Materials of construction for equipment in contact with food

This article is an extended summary of the report prepared by the Materials of Construction Subgroup of the European Hygienic Engineering & Design Group (EHEDG), published in August 2005. It is the 32nd in the series of EHEDG summaries to be published in TIFS. The full report prepared by E. Partington (Chairman), P. Besuchet, A. Godwin, K. Hall, J. Holah, P. Holland, C. Lebreton, M. Lewan, R. Mosse, R. van der Post, G. Stone and M. Tonazzo is 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).