Assessment and Standards in Equipment Hygienic Design Related to Food Safety
A special issue of Standards (ISSN 2305-6703). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Safety Standards".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2026 | Viewed by 2502
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food safety and quality; food modeling; sustainable diets; sustainable food production; food sustainability
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Interests: food microbiology; predictive microbiology; control strategies, food safety, food safety legislation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The need to raise awareness on the hygienic design of equipment and new requirements outlined in the latest versions of food safety management standards, which require risk assessment of the hygienic design of new and/or existing equipment, compelled us to launch this Special Issue.
The main rationale behind this food safety issue is that the design of food processing equipment enables effective cleaning and sanitation, and prevents any negative side effects from cleaning agents and their residues.
In this Special Issue, we encourage authors to submit original research manuscripts or reviews related to, but not limited to, standardizing the following topics: risk assessment of hygienic design of new and/or existing equipment; assessment of different food contact materials; evaluation of food contact surfaces in achieving microbial safety; assessment of cleaning effectiveness of equipment; assembling/disassembling potential of equipment; methods for assessing hollow areas, dead ends and corners; certification of hygienic design.
Prof. Dr. Ilija Djekic
Prof. Dr. Nada Smigic
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- hygienic design
- food contact surfaces
- food contact materials
- equipment cleanability
- cleaning and sanitation
- food safety assurance
- process hygiene
- microbial safety
- certification of equipment
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