Orion Strengthens Quality and Safety Management for Summer Season

[Asia Economy Reporter Seungjin Lee] Orion announced on the 10th that it has officially begun strengthening quality safety management during the summer season at its nationwide sales offices, production factories, and raw material suppliers.

Orion has established a real-time temperature and humidity text alert system in the product warehouses of its nationwide sales offices. This system automatically sends a text message to the person in charge if preset appropriate values are exceeded, enabling immediate response to quality safety issues.

In March, two months earlier than last year, Orion installed pest trapping devices called 'pheromone traps' at its sales offices. This proactive measure aims to prevent damage caused by the larvae of the wax moth, which become active during the early heat of summer. The wax moth larvae are known to damage food by piercing not only plastic packaging but also plastic containers with their strong jaws.

To manage products vulnerable to high temperatures such as jelly, chocolate, and pies, Orion regularly checks the cooling facilities in nationwide logistics warehouses to prevent product deformation, while focusing on securing freshness and safety of products in each sales office warehouse. To this end, Orion has supplemented facilities that block direct sunlight in warehouses nationwide and installed low-temperature management equipment capable of maintaining an appropriate temperature below 25 degrees Celsius.

Meanwhile, as part of its ethical management, Orion has consistently pursued quality management activities with 'food safety' as an essential value. Since 2012, it has introduced its own quality control system called GQAS (Global Quality Assurance System). This system thoroughly manages key items such as hygiene, quality, microorganisms, and hazard factors across all domestic and overseas factories. Especially from this year, Orion has upgraded its quality management level by applying comparative analysis techniques of quality data for products produced domestically and internationally.

Raw materials used in products are also strictly managed through its own program CVP (Certified Vendor Program), which monitors raw material quality status and compliance with legal requirements. Due to continuous strengthening of quality safety management, related claims such as those involving wax moth larvae reached a record low last year.

An Orion official said, “We are further strengthening quality safety management from raw materials to manufacturing and distribution stages due to the early heat,” adding, “Through continuous enhancement of quality safety management, we will provide consumers with products they can trust and enjoy.”

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