondingly strict.

Our expertise in the field

Endress+Hauser’s entire hygienic product offering fulfills the food and beverage industry’s requirements.

  • Meets 3-A sanitary standards and is assessed according to test procedure of EHEDG
  • Food contact material compliant with FDA "GRAS", EC 1935/2004 and China GB4806
  • Select your instrumentation according to your application needs. We offer a wide range of hygienic process connections.
Instrument calibration to keep your process in spec ©Endress+Hauser
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Keep your instrumentation in spec

Regular calibration is essential to assuring food quality and safety in your critical processes.

Our expertise in the field

Endress+Hauser provides timely, traceable, and cost-effective services for the food industry that are accompanied by clear and concise calibration certificates. From accurate on-site testing, to fully accredited laboratory calibration, we carry out and advise you on every aspect of instrument calibration to meet all of your business needs.

  • Keep the quality of your instruments up-to-date with minimal process interruption thanks to our maintenance services.

Benefits

Apart from our industry expertise and broad hygienic product portfolio, we want to support our customers with valuable process knowledge. We will help you to produce safe food to ensure public health on a global scale. The promise to be a reliable partner is our goal. We strongly believe in long-lasting relationships with our customers.

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100%

compliance

with regulations, standards and concepts to ensure food safety.

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8,700

patents and patent applications

protect the intellectual property behind Endress+Hauser’s products, solutions and services.

Takeaway

Our offering

Endress+Hauser helps you achieve your food safety goals by designing and manufacturing reliable, proven in use instrumentation that meet or exceed global standards and regulations for hygienic design. Our food safety approach relies on four main pillars:

  • Design and construction of food processing equipment using proven hygienic standards and practices
  • Easy and efficient cleanability even in harsh environmental conditions
  • Use of food grade materials
  • Compliance with food safety regulations, quality standards and HACCP concepts

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