A practical approach to hygienic design and food safety

Hall 5 Seminar Theatre

Peet Grobler

Head of Food Safety & Hygiene and Sales Director, OFT Group/Sentratek and Chair Regional Section South Africa for the European Hygienic Engineering and Design (EHEDG) group.

A practical approach to hygienic design and food safety

Time: 12h45 – 13h15

The hygienic design of food-processing equipment has a major effect on global food safety across many sectors from farm to fork. Poor hygienic design has led to many major food safety issues caused by cross-contamination of food products as a result of biological, chemical and physical hazards. Well thought-out and implemented hygienic design supports food safety and product quality and contributes to the effectiveness of food-safety management programmes.

During the past 38 years, Peet has gained expert knowledge in various aspects of Hygiene, Food Safety and Hygienic Design within the Food and Beverage Industry across various sectors. These include Agriculture, Fish & Poultry, Processed Food, Alcoholic- and Non-Alcoholic Beverages and Dairy. Actively participating in working groups reviewing and re-writing National Standards, qualifying himself in the design and audit of GMPs, Food Safety Management Systems and also championed due diligence projects, including the implementation of Food Safety Management Systems for local and International customers.

Peet is privileged to present on the topic of Hygiene, Food Safety and Hygienic Design at various events arranged by Industry Associations, Universities and Customers. As subject matter Expert Peet presented at International conferences including the Institute of Brewing and Distilling (IBD) Africa at Sun City South Africa and the All Indian Brewing event in India.