Food Plant Design White Papers

We give you our expert knowledge on a variety of subjects from food safety to energy saving best practices.

Food Facility Sanitary Design Principles

A facility design task force was commissioned by the American Meat Institute to develop a list of top ten principles to follow when designing a...

Ammonia Refrigeration Simplified

Cooling with Ammonia: The Facts. Ammonia or Freon? It's a dilemma for many facility operators. They'll both cool your case of beer, admits one of Food...

Top Ten Critical Food Facility Issues

We have developed a list the top ten critical food facility issues. These are the issues we have seen over the years that a great...

Building Green: The Future of Food Plants?

Will "green building" construction become an everyday standard? If so, when? Should you be making changes to your food plant now with this issue in...

The Food Allergen Dilemma

While exhibiting at a national food industry trade show, we attended a presentation on food allergens given by Dr. Steve Taylor’s on the implications they...

Preventing Condensation in Food Plants

Condensation: Solving the Problem Bring out the mop patrol; the dog days of summer are here! If this sounds like your plant, read further for condensation...

SQF Basics

Running your food safety program without using an umbrella? Maybe you should look at an SQF program. Have you heard about the SQF program? Chances are...

Halocarbon Refrigeration Simplified

Cooling with Freon: The Facts. In our Ammonia Refrigeration Simplifed paper we told you everything you wanted to know about ammonia refrigeration but were afraid to...

Food Safety Scorecard: Rating Your Plant

What factors are important for producing safe products in a plant environment? We are constantly asked this question! To give you answers, Food Plant Engineering has...

Lean Manufacturing for Food Plants

How to save money and improve food safety What did you say? Save money AND improve food safety? You've got to be kidding, right? Nope. And we're...

Food Plant Floors: Seamless Options

Here's a good question. Can you think of anything more important than floors? Well, maybe. However, proper flooring is an incredibly crucial component in any food...