Amul plants certified on food safety management

Ahmedabad, Dec 9 (UNI) Amul is the first organisation in India's food industry to comply with ISO:22000; 2005 standard. The food safety management systems in Amul's dairy plants at Anand, Food Complex at Mogar and Kheda Satellite Dairy at Khatraj have been accredited as conforming to the standard, says a release here.

The accreditation has been aligned with recognition of quality management systems at the three production units of Amul.

These units have been sustaining compliance with the standards of ISO 9001:2000, CODEX HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) and GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) since 1999.

Now the synergy between these standards asssures synchronized control of all elements in food chain from raw milk, primary milk producers, milk procurement, reception and chilling of milk to production processes, utilities including water, air, steam, engineering, manpower, sanitation, communication, hygiene, packaging, storage, crisis management and overall environment at Amul plants, the release said.

From collecting to supplying raw milk from milk producers to the dairy plants, 80 per cent of Amul's village cooperative societies have been conforming to the standard of ISO 9001:2000, the release added.

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