Hygienic Design Considerations For Food Manufacturing

Safety and efficiency as growing criteria in food production
In the food production industry, product contamination by microorganisms such as bacteria or fungi presents a potential and omnipotent risk. It is therefore important to prevent any type of contamination and to facilitate its removal. The public's access to multimedia also makes it more sensitive to the importance of hygienic design. This is why more and more facility and machine builders as well as manufacturers of individual components of these face this increasing challenge.

The term hygienic design comprises the hygienic design of structural elements, components and production facilities in the food industry under the following premises:

• visible contamination
• easy cleaning