Canada’s largest fresh fruit and vegetable processor takes pride in its quality assurance efforts to bring only nature’s best to the table
Moreover, Pride Pak employs its food safety auditor to inspect each ranch prior to seeding, during growing, and prior to harvest, Karr reveals, with the thorough inspections including the review of all documents and analytical work on the raw product by an independent lab.
Any noncompliance with Pride Pak’s specifications leads to immediate rejection of the field for future harvesting, he explains.
“It’s one of the reasons why when we develop a raw product supplier, they remain our raw product supplier, as each must follow structured food safety protocol with excellent results from reputable third-party auditors,” he states.
One of five multibucket Ishida weighscales from Heat and Control used to dispense about 95 per cent of all product processed at the Pride Pak plant into plastic bags, with the remainder packed inside trays.The Pride Pak plant’s designated quality assurance team tracks and documents the critical control points on a continuous basis to make sure all product—from raw to finished goods—are inspected to meet the company’s high quality standards.