Performance of process plant in relation to food quality and safety.

Abstract

S AN engineer with some 30 years’ experience in supplying processes and equipment to the food industry, I am conscious of considerable change the attitude of both the designer and the user of ocess equipment to build in additional features elated to quality of performance and safety of operation. I am not speaking about machine guards, flameproofing or the prevention of water ingress to electrical equipment; instead I am concentrating on the performance of the process plant in achieving its design specification.