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Water

Anett Winkler

Food Safety Advisor / EMEA Microbiologist

Cargill

Plenary Session
Anett Winkler
Presentations:
Utilisation and reutilisation of water in food and beverage manufacturing

In the food and beverage manufacturing industry, water serves various purposes, impacting product safety, production reliability and workplace safety. With water scarcity on the rise, there's a growing emphasis on water reuse, posing new challenges to ensure reused water meets quality standards. Water treatment is essential to elevate reused water quality, a common practice in most food factories. Challenges also arise in storing and distributing water, necessitating controlled processes to maintain quality. Occupational health risks, particularly from Legionella spp. proliferation, are critical considerations. Legionella can lead to severe diseases like Legionellosis or Legionnaires’ disease. The upcoming presentation will cover these aspects, offering guidance on hygienic water management practices, including sourcing, storage, and distribution. It will also highlight different water categories used in the food industry and provide insights into controlling Legionella in water systems. 

Bio:

Anett Winkler joined Kraft Jacobs Suchard in December 1998 to head up the research microbiology laboratory in Munich. Later on Anett concentrated on chocolate, biscuits and other low moisture foods including supplier developments and approvals. She also consolidated the scientific basis for microbiological process controls in low moisture foods by performing validation studies for nut & cocoa processing. Following a regional role for Microbiology in the Eastern European, Middle East & African Region, she was globally designing food safety programmes, rolling out training modules related to food safety and further supporting supplier development. Anett was also the global expert for thermal processing within Mondelez International. 

In October 2017 Anett moved to a new position as “EMEA Food Safety Advisor” at Cargill, where she is supporting all Cargill businesses in that region (Europe/Middle East/Africa) for microbiological and food safety-related topics. Anett is active within EHEDG (Chair of Working Group Water Management), ILSI Europe (Chair of Microbiology Food Safety TF), and is a member of ICMSF. Within Germany she is also co-editor of the Handbook on Food Hygiene. 

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