2025 Food Safety and Sanitation Trends: End User, OEM, and Supplier Perspectives
Food safety and sanitation are bedrock principles of the food and beverage manufacturing industries, shaping everything from manufacturing processes to machine design. Adhering to food safety regulations and effectively executing sanitation strategies are not mere considerations for manufacturers of food and beverage products - they are essential mandates enforced by government regulations. These practices also serve as vital strategies for protecting customers from allergens and foodborne illnesses and guarding brands against costly and reputation-damaging recalls.
Food Safety and Sanitation Trends (PMMI – The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, 2025) analyzes how manufacturers, OEMs, and suppliers are adapting sanitation programs and machine design to evolving regulatory, operational, and chemical realities. Drawing on 130 surveys and interviews from end users, OEMs, and suppliers with supporting secondary analysis, it benchmarks 2024–2025 practices against shifting recall patterns and compliance expectations, including FSMA, HACCP, and CGMPs. Charts highlight blended CIP/COP and wet/dry cleaning strategies, rising durability risks from harsher agents, and the growing role of digital logging, alarms, and certifications in equipment selection. The analysis shows where labor constraints, SSOP enforcement, and chemical resistance classes are reshaping investments and OEM service models—see where operations are recalibrating sanitation design, digital tracking, and chemical strategies to stay compliant and extend equipment life.
Why read this report?
- Compare sanitation machinery design features across food safety requirements
- Explore shifts in sanitation materials and chemical compatibility
- See how regulations drive packaging and processing investments
- Identify trends in sanitation digital integration and monitoring
- Benchmark SSOP training and labor impacts on sanitation
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Published by PMMI – The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies in August 2025. Based on 130 end-user, OEM, and supplier surveys/interviews plus secondary analysis collected in 2024–2025.
