ISO certification for Borgwaldt Flavor

Borgwaldt Flavor has received the DIN EN ISO 22000:2005 certificate for the production of flavors and ingredients for the food and luxury food industry from the SGS United Kingdom Ltd. Systems & Services Certification.

Andreas Briel, managing director of Borgwaldt Flavor, describes ISO 22000 as a pyramid. “The base of the pyramid is made up of good manufacturing practices,” he says. “These are prerequisites for the safe production of flavors for tobacco products and foodstuffs. To manage quality, Borgwaldt implemented ISO 9001 at the beginning of the 1990s.

“The middle layer is the HACCP program, which enables Borgwaldt to control food safety hazards. The top of the pyramid is ISO 22000:2005 which includes management system elements, demonstrating that Borgwaldt has incorporated food safety in its management.”

While certification is a means to ensure the quality and excellence of products and services, it is also an ongoing management process for critical self-assessment, according to Borgwaldt.