For processors of low-moisture foods, finding the right equipment is enough of a challenge—let alone knowing which mechanical specifications are necessary for a piece of equipment to conform to which particular food safety regulatory rules. To simplify the building and selection of equipment used in low-moisture food applications, PMMI’s Alliance for Innovation & Operational Excellence (AIOE) has distilled the best specifications from appropriate sources and galvanized them in the document, “One Voice for Hygienic Equipment Design for Low-Moisture Foods.”
Led by AIOE’s Engineering Solutions Group, the One Voice initiative for low-moisture foods released its Draft 1.4 document for peer review in early May. It is expected to be finalized and published in time for this year’s PACK EXPO. Developed through an industry collaboration of consumer packaged goods (CPGs) and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), the document provides a uniform approach to the basic criteria for hygienic equipment design in low-moisture food manufacturing, according to Stephen Perry, AIOE managing director.