When it comes to production equipment, lubrication keeps food and beverage processing plants in the business of safely feeding a nation. Still, because lubricants do not discriminate against the materials in which they come into contact, food and beverage facilities have added challenges in selecting the right lubricants to do the job.
“Ideally all food and beverage production facilities should be using NSF H1 lubricants in compliance with 21 CFR § 178.3910 as issued by the USD FDA, throughout the facility,” says Bill Watson, food market manager at Klüber Lubrication NA LP, Londonderry, N.H. “With the advent of more specialized food grade lubricants, beverage operations can become fully compliant by using all, high quality, H1 lubricants.”