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EFFECTIVELY MANAGING RISKS IN THEIR SUPPLY CHAIN is priority No. 1 for today's food and beverage companies. Especially important is the focus on the processing plant - the centralized hub where complex processes bring raw ingredients, additives and packaging together to create a finished product. With the shifttoward highly automated, continuous processing, it's critical to remember that food-grade lubricants, greases and other mechanical fluids play a key role in a plant's overall hygiene strategy.
In recognizing the need for standardization of hygiene requirements for food-grade lubricants, in 2006 the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) published ISO 21469-Safety of Machinery - Lubricants with Incidental Product Contact.
ISO 21469 is a voluntary standard that specifies hygiene requirements for the formulation, manufacture and use of lubricants, which may contact products during manufacturing or processing. The standard applies beyond food applications and includes lubricants used for processing cosmetics,...