Food safety and security
Thoughts on food safety and security
As a company that provides "seafood", we aim to protect and inherit the Japanese "fish food" culture and contribute to the realization of a prosperous society.
Through all supply chains, we pursue safety and security for our customers and deliver products. We believe that this is TOREI quality.
All employees work together to maintain and improve quality in order to maintain the quality that is trusted by customers.
Quality Assurance System
As a food business operator, the TOREI Group works with group companies to ensure the continuous supply of safe products as a top priority, and the entire group protects food safety.
The Quality Control Department of TOREI head office determines various policies and measures to implement appropriate quality assurance activities. It also plays a key role in group quality assurance, such as monitoring the status of quality control and supporting improvements.
- Hygiene guidance
- At each Group company's factory where raw materials and food are actually processed, we have assigned personnel to provide hygiene guidance.
- Appropriate food labeling
- At our factories and product divisions, we have set up “label managers” to ensure proper food labeling.
- educational guidance
- Regularly implement educational guidance necessary for food safety throughout the TOREI Group
- Regular audit
- Conducting regular audits of contracted production factories that cooperate in production
Quality control efforts
The TOREI Group conducts the following activities to maintain and improve quality assurance capabilities throughout the food chain.
01Acquisition of Food Safety Management System certification (ISO22000)
At Toyo Reizo Food & Logistics Co., Ltd. Headquarters Factory (Shimizu City, Shizuoka Prefecture), which is the main production base for frozen tuna in the TOREI Group, in 2011, relevant departments acquired ISO 22000 certification, an international standard for food safety management systems. Got. More than 10 years have passed since the certification, and we continue to provide education to deepen each employee's understanding of this management system and ensure its penetration.
Processing and storage of frozen fish
[Registered organization]
Toyo Reizo Group Shimizu Area/TOYO REIZO Co., Ltd. (Shizuoka Branch, Quality Control Department Quality Control Section)
Toyo Reizo Food & Logistics Co., Ltd. (Safety and Health Promotion Office, Production Control Department, Production Control Section 1,
Logistics Refrigeration Department Logistics Refrigeration Sections 1 and 2, Facility Management Department Engineering Section, Management Department Management Section 1 and 2, Planning Department Product Management Section)
02Acquisition of Food Safety Management System certification (FSSC22000)
In 2020, the Osaka branch acquired FSSC22000 certification, an international standard for food safety management systems, taking the opportunity of exporting to the United States. This certification is a management system that reinforces ISO22000 with additional requirements, and is also a standard approved by GFSI, an organization made up of global food-related companies, so it is expected to promote more international trade. increase.
Cut processing of frozen tuna and manufacture of products (diced cuts) made from processed tuna products
[Registered organization]
TOYO REIZO Co., Ltd Osaka Branch Processing Section 1, Processing Section 2, Sales Section 1, Sales Section 3, Logistics Refrigeration Section, Management Section
03In-house training
- (1) We have created a “hygiene training textbook” for employees at our factories and conduct regular training.
- (2) We conduct training on food labeling once a year for labeling managers and employees in sales and production departments.
- (3) All employees are educated once a year to prevent infection with norovirus.
04Internal audit
Conduct internal audits at least once a year at our own factories and group company factories. We use check sheets based on our own standards to confirm whether the systems necessary to ensure food safety are being maintained.
05Factory audits of production subcontractors
- (1) When appointing a new production outsourced factory, we conduct a factory audit in advance.
- (2) We conduct regular audits of all outsourced factories.
06External submission information management
We have formulated internal rules regarding food labeling and have established an internal management system to ensure that product labeling is carried out appropriately based on laws and regulations.
- (1) Develop internal rules regarding food labeling as internal guidelines.
- (2) Collective labeling of new products and mandatory acceptance inspection by the quality control department for product specifications.
- (3) Quality control department members are qualified as food labeling diagnosticians.
- (4) Introduced a dedicated system for internal sharing of product specification information.
07Traceability management
We have built a system for each product that connects product information from raw materials to finished products. In order to accurately transmit information on production areas and respond promptly to inquiries when requested, we conduct product recall training once a year for products manufactured in our own factories to confirm the accuracy of tracing work and the required time. to verify the effectiveness of our traceability system.
