Naju-si Natural Colorant Industrialization Support Center, HACCP Certification for Processed Fruit and Vegetable Products

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Han-hyuk] Naju City, Jeollanam-do announced on the 24th that the Natural Colorant Industrialization Support Center (hereinafter referred to as the Center) was certified last month by the Korea Food Safety Management Certification Institute as a HACCP-certified facility for processed fruit and vegetable products.

HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) is a hygiene management system designed to prevent biological, chemical, and physical hazards from entering or contaminating food at each stage from raw material production to final consumer delivery.

It identifies hazards at each stage from raw materials, manufacturing, processing, preservation, distribution, and cooking until the final consumer consumes the product.

This HACCP certification by the Center is the second, following the certification for fruit and vegetable juices in 2018.

Through this, a safer production process focusing on freeze-drying and X-ray foreign substance detection for processed fruit and vegetable products has become possible.

Although there had been little progress in the production lines for freeze-dried powder and freeze-dried fruit chips, this certification has empowered the Center to actively engage in the production of processed fruit and vegetable products.

Freeze-drying is a technology that dries materials below -30°C by sublimating ice into vapor under vacuum conditions, minimizing nutrient destruction by not applying heat during the drying process.

The X-ray foreign substance detector is a device that performs X-ray scanning on all products, similar to a health checkup, to detect foreign substances in products and enhance food safety.

Mayor Kang In-gyu said, “With this HACCP certification for processed fruit and vegetable products, we can not only improve product quality but also further secure consumer trust in processed foods such as freeze-dried powder and freeze-dried fruit chips made from agricultural products. I hope this will contribute to revitalizing the local economy, which has been depressed due to COVID-19, by promoting agricultural product consumption through added value creation in the agricultural sector.”

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