This month has brought a lot of exciting news for Seda North America. We have joined some amazing networks here in Wisconsin, pushed a brand new website live (check it out here; www.sedapackaging.com) and now we are able to officially announce that we are FSSC 22000 certified!
Seda North America has become the first US paperboard food packaging company in the United States to achieve the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) Food Safety System Certification (FSSC 22000) bench marked standard.
FSSC 22000 is a
GFSI-bench marked standard based on ISO 22000, with an added prerequisite
program audit called PAS 223-2011, which Seda achieved. This internationally
accepted certification scheme for is used for auditing and certification of
food safety in the whole supply chain of an organization.
Seda North America’s customers
can be confident that products purchased are not only of the highest quality
but have been manufactured by meeting the requirements of this stringent food
safety standard. This recent certification is an outstanding accomplishment for
Seda North America, the newest member of Seda International Packaging Group, one
of the world’s leading privately owned manufacturers of food packaging.
Very few food packaging
manufacturers are currently FSSC certified as it is a long process usually
brought about by customer demands. Standard audit time is 8 month to 1 year;
Seda was able to achieve this standard in 4 months, including audit and
certification.
Cliff Albert, Vice President
of Sales and Marketing for Seda North America said “Food safety is the number
one concern for our brand partners and packaging plays a very important role in
their supply chain. FSSC 22000
Certification ensures that we have the most effective food safety systems in
place. Being the first food service
packaging company in North America to gain certification is an honor but more
importantly, we hope our commitment helps raise the level of standards for
safety within the packaging industry”.
Seda North America is
currently the only US paperboard food packaging company with FSSC and 1 of only
6,155 companies worldwide who hold the certification.
-The Seda North America Team
We could not have achieved this level of certification
without the help of all employees at Seda North America, especially our quality
control team.
Congratulations to all involved!
-The Seda North America Team
