How a Food Processing Industry Manages to Maintain quality testing for food safety

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The Food Industry's most critical requirement being the maintenance of food quality and safety is gaining traction in the public discourse. Having safe and quality food is directly proportional to good health and well-being, therefore, people are making informed food choices. Talking about food safety standards, one of the leading food processing industries, HMA Agro Industries Ltd has been continuously raising its safety bar for quite some time now. Being a government-approved modernized food processing industry, they recognize customers' right to access safe and nutritious food. This is reflected in their tagline, that is, "We believe in quality only".

Ensuring Food Safety and Quality Assurance

Globally, having safe food would mean a healthy population, that is, a healthy workforce which would further strengthen economic growth. Coping with constantly evolving food regulations and maintenance of assuring quality throughout the entire food chain is a challenge in the food industry. In addition to this certain industries do not comply with hygiene and sanitary requirements or required safety certifications. Addressing these challenges is possible, only when an industry makes required efforts and commitments towards the overall development of food industries. Among the top food processing industries, HMA has earned its name in terms of gaining safety and food quality certifications. They have been certified for ISO 22000:2018 and other quality systems akin to GMP, HACCP, EMS & OHS.

Knowing that it takes more to provide quality assurance, they have also complied with Global Food Safety Initiatives (GFSI) and are certified for FSSC: 22000 scheme version 5.1. Getting quality assurance from an internationally recognized expertise provided by GFSI, HMA Agro Industries Ltd is contributing as per regulations and adopting a methodology of providing safe and nutritious food globally. GFSI is a Coalition of Action from the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), bringing together 38 retailers and manufacturers from across the CGF membership and an extended food safety community to oversee food safety standards for businesses and help provide access to safe food for people everywhere.

Importance of Quality assurances

Animal-based products that provide a protein-rich diet are equally placed at a high-risk category/spectrum in the food industry. To mitigate the risk, there is a need to do regular audits. This is why HMA adheres to a process-oriented approach rather than a product-oriented approach. A process in which their team solves problems at every stage in a sequential manner while ensuring that every stage generates desired results leading to overall success. Apart from this, they comply with Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) based system monitoring to help them achieve the intended results, which is the final product of high-quality standards. HACCP system is a full-proof system to reduce or eliminate all hazards in the processes and ensure the output of safe and healthy products.

HMA Agro Industries Ltd undergoes Multiple Platform Quality Check (MPQC) at every stage. They have a very rigid selection process that is followed, which is based on precise ageing, expert high-quality cutting, and trimmed by specialized butchers. They embody quality straight from the farm to plate, individually packed and ready to cook.

Way Forward

HMA is proudly upholding its position in the market by having zero customer complaints despite facing numerous challenges in times of pandemic. The research team and hard-working employees have dedicatedly worked towards providing safe food while maintaining high hygiene practices and management responsibilities to provide 100% customer satisfaction. They say that the key to facing the challenges is to be innovative, accept change and adopt the evolving developments without compromising with quality standards.