Organisers

This symposium is organised by the European Hygienic Engineering & Design Group (EHEDG), a consortium of equipment manufacturers, food industries, research institutes and public health authorities, founded in 1989 with the aim to promote hygiene during the processing and packing of food products.

European legislation requires that handling, preparation, processing, packaging, etc. of food is done hygienically, with hygienic machinery in hygienic premises (the food hygiene directive, the machine directive and the food contact materials directive).

How to comply with these requirements, however, is left to the industry. EHEDG provides practical guidance on hygienic engineering aspects to help complying to these requirements. As food safety does not end at the borders of Europe, the EHEDG actively promotes global harmonization of guidelines and standards.

EHEDG tasks and objectives

Fill existing gaps by practical guidelines and education
Offer expertise and networking on a voluntary basis
Discuss and further develop hygienic design issues
Prepare scientific and technical guidelines on all aspects of state-of-the-art hygienic design requirements in accordance to EU legislation
Develop test methods in order to identify and eliminate HACCPs of equipment used in food production
Offer training courses, seminars and workshops on hygienic design
Strengthen the participation in standardisation bodies like CEN, ISO, DIN, JIS, 3-A and NSF etc.
Strengthen the cooperation with the EU, i.e. food contact material directive, BAT, traceability and other EU-Projects)
Promote and disseminate hygienic design know-how by print media, seminars and workshops

For further information and to join, please go to www.ehedg.org.