Label Makers Gains HACCP Certification
Label Makers is proud to announce the recent certification by HACCP Australia for the suitability of its Meat and Carcass tags to be used in the primary food zone.
Label Makers has always maintained a spotlessly clean facility in Welshpool WA, and has been complemented by scores of visitors over the years on how clean, tidy and well organised the factory is. However when we first entered in to the HACCP certification process, we realised this would mean taking the next step up in terms of the hygiene and cleanliness requirements when producing tags and labels that were going to be in direct contact with food.
The first stage in the process was establishing a GMP system that would work inline with our existing systems and procedures. A complete bespoke GMP system was created and documented, and audit processes were implemented to aide compliance and maintenance. A systematic review of our manufacturing process was conducted, and each element was analysed using the typical HACCP systematic preventive approach to food safety from biological, chemical, and physical hazards in production processes, that could cause the finished product to be unsafe.
We did a top to toe analysis of our cleaning practices, as well as our machinery maintenance process. We implemented a strict pest control procedure and engaged a national pest control business to manage and maintain the integrity of our printing facility from a pest control perspective.
Once the systems were in place, and the workforce had been trained in the new processes, the product development begun. For us the immediate challenge was taking a direct thermal tag substrate, that was inherently unsuitable for direct food contact due to its chemical composition, and then manufacturing a tag which would come in to contact with meats in an abattoir.
We worked extensively with ink technicians and lab support scientists to develop a barrier coating, that was approved by the FDA, and would not have any adverse affect on the functional characteristics of the tag. In doing so we have developed what we believe to be one of the only commercially available FZP HACCP certified direct thermal meat and carcass tags in Australia.
If you are looking for meat/carcass tags for use in the primary food zone, and that can be printed using your existing direct thermal printers then please contact us today. Label Makers Pty Ltd 1300 73 53 99
Label Makers has always maintained a spotlessly clean facility in Welshpool WA, and has been complemented by scores of visitors over the years on how clean, tidy and well organised the factory is. However when we first entered in to the HACCP certification process, we realised this would mean taking the next step up in terms of the hygiene and cleanliness requirements when producing tags and labels that were going to be in direct contact with food.The first stage in the process was establishing a GMP system that would work inline with our existing systems and procedures. A complete bespoke GMP system was created and documented, and audit processes were implemented to aide compliance and maintenance. A systematic review of our manufacturing process was conducted, and each element was analysed using the typical HACCP systematic preventive approach to food safety from biological, chemical, and physical hazards in production processes, that could cause the finished product to be unsafe.
We did a top to toe analysis of our cleaning practices, as well as our machinery maintenance process. We implemented a strict pest control procedure and engaged a national pest control business to manage and maintain the integrity of our printing facility from a pest control perspective.
Once the systems were in place, and the workforce had been trained in the new processes, the product development begun. For us the immediate challenge was taking a direct thermal tag substrate, that was inherently unsuitable for direct food contact due to its chemical composition, and then manufacturing a tag which would come in to contact with meats in an abattoir.
We worked extensively with ink technicians and lab support scientists to develop a barrier coating, that was approved by the FDA, and would not have any adverse affect on the functional characteristics of the tag. In doing so we have developed what we believe to be one of the only commercially available FZP HACCP certified direct thermal meat and carcass tags in Australia.
If you are looking for meat/carcass tags for use in the primary food zone, and that can be printed using your existing direct thermal printers then please contact us today. Label Makers Pty Ltd 1300 73 53 99
