Hygienic design checklist for equipment purchases.
Building hygiene into a purchase specification gives a line the best start: easier to clean, easier to verify, ready for audit.
The checklist at a glance
- What it is
- 29 hygienic design points under eight headings, from materials to supplier commitments.
- Who it is for
- Engineering, purchasing and hygiene teams planning a new machine, line or layout.
- How to use it
- Attach it to your purchase order or URS and ask the supplier to respond to each item before the order is signed.
- To keep it
- Print it, or save it as a PDF for your purchase file.
The checklist.
Eight headings and 29 points, each for the supplier to confirm before the order is signed. Tick items on screen as you go, or print it blank for the supplier to complete.
The One Hygiene Support
Hygienic design checklist for equipment purchases
Building hygiene into a purchase specification gives a line the best start: easier to clean, easier to verify, ready for audit. Attach this checklist to your purchase order or URS and ask the supplier to respond to each item before the order is signed.
1Materials and surfaces
2Cleanability and access
3Drainage and fluids
4Fasteners, seals and joints
5Allergen and changeover
6Electrical and guarding
7Documentation and FAT/SAT hygiene checks
8Supplier commitments
Would you like a second pair of eyes on a specific purchase? TOHS offers a hygienic design review before equipment purchase: www.theonehygiene.co.uk/expertise/#design-review.
This checklist is general guidance and not a substitute for a site-specific review. It is not an engineering design service, nor a test or certification of equipment.
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A second pair of eyes on a specific purchase.
Our hygienic design review reads the supplier’s drawings, specification and layout against EHEDG hygienic design guidance, then sets out the questions for the supplier to answer before sign-off.
Any design changes are agreed with the supplier and made by them, within their warranty, at a fraction of the cost of altering equipment after installation.