Hygienic engineering of transfer systems for dry particulate materials

This article is an extended summary of the report prepared by the Dry Materials Handling Subgroup of the European Hygienic Engineering & Design Group (EHEDG). It is the xth in the series of EHEDG summaries published in TIFS. Copies of the full report (EHEDG Doc 36) prepared by K. Mager (Chairman), R. Claessens, W. Flamma, J. Hofmann, M. Jacob, K Masters, G.M.H Meesters, J. Roels, W. Rumpf and M Stephan are available from CCFRA at pubs@campden.co.uk. For information about EHEDG and to order papers please visit www.ehedg.org. The production of EHEDG guidelines is supported by the European Commission under the Quality of Life Programme; project HYFOMA (QLK1-CT-2000-01359).