EQ – Equipment Qualification

Equipment Qualification. Commonly referred to as PDI, this involves the full assessment of a piece of kit before it is signed off and authorised to run in the FBO. Two food safety factors include Foreign body control – integrity of the piece of kit and hygienic design, ensuring the machine is fully cleanable in all areas with cleaning in mind i.e. absence of trap points or easy access to areas of soling are extremely important both microbiologically and from an allergen point of view.