Smart Solutions for Safe and Hygienic Food Manufacturing Operations Industry Fact Sheet September 2012

Smart Solutions for Safe and Hygienic Food Manufacturing Operations The task of the food processing industry is to take crops or farm animal products and use them to produce all kinds of foodstuffs. Despite a stagnant economy, food and beverage companies keep generating revenue and intend to increase investment levels on new products and technology to fuel growth, according to a recent survey by KPMG* While investing in growth, companies remain focused on costs and efficiency, and indicate they are increasing emphasis on food safety and regulatory compliance. Focus on the changing regulatory...

The most common effect of foodborne diseases takes the form of gastrointestinal symptoms but such diseases can also lead to chronic, life-threatening conditions including neurological or immunological disorders as well as multiorgan failure, cancer and death. Recent global developments are increasingly challenging international health security. These developments include the growing industrialization and trade of food production and the emergence of new or antibiotic-resistant pathogens. Although we do not currently have an exact figure of the global impact of foodborne diseases on society, businesses...

Impact of Foodborne Diseases BILLION ANNUALLY, POPULATION SUFFERING FROM Foodborne DISEASES rvfvvvfvv vvifvvvfvv vvifvvvfvv 1,351 DEATHS Germs (and some foods) RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST FOODBORNE ILLNESSES Poultry Leafy greens Beef Dairy Fruits - Nuts Vine (tomatoes, cucumbers) Pork Finfish Other Eggs Mollusk Grains - Beans Campylobacter (poultry) E. coli 0157 (ground beef, leafy greens, raw milk) Listeria (deli meats, unpasteurized soft cheeses, produce) Salmonella (eggs, poultry, meat, produce) Vibrio (raw oysters) Norovirus in many foods (e.g., sandwiches, salads) Toxoplasma (meats)

Ingress Protection Rate (IP) Food Safety Comparison Chemical Resistance Hygienic Design Standard GEAR MOTOR Food-Safe Materials SYNCHRONOUS DRUM MOTOR IP 54 Stainless Steel Enclosure Mixed Materials - No Certification Mixed Materials - No Certification IP 66 - IP 69 K EHEDG (EC) 1935 / 2004, FDA Ecolab 5 Year

Interroll Synchronous Drum Motor with crowned shell for driving flat belts The Interroll Hygienic Drum Motors Interroll Synchronous Drum Motor with profiled NBR/PU lagging for low noise operation of positive drive plastic modular belts and solid homogeneous belts. On top of these scary numbers, food safety is becoming increasingly important for the food processing sector for another number of reasons: Food-borne illnesses continue to plague the global supply chain (see the latest bird flu outbreak in China). The European Union and the FDA in the US keep increasing enforcement of existing regulations,...

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