We are excited to share details of the EHEDG Italy annual meeting, held on June 12, 2025 at the SMC Italy headquarters in Brugherio (MB). The event brought together representatives from Italian companies associated with EHEDG and representatives from foreign companies operating in Italy (e.g., with production or commercial facilities), creating an important opportunity for discussion and growth.

On Thursday 12 June 2025, the plenary meeting of Italian companies associated with EHEDG will take place in Brugherio (MB).

The dates for the next sessions of the two official EHEDG courses in hygienic design have been published.

Thanks to the Order of Food Technologists of Veneto and Trentino Alto Adige, and in particular to my colleague Stefano Zardetto for the invitation. It was an inspiring and well-organized meeting, where I shared the latest news on hygienic design regulations and new opportunities for EHEDG certification.

I would like to thank Prof. Giorgia Spigno for the invitation to present the principles of hygienic design in the food industry and the Guidelines of the European Hygienic Engineering & Design Group (EHEDG) at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Piacenza.

A unique event was held on October 22 in Lecco, Italy, bringing together experts food safety in the Food & Beverage industry to discuss the crucial role of Hygienic Design, with a focus in open processes, in the age of robotics and automation.

Thanks to Alan Friis and Natacha Holmud for organizing the annual meeting of the EHEDG Certification SubCom. Every year, the EHEDG Authorized Evaluation Officers meet at one of the authorized laboratories to witness the technicians performing the experimental tests used for EHEDG certifications.

Join us at the EHEDG 2024 World Congressin Nantes, France on 2-3 October 2024, the key event in food hygiene and safety, under the theme ‘Achieving Hygienic Excellence by Design’. Top experts on the subject will come to Nantes from all over the world to discuss the latest emerging risks, technologies and best practices.

The third edition The third edition of EHEDG Guide Doc. 13, ‘Hygienic Design Criteria for Equipment Used in Wet Cleaned Open Food-Processing Environments’.

On 11 and 12 June, the Executive Committee and the Training & Education SubCommittee of the EHEDG met in Faro at the Universidade do Algarve, thanks to the hospitality of Prof. Margarida Cortez Vieira and the Portuguese Regional Section.

A special thanks to Prof. Valentina Bernini for the opportunity to present EHEDG and the principles of hygienic design to the students of the MITA - Máster Internacional en Tecnologías de Alimentos master's course, jointly organised by the University of Parma (Italy) and the Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina).

On May 23 at 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. CEST Giampaolo Betta, Chairman of the EHEDG working group “Open Equipment” will host a webinar aimed at presenting the new edition of Doc. 13. The webinar can be attended free of charge after registration. To register, follow the following link https://lnkd.in/dJhi7CM6.

On April 24 at 5 pm CET, there will be a webinar organized by the company Bardiani Valvole on the prevention of hygienic risks through the use of mixproof valves. Our CEO Giampaolo Betta has been invited to give a talk on the hygienic design criteria applicable to mixproof valves and the meaning of EHEDG certification.

I am pleased to announce a new public event by EHEDG on the topics of hygienic design and construction. The result of a consolidated collaboration between EHEDG and Cibus Tec, a technical seminar organized by EHEDG will take place on October 25, 2023 at Fiere di Parma, Room 1, aimed at offering an in-depth look at some of the most recently published guidelines.

A new text entitled “Hygiene in food processes” will soon be published by Hoepli, in which I had the pleasure of participating.