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The Food Safety Modernization Act: Sanitary Design Principles and the Role of Scales in Food Processing

Published June 5, 2026

The SDP was developed by the Equipment Design Task Force (EDTF), a group of representatives from meat and  poultry processing companies, and was published in 2013. The EDTF’s purpose in creating the SDP was to help equipment manufacturers and food  processors ensure their  equipment designs met specific criteria to reduce the risk of pathogens contaminating food. Although the SDP was created by representatives by businesses already in food processing, the intent is for the SDP to serve the entire industry, creating a standardized system of criteria for equipment to reduce contamination and recalls, benefiting food processors and consumers alike.

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