Food Safety for Processors

Does your operation take all the necessary steps to ensure the food you process is safe? Do you follow best practices to prevent, detect and control risks? The Advantage Series of Food Safety Programs™ can help you implement a solid plan for food safety.

Why does my business need an Advantage?

The Advantage programs will help you:

• keep biological, chemical and physical hazards out of the food chain
• avoid major financial losses and damage to your organization's reputation due to an outbreak of food-borne illness from your product
• give your customers confidence in your business and open new markets
• operate more efficiently, with monitoring processes that will reduce errors and save you time and money
• changes employee's behaviours and attitudes as they take more ownership of the products they make

What is the Advantage Series?

It's a set of programs that:

• address food safety from farm to fork
• are designed for Ontario's smaller food processors
  

The programs follow best practices and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) principles. HACCP is an internationally recognized system to enhance food safety throughout the food chain. It is being used by more and more companies around the world.

Learn More

• Read about Advantage programs for food processors
• Explore the benefits of Advantage
• Learn how to get Advantage certified
  • See what Ontario processors are Advantage certified
• Attend training and other events
• Find program resources and grants
  • Download program materials
    

Some comments from Advantage certified plants

"People feel more comfortable buying our meat. They know we're doing everything in our power to make sure it's safe." - Nancy Vieira, Quality Assurance Manager, Domingos Meat Packers Ltd.

"Our customers can tell their customers that they're buying from an Advantage HACCP certified provincially inspected plant." - Tahir Qureshi, Sales Manager, T & R Sargent Farms Ltd.

"We're focusing on large clients now and trying to penetrate the U.S. market. Having HACCP makes you a serious player." - Martin Brambilla, President, Embassy Flavours Ltd.

For more information:
Toll Free: 1-866-641-3663
E-mail: advantage@ontario.ca