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题目：HIPAC公司处于获得HACCP食品安全证明的顶点
摘要：摘自 foodhaccp.com
WITH assistance from the Barbados Investment and Development
Corporation (BIDC), a major Barbadian food processing company
is weeks away from HACCP Certification (Hazard Analysis Critical
Control Point). The company is HIPAC Limited. HIPAC, which is
located at Kensington Complex, Fontabelle, produces a diverse
range of food products, including hams, bacon, hot dog sausages,
breaded chicken nuggets, canned Vienna sausages, luncheon meats
and, more recently, a range of Caribbean specialty products.
Already exporting to Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana, Jamaica,
St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua, Suriname
and Grenada, with limited consignments to the United States
and the UK, Hipac Ltd. had developed and followed its own in-house
HACCP programme since 1996. Earlier this year, the company,
which employs 175 persons, identified the US-based NSF International,
a world leader in Standards Development, Product Certification,
Education and Risk Management for Public Health and Safety,
to assist in the process of becoming HACCP Certified. In March
2003, the detailed audit process was commenced by the US-based
agency. It was at this point, explained Ralph Holder, HIPAC抯
Chief Operating Officer, that an application was made to the
BIDC for assistance under the $15 million Technical Assistance
Programme. Mr. Mike Kasnia, a former employee of the United
States Department of Agriculture (USDA), then joined the HIPAC
team as a consultant to assist with certain HACCP preparatory
work. Some 80 per cent of the funding for this phase of the
HACCP Certification programme was provided by the BIDC. Now,
according to Holder, HIPAC, which, between 1985 and present,
has won some 20 BIDC awards in the categories of Occupational
Health and Safety; Quality Control and Employment and Packaging,
is expected to be HACCP Certified within a matter of weeks.
This will enhance our credibility as makers of fine food products
across the region and beyond, as HACCP is the international
standard for food safety,?he said. In addition to its wide range
of traditional processed meats, HIPAC has expanded into easy-to-prepare
seafood products such as breaded shrimp nuggets, fish sticks,
Bajan seasoned Flying Fish fillets and a line of Caribbean specialty
products such as traditional soups, curries and great cake.
As for the future, Holder says HIPAC, mindful of the fact that
搈uch will depend on the outcome of the current WTO and FTAA
negotiations, (the company) will be moving vigourously to further
diversify its product range, with a view to being competitive
in an open economy. the look forward to working with the BIDC
in achieving the goals and objectives of our new strategic direction,?he
said. In addition to helping to facilitate HIPAC抯 competitiveness,
BIDC has also assisted the company with its participation in
a recent trade mission to the Dominican Republic and trade shows
in various parts of the United States. HACCP is recognised globally
as the international standard for food safety.
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