Five companies receive food safety certification

Yeshey Dorji­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­, Minister for Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, awarded ISO 22000:2005 certificates to five companies in Bhutan this month.

The certified companies are Bhutan Agro Industry Limited, Thimphu; Bhutan Milk and Agro Private Limited, Phuentsholing; Druk Air In-flight Catering, Druk Air Corporation Limited, Paro; Terma Linca Resort and Spa, Thimphu and Zimdra Food Pvt. Limited, Phuentsholing.

ISO 22000:2005 is a food safety management system designed to enable organisations to control food safety hazards along the food chain in order to ensure that food is safe for consumption. It also includes interactive communication system approach to Food Safety Management (FSM), Pre-requisite Programmes and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP).

The scope of ISO 22000:2005 is the entire food chain involving the farm to fork approach to food safety. ISO 22000 certification system is currently being applied in all modern food industries and it has already drawn huge interest amongst customer/consumer as it specifically deals with food safety with its standard at international reach.