Food safety and quality: NADEC sets standards

NADEC has worked with key industry experts to upgrade its factory, and its food safety and quality management systems for being awarded the ISO 22000 certificate for food safety and hygiene.
Abdul Aziz Mohammad Al-Babtain, MD, NADEC, said: “NADEC is making every effort, at all levels, to deliver the best in terms of product quality and safety. We have recently introduced a number of high-performance technologies that simplify the production process, reduce processing time and minimize effort.”
Al-Babtain also emphasized the company's vision and achievements will not stop at this point and said: “We will strive to achieve as many environmental, health and safety certificates as appropriate and in accordance with international standards to ensure we deliver on our vision for quality and safety. We will work with industry experts to implement global best practices in order to achieve this.”
He added: “Regulatory actions implemented by NADEC, the professionalism of its employees and the successful delivery of development plans had helped to achieve the most prominent local and international certification and contributed to our being recognized on par with major international companies. Our observance of agricultural best practice has helped to preserve Saudi Arabia’s natural resources and support all phases of national development for more than 30 years.”
Patrick Satamian, CEO, NADEC Foods, said: “We are absolutely committed to delivering the highest quality food products to our consumers and hygiene and food safety in every step of the process from procurement through manufacturing through to the retail outlet.”
Significant investment has been committed on people, training, technologies and equipment to achieve our goal. The investment in Q-pulse software quality management system allows us to better manage and control our quality and food safety management systems. We have also made significant upgrades on our production process equipment to improve product hygiene and quality.”