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The Great Northern Appleton facility has recently announced that it completed its AIB (American Institute of Baking) Certification audit. Being AIB certified allows the Appleton location to manufacture products for secondary packaging for customers. The Great Northern – Racine facility completed its audit earlier this year and is also AIB certified.
The AIB has provided inspections and audits for food-grade warehouse services in more than 120 countries for over 60 years. The Standards for Inspection of Food Contact Packaging Manufacturing Facilities represent five key categories a facility must meet in order to keep the food products in its facility wholesome and safe. These five categories are methods and practices, maintenance, cleaning, pest management, and teamwork. The time investment put in by Appleton team members has allowed them to move this facility to a significantly higher level of cleanliness. This level of pride will be seen not only by their food business customers but all of their clients when they take a tour of the facility.
“Packaging is a key component of our customers’ food safety programs, and we strive to be their trusted partner who helps them fulfill those food safety requirements, said Appleton’s General Manager Brian Conrad. “One way we demonstrate that commitment is through the independent validation by AIB of our Good Manufacturing Practices and food safety program. We use the results from the AIB audit to confirm that our food safety program is robust and working well, and also to highlight areas where we can focus to improve even further. This renewal of our AIB certification with a Superior score is a testament to the team members, processes, and systems we have in place that ensure we are providing the highest quality and safest packaging for our customers’ food products.”
From the extensive audits that the AIB conducts to become an AIB Certified Warehouse, you can rest assured knowing that Great Northern can and will handle your food and non-food contact packaging in the most proper manner from start to finish.
