Vietnamese Seafood Firm Receives 5 Intl Certificates
Hai Viet Corporation (Havico) has become the first seafood company in Vietnam to obtain five international certificates from URS-UKAS, an UK accreditation service provider, website of the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (Vasep) reported.
The certificates include Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOP), Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) and British Retail Consortium (BRC), recognizing Havico&rsquos good practices to ensure food safety.
The company has also gained SA 8000:2001, the most widely-recognized global standard for managing human rights in the workplace.
Havico General Director Phan Thanh Chien said that as a producer of instant foods, Havico always gives top priority to ensuring food safety.
Set up in 1991, Havico has always reported the highest export value in the fisheries sector in southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province.
The company&rsquos products are exported to the U.S., Australia, Hong Kong and Taiwan, bringing about an export value of $40.6 million in 2007 and nearly $16 million in the first five month of this year. (Vasep, VNA)
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