Flavorchem Achieves SQF Level 3 Certification

Flavorchem Corporation, Downers Grove, IL, a company focused on flavor and color product solutions for the food and beverage industries, has achieved SQF Level 3—the highest level of certification.
 
SQF (Safe Quality Food) is a leading, comprehensive global safety and quality management certification system. As in prior levels, level 3 is a food safety program but requires a quality plan, which extends the ideal of quality beyond product characteristics and commercial realization. This ensures product safety and quality tenets are followed throughout the developmental processes until a product reaches the market. Both of these additions are unique to this certification program.
 
The certification process involves a rigorous two-part audit conducted by highly trained auditors that evaluate a company’s food safety and quality plans, prerequisite programs, sanitation, pest management, operational methods, maintenance, and personnel practices.
 
“It’s always been our guiding principle to produce safe, quality products for our customers along with superior services. Having achieved Level 3 status by the Safe Quality Food Institute is another milestone in our continued commitment to quality,” stated Stacie Obman regulatory manager at Flavorchem.