The Hindu Business Line : International accreditation for Amul's plants

Anand Milk Union Ltd's (Amul's) plants have become the first in the food industry to comply with the ISO 22000:2005 standards of food safety management.

The food safety management systems in Amul's dairy plants at Anand, Food Complex at Mogar and Kheda and satellite dairy at Khatraj have been accredited as conforming to the international standards. The accreditation is aligned with recognition of quality management systems at the three product units of Amul. These units have sustained compliance with the standards of ISO 9001:2000, CODEX HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points), and GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) since 1999.

The synergy between the standards assured synchronised control of all elements in the food chain from raw milk, primary milk producers, milk procurement, reception and chilling of milk to production processes, utilities including water, air, steam, engineering, manpower, sanitation, communication, hygiene, packaging, storage, crisis management and overall environment at Amul plants. The concerted control throughout the food chain ensures considerably safe, healthy and superior quality dairy and food products. In collecting and supplying raw milk from milk producers to the dairy plants, 80 per cent of Amul's village cooperative societies have been conforming to the standard of ISO 9001:2000.

Amul's dairy plant at Anand is processing about nine lakh litres of milk per day and producing Amul butter, butter milk, milk powder, baby food, ghee, flavoured milk and milk in pouches. While Amul's Kheda-based satellite dairy is producing processed cheese, Emmental cheese, and paneer, the Food Complex at Mogar produces varieties of chocolates, malted milk food, bread-spread including table margarine, ready-to-eat high protein food and extruded food.

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