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The VDMA trade association publication no. 05 has been updated and is available for free download. It explains the signal exchange for aseptic filling machines and their minimum requirements.
Powerful sensor solutions for real-time inline monitoring of the contamination status are essential in order to design cleaning processes completely in line with requirements and thus significantly save production time and cleaning resources.
The concept of the event is to discuss experiences on topics and impulse contributions from the circle of participants.
The VDMA Association publication no. 10 specifies minimum requirements for the sterilization performance of VDMA hygiene class IV filling machines and describes the framework conditions for proper operation.
The checklist, first published in 1997, has undergone a regular revision.
The joint industrial research project aims to identify suitable surrogates for Aspergillus species for the microbiological validation of UV-based disinfection processes.
The newly launched research project investigates the resource-saving cleaning of pipelines made of food base materials in the food industry.
Hygienic design is often no longer an option, but a necessity resulting from legal or market requirements. This article provides references to further information.
Für Inverkehrbringer von Lebensmittelbedarfsgegenständen gibt es dann eine Anzeigepflicht. Die Übergangsfristen enden am 31. Oktober 2024.
Small and medium-sized companies benefit from research results that they would have no or only limited access to with their own resources. The following article provides an overview of interesting projects.
FideLio aims at data-driven prediction of the build-up of deposits in critical components of the food industry.
The joint industrial research project aims to develop numerical prediction models for cleaning duration with computing times that are practicable for SMEs.
The research project aims at the development of reproducible test soils as a basis for the environmentally friendly and resource-efficient design and optimization of industrial cleaning processes.
Machine manufacturers are often confronted with fuzzy or not explicitly expressed sterilization requirements when supplying to industries with increased hygienic requirements.
Here you can download the latest publications and information on hygienic and aseptic packaging machines.
The VDMA Publication No. 14 "Code of practice - external sterilisation of packaging materials" has undergone a regular revision and is available for free download.
Hygiene requirements for the production and aseptic filling of beverage products - Analytic process control
The new edition of the VDMA publication No. 12 and the first edition of the VDMA publication No. 17 are now also available in an English language version.
Trade association publication 17 explains how to carry out and evaluate microbiological procedures for sterile and stand tests when commissioning hygienic filling machines (VDMA hygiene classes IV and V).
This guide provides a practical overview of the microbiological safety tests commonly used for hygienic filling machines of classes IV and V according to VDMA.
The question is: What applies to plastic materials for food for infants?
The European Chamber has started an update for the 2019-2020 position paper. VDMA Food Processing and Packaging Machinery has participated in this with a submission
"List of missing substances" for elastomers/silicone submitted.
PPT-slides covering appendix I of VDMA Food Processing and Packaging Machinery Document No. 2 (2016) „Hygienic Filling Machines for Liquid and Viscous Foods – Classification and Typical Fields of Application“
Within the scope of the joint research project initiated by the Food Processing and Packaging Machinery Association, promising sensor technologies are being further developed to prototype maturity.
What is HACCP? What does HACCP mean for mechanical engineering? The term Critical Control Point (CCP) is particularly misleading in practice. This FAQ article clarifies the terminology and gives hints for further information.
The Food Machinery and Packaging Machinery Association has published a position paper on materials and articles for contact with gases for food applications dated 4 October 2016.
The European Hygienic Engineering & Design Group (EHEDG) is a peer community of machine and component manufacturers, professionals from the food industry and research institutes and health authorities.
The German Association of Food Processing and Packaging Machinery has published an English translation of its sample certificate for materials in contact with food and has editorially adapted the German edition. It supplements the existing documents on the subject of Regulation (EC) No. 1935/2004.
The VDMA working group "Interface problems with aseptic systems" has compiled an overview of the areas of application for disinfection processes used in hygienic filling machines.
The VDMA Food Processing Machinery and Packaging Machinery Association sees its position confirmed by its own migration studies.
