Global filtration manufacturer sets the standard for food safety after being awarded ISO 22000 certification

Phil Black - PII Editor 02/12/2012

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Parker domnick hunter Process Filtration is one of the first manufacturers of filtration solutions to be awarded with the internationally recognised ISO 22000 certification. The certification sets out the requirements for a food safety management system, highlighting what an organisation needs to do to demonstrate its ability to control food safety hazards.

ISO 22000 was identified as a focus area for Parker domnick hunter due to increasing regulations and concern for consumer safety in the food and beverage industries. Filtration products are used widely within food and beverage production and Parker domnick hunter is dedicated to providing high quality, safe products to all customers. The company implemented a high performance work team to focus on implementation of HACCP, performing HACCP assessments throughout the manufacturing processes at the Birtley facility. Parker domnick hunter was audited and any potential hazards or risks were identified and processes of improvement implemented. Now that the company is certified to ISO22000, the level of product safety is higher than it has ever been.

The audit was recently conducted by the LRQA. “We are delighted that Parker Hannifin Manufacturing Ltd has achieved certification to the food safety management system, ISO 22000. In doing so, they have publicly demonstrated a commitment to controlling risks and maintaining high levels of safety in the design, manufacture and supply of its products to the food sector.” Liane Robinson, LRQA Assessor.

Parker domnick hunter is pleased to achieve this prestigious certification and will continue to focus strongly on the design and manufacture of innovative, high quality products that are safe for use in a wide variety of food and beverage production processes.

“HACCP is an excellent systematic risk assessment process to go through” said Sarah Prendergast, Quality Systems Engineer. The process is logical and guides you to look through the whole production process focusing on identifying the critical points in the process where food/product safety problems (hazards) could occur. Steps are then put in place to prevent things going wrong, sometimes referred to as ‘Controlling Hazards’.

“We already have a number of internationally recognised management systems covering quality, medical devices and the environment”, said Robert Thompson, Divisional QA Manager. “This certification complements them all. It integrates knowledge gained from the HACCP approach into our business processes to establish an effective combination of control measures helping to assure high quality, safe and reliable products.”

For further information, please visit: www.parker.com/dhpfoodandbeverage