Kasapreko Presented with ISO certificate for quality, safe products
Leading indigenous beverage manufacturer, Kasapreko Company Limited,
has been awarded the prestigious International Standard Organisation
(ISO) certificate for its quality food safety management system.
The ISO certification was awarded by the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company, SGS Ghana.
At a short ceremony to unveil the certification at its head office at
Spintex in Accra, Managing Director of Kasapreko Company Limited,
Richard Adjei, said the recognition could not have come at a better
time.
“We see this as a great step because many local companies in Ghana do
not take quality very important, and quality effort has driven a lot of
international companies to drive out local competition. Taking this
step to attain our ISO certification is a great one for us. It shows
that Kasapreko really cares about quality,” said Richard Adjei.
Certification Manager at SGS Ghana, Kwasi Okai-Mensah, said the ISO
22000:2005 Food Safety Management System did not come easy for the
indigenous beverage manufacturer.
“Globally, there has been an increasing demand for Food Safety to
reduce food-borne incidents caused by contaminated products that have
implication for both human health and increase costs to the supplier and
the community.
“Food born incidents include contaminated raw materials, mishandling
of raw materials, change in product formulation, change in the product
process, cross-contamination, inadequate maintenance, and addition of
incorrect ingredients hence the need for a comprehensive Food Safety
Management system such as ISO 22000:2005 which Kasapreko is now a proud
recipient of,” Mr Okai-Mensah said.
Apart from enhancing the image of Kasapreko, which is already
breaking into global markets, the ISO certification reinforces the
willingness and commitment of the company to providing safe and quality
products and improving efficiency in line with international standards
and best practices.
Commenting further on what the ISO certification brings to the
Kasapreko brand, Mr Adjei said products manufactured by the company will
have an edge over others, revealing that there is a progressive plan to
get airline companies to serve its myriad of alcoholic and
non-alcoholic beverages on their flights.
“This ISO certification also gives confidence to the consumers that
from now on, any product that they are taking from Kasapreko is going to
be certified and it is going to be at the best beverage condition.
“This also gives us a very important step in the international market
now that we export a lot of our products, especially the spirits. With
this certification, we can sell our products in any airline in the
world. We can take our products to any shop in any country in the
world,” Mr Adjei reiterated.
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