Hygienic Design of Food Factories

Prof. Dr. John Holah is an applied microbiologist focused on the prevention of microbial, chemical, and foreign body contamination of food during manufacture and retail distribution. He is currently Technical Director of Holchem Laboratories (UK), a major supplier of cleaning chemicals, disinfectants and hygiene services. He is a Visiting Professor in Food Safety at Cardiff Metropolitan University and was previously Head of Food Hygiene at Campden BRI. He has been a member of the EHEDG (the European Hygienic Engineering and Design Group) since 1989 and has also chaired ISO Working Groups producing standards on hygienic design and lubricants and chaired the GFSI Working Group on the hygienic design of food facilities and equipment. He is a co-editor in the other two Elseveir books. He has published and presented hundreds of scientific papers, technical articles and presentations in food safety and hygienic design. Prof. Dr. h.c. H.L.M. (Huub) Lelieveld is President of the Global Harmonization Initiative and Fellow of the International Academy of Food Science and Technology, and was formerly at Unilever in Vlaardingen, The Netherlands. He editor or co-editor of numerous books, including several on hygiene and food safety management; novel food processing technologies and harmonization of food safety regulations. He produced chapters for many books and encyclopaedia, hundreds of scientific articles and articles for magazines and presented hundreds of papers, globally. He has been awarded doctor honoris causa at the National University of Food Technologies in Kiev, Ukraine. Frank Moerman graduated with an MSc. in Bioengineering from the University of Ghent (1991), and a BSc. in Education from Artevelde University College Ghent (2006). He worked as a fine chemical production engineer for Aji-no-moto, Co. and as a food technologist/quality manager for Kerry Ingredients. Currently he is a doctoral researcher in food/phyto-chemistry at the Catholic University of Leuven/KU Leuven. In 2002, he became a member of the European Hygienic Engineering and Design Group (EHEDG), acting as chairman of the Belgium regional section until 2005 and received an achievement award for his services in 2013. He participated in the European 5th framework project “HYFOMA” (2002-2004) on the Steering Committee. He is an active member of several EHEDG working groups, is author of a number of articles and book chapters on hygienic engineering & design and is an active trainer in hygienic design and cleaning technologies.

1. Business case assessment and design essentials for food factory building projects

2. Determining equipment and process needs and how these affect food factory design

Part I: Regulatory issues and retailer requirements

3. EU food hygiene law and implications for food factory design

4. Regulations on the hygienic design of food processing factories in the United States

5. Regulation relevant to the design and construction of food factories in Japan

6. Regulation relevant to the design and construction of food factories in Russia

7. Regulation relevant to the design and construction of food factories in Brazil

8. Regulation and non-regulatory guidance in Australia and New Zealand with implications for food factory design

9. Regulatory requirements for food factory buildings in South Africa and other Southern African countries

10. Retailer requirements for hygienic design of food factory buildings

11. Food factory design to prevent deliberate product contamination

12. Minimum hygienic design requirements for food processing factories

Part II: Site selection and factory layout

13. Aspects to be considered when selecting a site for a food factory

14. Hazard control by segregation in food factories

15. Managing airflow and air filtration to improve hygiene in food factories

16. Air infiltration control to reduce hygiene hazard in refrigerated food processing and storage facilities

Part III: Hygienic design of walls, ceilings and floors

17. Hygienic wall finishes for food processing factories

18. Hygienic floor finishes for food processing areas

19. Hygienic design of ceilings for food factories

20. Hygienic design of floor drains in food processing areas

Part IV: Hygienic design of selected fixtures, utility systems and process support systems

21. Hygienic installation of electrical cabling and equipment in food factories

22. Hygiene concepts for lighting in food factories

23. Hygienic design of exhaust and dust control systems in food factories

24. Hygienic design of piping for food processing support systems in food factories

25. Managing steam quality in food and beverage processing

26. Hygienic design of walkways, stairways and other installations in food factories

27. Hygienic design of foundations, support structures, external walls and roofs

Part V: Hygienic design of specific factory areas

28. Design, installation and operation of cleaning and disinfectant chemical storage, distribution and application systems in food factories

29. Design of food storage facilities

30. Design of food factory changing rooms

Part VI: Managing building work and additional factory design considerations

31. Managing a factory building project: from development of a construction brief to commissioning and handover

32. Inspecting hygienic design, hygiene practices and process safety when commissioning a food factory

33. Prevention of contamination of food products when production is continued during building activities

34. An insurance industry perspective on property protection and liability issues in food factory design