This presentation highlights how hygienic design plays a critical role in ensuring food safety, preventing contamination, protecting brand reputation and of course protecting people. Using real-world examples and recent recall cases, it demonstrates the significant business and public health risks of poor design. It introduces EHEDG’s principles, guidelines and certification schemes as practical tools to improve efficiency, sustainability and compliance. Ultimately, it shows how investing in hygienic design can reduce costs, increase uptime and safeguard long-term business success.