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 Food Safety can be defined as the degree of confidence that food will not cause sickness or harm to the consumer when it is prepared, served and eaten according to its intended use. Foodborne illness or food poisoning is caused by consuming food contaminated with pathogenic bacteria, toxins, viruses, prions or parasites. They can also be caused by adding pesticides or medicines to food, or by accidentally consuming naturally poisonous substances like poisonous mushrooms or reef fish. Prevention of such illnesses or poisoning depends on the determination and control of physical, chemical and microbiological risks that can arise during growing, harvesting, transport, storage, processing and delivery of foodstuff. ISIK A.S. is ISO-9001:2000 and BRC-Higher Level (by Bodycote) certified and have already did the risk analysis of its products and lines and took the necessary precautions, that can be summarized, as follows: |
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 Growing
As a part of its “Good Agricultural Practices”, ISIK A.S. applies the following, in order to minimize the growth of mycotoxines like aflatoxine and ochratoxine and the mould growth... |
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 Harvesting and Drying
ISIK A.S. supplies the drying sheets to its farmers so that they can dry their crops in better conditions... |
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 Transport and Storage
Raw material is transported, packed in plastic boxes / bags, by clean transport vehicles as labeled according to their properties and types... |
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 Processing
The raw material is inspected at the entrance of the factory and only the ones that confirm the company’s “Raw Material Specifications” are accepted and coded... |
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