Hillbrush Appoints Food Manufacturing Hygiene Expert
Hillbrush, the UK’s largest manufacturer of brushware and hygienic cleaning tools for the food industry has appointed Mariane Hodgkinson, an expert in food safety and hygienic manufacturing design as a consultant.
With almost 20 years of food industry experience, Hodgkinson will be working with Hillbrush to provide expert advice as it further expands its range of hygienic cleaning tools for food manufacturing settings. She will also provide insight and training on areas such as preparing for audits and cleaning best practices which will be available to Hillbrush’s customers in due course.
Hodgkinson’s company, Twyning Consultancy supports food and drinks companies as well as service providers to the industry with food safety, hygiene and quality management knowledge. As well as being an experienced third-party auditor, her extensive experience includes working as a hygiene specialist at Campden BRI, where she provided clients with support on the hygienic design of equipment, plant and manufacturing operations. She is an active member of EHEDG (European Hygienic Engineering and Design Group), an organization that actively promotes safe food processing through hygienic design in all steps of the food manufacturing process.
Mariane has extensive experience in the beverage sector, having held the position of European Supplier Quality Assurance Co-ordinator for Anheuser-Busch Inbev as well many years in hygiene, food safety and quality assurance roles in the UK cider industry.
