NAFSS sanitary design principles are based on FDA, CFIA, Health Canada, GFTC, GFSI, AIB, 3-A Sanitary Standards, BISSC, European Hygienic Design (EHEDG), National Sanitation Foundation and NAFSS Global Sanitary Design Standards for Food, Beverage, Packaging and Supply-Chain industry. Sanitary design is much more than principles that support an organization food safety program. Sanitary design principles can also be a driver of multi-year operational efficiency gains, compliance with regulatory and customer requirements. Sanitary design is the application of design techniques that allow the timely and effective cleaning of the entire manufacturing asset. 

No organization has unlimited capital to spend, but sanitary design principles might be an area that provides a greater benefit from the capital than previously thought, not from an ROI perspective but from an on-going operational perspective that may return substantial savings to the bottom line for many years to come. NAFSS provide sanitary design training to project team including your third-party consultants (civil engineers, architects, electrical engineers etc.). So, is sanitary design a competitive advantage? If your competitor is not investing in sanitary design principles in their capital projects and you are, then the answer is Yes—sanitary design is a competitive advantage!