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Table 2
ADAS clients span the entire industry from primary manufactures to direct contact
converters and represent the sectors listed.
Adhesives/labels Folded cartons
Aluminium foil Food cans
Beverage cans Glass bottles
Blow moulding Injection moulding
Carton board Medical papers
Corrugated board/cases Metal closures
Decorative tinplate Paper mills/converters
Flexible films/laminates Thermoforming (PP, PS, EPS & PET)
tions and requirements have to be
met. For this reason ADAS/DTI has
for some time suggested to its hygiene
accredited companies that they
should prepare a comprehensive
chart of identified hygiene hazards
and the associated controls. Each
control measure – typically a procedure
or work instruction – should be
cross referenced to the existing
quality or hygiene management systems.
A table of information drawn
up in this way, and supported by systems
and records will provide solid
and defensible evidence that a packaging
manufacturer has hygiene
under control. It is the ability to
demonstrate control which really
matters. Unfortunately, it is possible
to “do a HACCP” and fail to achieve
that essential objective.
ADAS Hygiene Management
Pressure from customers, the need
to establish “due diligence” and,
more recently, European legislation,
have moved hygiene up the priority
list for packaging suppliers to the
multiple retailers, food, drink and
pharmaceutical industries. Dealing
with hygiene on an ad-hoc basis no
longer satisfies the need of these
customers. ADAS Hygiene Management
for the Packaging Industry is
a tool that puts your company back
in control.
ADAS Hygiene Management for the
Packaging Industry was launched
in UK in 1991 in response to increasing
customer pressure for
packaging suppliers to show a com-
mitment to hygiene and improve
standards. ADAS Hygiene Management
rapidly established itself as
the accepted approach for managing
hygiene, and is now the industry's
leading certification scheme. With
over 60 sites certified and more than
100 additional companies across
Europe committed to the ADAS approach
to Hygiene Management,
ADAS rightly claims unrivalled experience
of hygiene in the packaging
industry.
Using broad experience of the industry's
requirements and sound
technical knowledge, ADAS Hygiene
Management offers sensible, practical
coat effective and appropriate solutions
that are tailored to each individual
company's needs.
ADAS clients span the entire industry
from primary manufacturers to
direct contact converters and represent
the sectors listed in Table 2.
The initial interest in hygiene in
packaging originally came from the
food industry; this has now extended
to other hygiene-sensitive industries:
■ Medical
■ Pharmaceutical
■ Cosmetic
■ Health care
■ Toiletries
■ Laundries
■ Transportation/Logistics
ADAS is again at the forefront of
these developments and leading the
thinking on the right approach. The
value of well informed technical
judgement in these circumstances
can not be over-emphasised.
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International recognition of the importance
of packaging hygiene to
many of the industry's customers, is
following the lead established in the
UK. As yet there is no international
standard for hygiene in packaging.
Indeed establishing such a standard
may prove very difficult as the very
wide range of types and uses of
packaging represent widely varying
levels of risk. Fortunately, the ADAS
approach is gaining wide acceptance
in Europe; ADAS now operate
its Hygiene Management scheme in
10 countries, and have requests
from Italy, Switzerland and the Far
East. As for now, ADAS co-operate
with companies in the following
countries:
■ Denmark
■ France
■ Germany
■ Holland
■ Iceland
■ Ireland
■ Norway
■ Spain
■ Sweden
■ UK
Co-operation between ADAS
and DTI
Late 1996, ADAS and the Danish
Technological Institute (DTI) agreed
to join forces in order to offer hygiene
certification to Scandinavian
and European packaging manufacturers.
Today, ADAS is a privatised
independent consultancy service organisation,
but until spring 1997 is
was integrated in the British Ministry
of Agriculture, Fisheries and
Food (MAFF). The Danish Technological
Institute is an independent,
non-profit institution, approved by
the Danish Ministry of Business and
Industry.
Authors
Dr. Matt Ewart, ADAS, Oxford,
United Kingdom
M. Sc., Ph. D. (Food Technology)
Steen H. Rasmussen, Danish
Technological Institute, Packaging
and Transport, Taastrup, Denmark
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