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Within EHEDG, a number of several hundred international experts from food industries, food equipment manufacturers and academia are gathering in the Working Groups to share their bulk know-how.

These expert teams are responsible for the development of the EHEDG Guidelines. Each Working Group is responsible for an area of expertise, and within each area certain specific scopes are defined.

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Working group

Air Handling

Chairman:

Nitin Mehta

Cargill

India

Email: Nitin_MehtaProtected mail-address@cargill.com

GL 30 - Guidelines on Air Handling in the Food Industry (2005).
Note: Document was withdrawn in September 2016. GL 30 was integrated into GL 47.

Guidelines / Papers in progress:

The Working Group is currently updating GL 47.

Published Guidelines:

GL 47

Guidelines on Air Handling Systems in the Food Industry - Air Quality Control for Building Ventilation

Bakery Equipment

Chairman:

Dr. Jürgen Hofmann

Hygienic Design Weihenstephan

Germany

E-Mail: jhProtected mail-address@hd-experte.de

Phone: +49 174 320056 6

Published Guidelines:

GL 55

Hygienic Design Requirements for Bakery Equipment

Building Design

Chairman:
Dr. John Holah
Kersia

United Kingdom
E-Mail: john.holahProtected mail-address@kersia-group.com

Guidelines / Papers in progress:

The Working Group is currently updating GL 44.

Published Guidelines:

GL 44

Hygienic Design Principles for Food Factories

GL 44 P2

Managing Building Work and Equipment Installation/removal During Food Production

Chocolate

Chairman:
Dr. Matilda Freund
EHEDG

Switzerland
E-Mail: matilda.freundProtected mail-address@yahoo.com

Guidelines / Papers in progress:

The experts team is currently working on a new guideline draft of GL 63.

Cleaning & Disinfection

Chairman:

Dirk Nikoleiski

Commercial Food Sanitation L.L.C.

Germany

E-Mail: dirk.nikoleiskiProtected mail-address@cf-san.com

Phone: +49 8025 4099902

Guidelines / Papers in progress:

The Working Group is currently updating GL 52.

Published Guidelines:

GL 52

Basic Principles of Cleaning and Disinfection in Food Manufacturing

Cleaning in Place

Chairman:

Hein Timmerman

Diversey - A Solenis Company

Belgium

E-Mail: HTimmermanProtected mail-address@solenis.com

Phone: +32 495 59 17 81

Guidelines / Papers in progress:

The Working group is currently updating GL 50.

Published Guidelines:

GL 50

Hygienic Design requirements for CIP Installations

Cleaning Validation

Chairman:

Hui Zhang

Unilever

The Netherlands

E-Mail: hui.zhangProtected mail-address@unilever.com

Phone: +31 10 4 60 63 05

Published Guidelines:

GL 45

Cleaning Validation, Monitoring and Verification

Conveyor Systems

Chairman:

Roger Scheffler

Intralox

Germany

E-mail: Roger.SchefflerProtected mail-address@Intralox.com

Phone: +49 173 288 3942

Guidelines / Papers in progress:

The Working Group is currently updating GL 43.

Published Guidelines:

GL 43

Hygienic Design of Belt Conveyors for the Food Industry

Design Principles

Chairman:

Dr. Jürgen Hofmann

Hygienic Design Weihenstephan

Germany

E-Mail: jhProtected mail-address@hd-experte.de

Phone: Phone: +49 174 3200566

Guidelines / Papers in progress:

The Working Group is currently updating GL 8 & 39.

Published Guidelines:

GL 8

Hygienic design principles

GL 10

Hygienic design of closed equipment for the processing of liquid food

GL 13

Hygienic Design Criteria for Equipment Used in Wet Cleaned Open Food-Processing Environments

GL 18

Chemical Treatment of Stainless Steel Surfaces

GL 39

Design Principles for Equipment and Process Areas for Aseptic Food Manufacturing

Dry Materials Handling

Chairman:

Gabrie Meesters

TU Delft

The Netherlands

E-Mail: g.m.h.meestersProtected mail-address@tudelft.nl

Phone: +31 15 278 5503

GL 26 - Hygienic engineering of plants for the processing of dry particulate materials (2003).
NOTE: Document was withdrawn in March 2016. GL 26 has been integrated into GL 44.

Guidelines / Papers in progress:

The experts team is currently working on a new guideline draft of GL 60.

Guidelines 22, 31, 33, 36, 38, 40, 41 are currently in revision.

Published Guidelines:

GL 22

General hygienic design criteria for the safe processing of dry particulate materials

GL 31

Hygienic Engineering of Spray Dryer and Fluid Bed Plants

GL 33

Hygienic engineering of discharging systems for dry particulate materials

GL 36

Hygienic Engineering of Transfer Systems for Dry Particulate Materials

GL 38

Hygienic Engineering of Rotary Valves in Process Lines for Dry Particulate Materials

GL 40

Hygienic Engineering of Valves in Process Lines for Dry Particulate Materials

GL 41

Hygienic Engineering of Diverter Valves in Process Lines for Dry Particulate Materials

GL 53

Hygienic Engineering of Bulk Pack-off Systems in Process Lines for Dry Particulate Materials

Elastomeric Seals

Chairman:

Dr. Eva Fleischmann

Freudenberg Process Seals GmbH & Co. KG

Germany

E-Mail: Eva.FleischmannProtected mail-address@fst.com

Guidelines / Papers in progress:

The Working Group is currently updating GL 48.

Published Guidelines:

GL 48

Elastomeric Seals

Foreign Bodies

Chair:

Debra Smith

Vikan

United Kingdom

E-Mail: d smith@vikan.com

Guidelines / Papers in progress:

The experts team is currently working on a new guideline draft of GL 56.

HDBS

Chairman:

Patrick Wouters

Cargill

The Netherlands

E-Mail: Patrick_WoutersProtected mail-address@cargill.com

Published Guidelines:

GL 58

Hygienic Design Risk Management

Heat Treatment

Chairman:

Bengt Eliasson

Tetra Pak Packaging Solutions AB

Sweden

E-Mail: bengt.eliassonProtected mail-address@tetrapak.com

Phone: +46 46 36 55 68

Guidelines / Papers in progress:

The Working Group is currently updating GL 12.

Published Guidelines:

GL 1

Continuous Pasteurization of Liquid Food

GL 6

Continuous UHT Sterilization of Liquid Food

GL 12

The continuous or semi-continuous flow thermal treatment of particulate foods

Hygienic Integration Systems

Chairman:

Dr. Roland Cocker

Cocker Consulting

Ireland

E-Mail: r.cocker@gmail.com

Phone: +353 21 2 34 82 12

Guidelines / Papers in progress:

The Working Group is currently updating GL 34.

Published Guidelines:

GL 34

Integrating hygienic entities

Lubricants

Chairman:

Taco Mets

Van Meeuwen Lubrication BV

The Netherlands

E-Mail: t.metsProtected mail-address@vanmeeuwen.com

Phone: +31 622 52 89 52

Guidelines / Papers in progress:

The Working Group is currently updating GL 23 P1.

Published Guidelines:

GL 23 P1

Use of H1 & HT1 Registered Lubricants, Part 1

GL 23 P2

Production of H1 & HT1 Food Grade Registered Lubricants, Part 2

Maintenance

Chairman:

Dimitri Tavernarakis

Mondelez International

Poland

E-Mail: Dimitri.TavernarakisProtected mail-address@mdlz.com

Guidelines / Papers in progress:

The experts team is currently working on a new guideline draft of GL 61.

Materials of Construction

Chairman:

Eric Partington

Nickel Institute

United Kingdom

E-Mail: ericProtected mail-address@effex.co.uk

Phone: +44 1285 61 00 14

Guidelines / Papers in progress:

The Working Group is currently updating GL 32.

Published Guidelines:

GL 32

Materials of construction for equipment in contact with food

Meat Processing

Chairman:

Olivier Couraud

Commercial Food Sanitation L.L.C. - An Intralox company

France

E-Mail: olivier.couraudProtected mail-address@cf-san.com

Guidelines / Papers in progress:

The experts team is currently working on a new guideline draft of GL 59.

Mechanical Seals

Co-Chairs:

Susanne Berezin

Huhnseal AB

E-Mail: susanne.berezinProtected mail-address@huhnseal.com

Phone: +46 418 44 99 40

Thomas Böhm

EagleBurgmann Germany GmbH & Co. KG

E-Mail: thomas.boehmProtected mail-address@eagleburgmann.com

Phone: +49 8171 23 10 48

Published Guidelines:

GL 25

Design of mechanical seals for hygienic and aseptic applications

Packaging Machines

Chairman:

Dr. Peter Golz

EHEDG

Germany

Mail: Peter.GolzProtected mail-address@vodafone.de

Phone: +49 69 66 03 16 56

GL 3 - Microbiologically safe aseptic packing of food products (1993).

NOTE: Document was withdrawn in April 2018. GL 3 has been integrated into GL 46.

GL 11 - Hygienic packing of food products (1993).

NOTE: Document was withdrawn in April 2018. GL 11 has been integrated into GL 46.

GL 21 - Challenge tests for the evaluation of the hygienic characteristics of packing machines for liquid and semi-liquid products (2000).

NOTE: Document was withdrawn in April 2018. GL 21 has been integrated into GL 46.

Guidelines / Papers in progress:

The Expert team is currently working on a new draft of Guideline 29 P2.

Published Guidelines:

GL 29

Hygienic design of packing systems for solid foodstuffs - part 1: general consideration

GL 46

Aseptic and Hygienic Filling Machines - Planning, Installation, Qualification and Operation

Pumps

Chairman:

Ralf Stahlkopf

Fristam Pumpen KG (GmbH & Co.), Germany
E-Mail: ralf.stahlkopfProtected mail-address@fristam.de

Guidelines / Papers in progress:

The Working Group is currently updating GL 17.

Published Guidelines:

GL 17

Hygienic design of pumps, homogenizers and dampening devices

Robotics

Chairman:

Dr. Alan Friis

FORCE Technology

Denmark

E-Mail: alfrProtected mail-address@force.dk

Guidelines / Papers in progress:

The experts team is currently working on a new guideline draft of GL 62.

Sensors

Chairman:

Holger Schmidt

Mettler-Toledo GmbH

Switzerland

E-Mail: holger.schmidtProtected mail-address@mt.com

Guidelines / Papers in progress:

The Expert team is currently working on a new draft of Guideline 37 P2

Published Guidelines:

GL 37

Hygienic Design and Application of Sensors, Part 1

Separators

Chairman:

Reinhard Moss

GEA Westfalia Separator GmbH

Germany

E-Mail: reinhard.mossProtected mail-address@gea.com

Phone: +49 2522 77 25 71

Published Guidelines:

GL 42

Disc Stack Centrifuges - Design and Cleanablility

Sustainability

Chairman:

Ludvig Josefsberg

EHEDG

Sweden

E-Mail: ludvig.josefsbergProtected mail-address@gmail.com

Guidelines / Papers in progress:

The experts team is currently working on a white paper.

Tank Cleaning

Chairman:

Bo Boye Busk Jensen

Alfa Laval Tank Equipment A/S

Denmark

E-Mail: bobb.jensenProtected mail-address@alfalaval.com

Phone: +45 43 55 86 88

Published Guidelines:

GL 51

Hygienic Design Aspects for Tank and Vessel Cleaning in the Food Industry

Test Methods

Chairman:

Andy Timperley

Timperley Consulting, United Kingdom

E-Mail: AndyTProtected mail-address@TimperleyConsulting.co.uk

Phone: +44 1789 49 00 81

The members of this Working Group are mainly the EHEDG authorized test institutes, representatives from the industry such as equipment manufacturers of food processing machinery and food producers as well as the representatives from related authorities.

The main task of this Working Group is the monitoring, update and further development of the EHEDG test methods. For further information please see Certification.

Published Guidelines:

EHEDG Position Paper

GL 2

A method for assessing the in-place cleanability of food processing equipment

GL 5

A method for the assessment of in-line sterilisability of food processing equipment

GL 7

A method for the assessment of bacteria-tightness of food processing equipment

GL 16

Hygienic pipe couplings

GL 19

A method for assessing the bacterial impermeability of hydrophobic membrane filters