Post on 16-Sep-2018
transcript
Presentation Outline
Overview of our Company Part I
How Quality and Food Safety has evolved in our business
Part II
Quality and Food Safety A Key Competitive Advantage
Part III
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Sager Food Products
Founded 1980 by Santo Fata
Developed original Private Label Vegetable and Olive Oils
Market Leader in Canadian Private Label Oils
Expanded into BBQ and Asian sauces as well as other products
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Our Products
Organic
• Canola Oil
• Sunflower Oil
• Olive Oil
Blends
• Omega Blend
• Omega-3 Fish
• Infused Oils
Shortening
• Liquid
• Solid
• Donut Fry
Conventional
• Canola Oil
• Soybean Oil
• Corn Oil
• Sunflower Oil
• Peanut Oil
Specialty
• Safflower Oil
• Grapeseed Oil
• Nut Oils
• Sesame Oil
• Argan Oil
Olive Oils
• Extra Virgin
• Pure Olive
• Extra Light
• Olive Blends
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Traditional Quality & Food Safety – Just the Basics…
Simple Manufacturing Procedures
Visual inspection of raw materials only
Hairnets
Part time QC reporting to production manager
Date coding
Limited traceability
Basic pest control
No smoking in plant
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What else has changed?
Increased awareness of Food Recalls and Increased public concern for food safety
Creation of the “new “ CFIA (1997)
Increased quality standards for the Retailers’ Control Label Brands
Increased QA awareness by Clients
Stricter industry quality standards
New accreditation schemes
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Oil Reception
Storage Filling Cap, Label,
Case Shipping
Managing Quality & Food Safety
5 micron filtres
Release of oils by QC
Bottle washing
Chemical Analysis
Monitor production environment
Lot coding
Metal detectors
Traceability of Orders
Case & pallet Identification
Monitoring of reservoirs
Product sampling
Dedicated QC reporting to Sr Mgmt
Third Party Audits
Increased Costs
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Retained samples
Managing Quality and Food Safety
Stricter GMPs
Manufacturing process is monitored from beginning to end
Regular employee training
Traceability
Lot codes for all components
Mock recalls
Compliance
CFIA
Client audits
HACCP & GFSI (Global Food Safety Initiative)
New Legislation
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Impact of the new legislation
Generally, we support the primary objectives of the new Safe Food for Canadians Act:
Improved food safety oversight
Increased inspection powers
Traceability
Regulating imports
Promoting exports
We do have some questions relating to: Which commodities will be regulated
Fees and red tape
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Today’s Purchasing Criteria
Price Q
ual
ity
Service
Relationship
Availability & Assortment
“You will get the tie”
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Key Competitive Advantages
Price
Service Level
Product assortment and availability
Reputation
And of course…
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