Freddy Hirsch Nigeria · • Under the provisions of the Factories Act of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, CAP F1 LFN 2004, Freddy Hirsch Nigeria was licensed to operate as a factory

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Freddy Hirsch Nigeria

Food Safety Quality Program

Author:- Seyi ‘Fodunrin(2019)


Our Food Safety Concept

• The Freddy Hirsch Nigeria’s manufacturing

system is intentionally designed to account for

food safety at every process step.

• We understand and identified significant food

safety hazard inherent in our operation and

have installed preventive controls to minimize

the risk of hazards.

• Our food safety plan imbibes Hazard Analysis

and Risk-based preventive Controls to

measure and reduce the risk of contamination.

• HACCP and cGMP are incorporated in

system operations to ensure food is

manufactured, processed, packaged and stored

in hygienic conditions to stay safe,

wholesome, and without quality deterioration

within the declared shelf life.

WAREHOUSING

SECONDARY PACKAGING

PALLETIZING

QA/QC LABORATORY BLENDING OF PREMIX

BATCHING OF RAW MATERIALS

BLENDING OF RAW MATERIALS

SIFTING OF RAW MATERIALS

METAL DETECTOR

PACKAGING OF FINISHED PRODUCTS IN INNER LINERS (1° PACKAGING)

SEALING OF BAGS

OPRP 1QC

CCP 1

QC

QCQC

QC

QC

CCP 3

PRP

HCP

OPRP 2

CCP2

R&D LAB/NPD

RAW MATERIALSHCP

WAREHOUSING/

DISPATCH

HCP-Halal Control Point

CCP-Critical Control Point

PRP- Prerequisite Program

OPRP- Operational Prerequisite

Program

HACCP-BASED PROCESS FLOW


Our Quality System

• Our Quality system drives Quality

Assurance which encompasses totality of

raw materials and GMP verification through

finished product release, and Quality Control

which concerns actual manufacturing

parameters meeting set criteria.

• It is the intention of our Quality program to

design a system which protects the brand

from undue regulatory unrest, customers

dissatisfaction and protect the product from

needless variation.


Certification and Regulatory Stance

• Freddy Hirsch Nigeria is duly registered with the National Administration for Food

and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and has registered up to Ten (10)

flavor profiles since inception.

• Our plant is Halal Certified by HASDAT, a member of the International Halal Integrity

Alliance, IHIA, Malaysia.

• We have been part of the quarterly Mandatory And Conformance Assessment Program

(MANCAP) of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) with impressive

feedback from the Organisation hitherto.

• Under the provisions of the Factories Act of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, CAP F1

LFN 2004, Freddy Hirsch Nigeria was licensed to operate as a factory in 2016 with

certificate No 000823.

• As a regulatory and safety compliant company, we have had good relationship with the

major Regulatory Agencies including LASEPA, FMLP, State and Federal Heath and

Evironmental Ministries, and Ikeja Local Authorities where we operate.


Research and New Product Development

• Research ingredients are

carefully screened for

compliance to FHG internal

specifications/Food Safety

requirements, Halal Assurance

System provisions and local

regulatory requirement from the

product development stage.

• All approved samples are

formally ‘launched to live’ and

pre-commercialized for

Production schedule.


Analytical Capabilities

• We have functional Laboratories-

Chemical, Microbiogical and R&D,

where our skilled Analysts provide

analytical data on the quality of

product and production processes to

support Quality control in the HACCP

system.

• The Laboratory testing is important to

our research and development of new

products, choice/quality/safety of

ingredients, shelf-life studies,

regulatory compliance, and sensory

evaluation of products.


Laboratory Testing Parameters

In partnership with our third party Public

Analyst Laboratory and parent company in

South Africa; our range of analytical testing

covers:

• Physiochemical Analysis

• Total Afflatoxin B1,B2,G1,G2

• Microbiological Analysis

• Heavy Metal contaminant


Raw Material/Entrance Control Program

• Our first important commitment at

ensuring Total Quality

Management to our customers is to

seek ingredients from safe and

approved sources.

• Ingredients meeting up with raw

materials Receiving Policy and

Entrance protocol requirements of

the FHG are sampled for micro

organisms, physiochemical

characteristics, contaminants and

illegal additives.


Sifting of raw materials

• The Sifting gantry has

magnetic bars, and vibratory

Screener Russell compact

Sieve of unique particle size

for specific ingredients.

• The magnetic bars remove

metal impurities while the

screen removes any

observable physical hazard.


Blending

• A magnetic screen slit

functions to dispense

finished blend through a

control point into large tuff

bags.

• Machinery failures which

may be inform of broken

blades and nuts have been

considered for control at

this CCP.


Packaging

• Just like in the Ribbon Blenders, the

packaging machine has magnetic

screens to trap metals and other

foreign matters of appreciable sizes.


Metal Detection

• The food grade metal detector

machine is installed directly

after the packaging unit as an

Operational Pre-requisite

program, OPRP.

• Finished goods in its final stage

after packaging are checked

once again via an X-ray metal

detector system to fully

exclude any form of metal.


Good Manufacturing Practice

• As part of our moral responsibility

to produce safe and wholesome

foods to our customers, GMP forms

a vital prerequisite of our overall

food safety system.

• While our food safety culture places

emphasis on GMP without

compromise, our staffs are trained

and constantly retrained on our

GMP procedures.


Retention sampling

• Retention sample is kept

for each batch of

production and monitored

over the shelf life period.

• This verifies product shelf

life period, food quality,

microbiological, physical

and chemical attributes

intended to form the

overall product quality

characteristics in time.


Shelf Life Testing

• We also conduct Accelerated

Shelf Life testing, ASLT on

finished goods.

• This is usually conducted on

new products, and in the event

of recipe re-

formulation/modification or

alternate package evaluation to

predict future attributes and

anticipated degradation in time

over certain condition and

variables.


Integrated Pest Management

• As an important

prerequisite to the

existing food safety

program; an Integrated

Pest Management system

that uses an exciting and

modern technology is

being managed by

accredited pest

management partners.

• Rodent Bait stations and

UV-Insect light traps are

strategically located

across various units of the

facility.


Allergen Management

• At the moment, we cannot

completely guarantee an

“allergen free product” or a

“dedicated allergen status” on

our products, as we do not have

a request for allergen free

products yet.

• While we do not have a

dedicated allergen lines in our

factory, Cross contamination is

under control through system

line clearance.

• Allergen warning is advised in

prone areas while declaration

made on concerned products.


Product Recall and Traceability

• Our Recall program is integrated with Freddy Hirsch in-house UnityF8 ERP

software by Sanderson.

• Each raw material is allocated a barcode automatically linked to a specific order

number on the system.

• As the raw materials move through the various stages of the production process

the barcode is changed to reflect these changes and linked to the order number.

When the raw material is used in the manufacturing of a finished product, the

raw material barcode is scanned into a particular ‘works order’ (recipe) which

has a unique barcode associated to it.

• The works order reflects a unique batch number, which is also printed onto each

finished product label, thus enabling tracking of each of the raw materials

scanned into a particular recipe.

• While a Mock recall to verify our recall and traceability program is scheduled

for once per annum, no Mock recall is required if a successful recall has been

conducted during the course of the year.

• To effectively manage Recall, a team is established to handle in the company

and consumer’s best interest


Environmental Protection

• Freddy Hirsch Nigeria

recognizes that its operations are

capable of significant impact on

the environment, and therefore

commits to reducing potential

impact.

• One of the most advanced dust

pollution containment system

and best practices have been

adopted to reduce impact to as

low as reasonably possible.


THANK YOU

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Freddy Hirsch Nigeria · • Under the provisions of the Factories Act of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, CAP F1 LFN 2004, Freddy Hirsch Nigeria was licensed to operate as a factory