5th EHEDG World Congress on Hygienic Engineering & Design

Registration is now open for the 5th EHEDG World Congress on Hygienic Engineering & Design which will take place 2-3 November 2016 at MCH Messecenter Herning in Herning, Denmark. The must-attend biennial event offers a unique opportunity for food, pharmaceutical and cosmetics manufacturers and processing and packaging equipment suppliers to interact and access global expertise through the European Hygienic Engineering & Design Group’s (EHEDG) expanding worldwide network.

Designed to educate, equip and empower delegates, EHEDG’s flagship event is set to deliver practical know-how in hygienic engineering and design for improving product safety, process efficacy, and production efficiencies.

The two-day 2016 EHEDG World Congress boasts a full slate of internationally recognized EHEDG speakers who will share valuable strategies and tools to help delegates successfully meet hygienic design challenges in their daily work lives. Session topics include:

• Product contact surface materials, treatments and test methods

• Hygiene challenges and solutions in the meat, fish, dry foods and fresh produce industries

• Designing equipment for cleanability

• Best practices in cleaning protocols and procedures, and validation challenges

• Hygienic design and engineering considerations for both open and closed processing equipment and systems

• Economic impacts and environmental/sustainability aspects of hygienic design

• EHEDG certification and training tools

EHEDG World Congress also encourages the submission of poster session abstracts by 31 July 2016 for consideration. Poster topics should highlight the latest science and recent innovations in hygienic engineering and design for food production and processing, particularly presentations on:

• Product contact surfaces—quality and alternative materials/treatments

• Sustainability— total cost of ownership/cost-benefit analysis (TCO/CBA)

• Open processing equipment—design, integration and cleaning

• Closed processing equipment—design, integration and cleaning

The biennial event is co-organized by EHEDG Denmark and EHEDG International in cooperation with MCH Messecenter Herning. The EHEDG World Congress will be held in conjunction with FoodTech, Northern Europe’s leading trade fair for food technology, which attracted more than 8,000 attendees in 2014.

Sponsors, exhibitors and One-to-One Business Meeting participants also will have ample opportunities to showcase their hygienic engineering and design-related products and services to a targeted customer base at the 2016 EHEDG World Congress.