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News Release from: Witt Gas Techniques
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 07 November 2006
New food industry ISO 22000
certification
Witt-Gasetechnik has been awarded the international food industry's highest quality standard ISO 22000:2005 certification for Food Safety Management
Witt-Gasetechnik, the Witten, Germany based, gas safety, control, mixing and analysis equipment supplier, whose UK company Witt Gas Techniques is located in Warrington, Cheshire, has been awarded the international food industry's highest quality standard, the ISO 22000:2005 certification for Food Safety Management This is a new standard which came into force in September 2005, making it easier for international companies and organisations to implement the Codex HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) system for food hygiene in a way, that does not vary from country to country or the food product concerned
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 17 Mar 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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It brings together a number of international food standards including HACCP, EUREPGAP and GMP.
It is also based on the ISO 9000 standard, which set out the fundamental measurements of food manufacturing plant quality management.
Carl Long, General Manager, Witt Gas Techniques, said: "ISO 22000 specifies the requirements for a food safety management system in the food chain where a company or organisation needs to demonstrate its ability to control food safety hazards in order to provide consistently safe end products that meet both the requirements agreed with the customer and those of applicable food safety regulations.
In the food industry our gas mixing, analysing and testing equipment is used with food safe gases such as nitrogen, carbon dioxide and oxygen to help food preservation and quality in Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP).
This certification means our equipment meets the standard's requirements for food safety management.
We have had to undertake extensive risk analysis and monitor critical hygiene requirements set out in the original HACCP standards to be awarded this new standard.
All the well-known supermarkets demand the highest levels of quality from their suppliers, including the packaging industry, who in turn will require the same high standards from their equipment suppliers".
This certification means that Witt Gas will not only be supplying the highest quality equipment to the food packaging industry, but will also supply a quality control package incorporating communications and detailed documentation to assure the user that the stipulations of the certification are always adhered to and any alterations are actioned.
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