FOOD SAFETY & QUALITY CONTROL
Calise & Sons has always taken great pride in providing customers
with the highest quality products and services available. Toward that
end, the Food Safety Department is committed to all areas of food
safety and product quality. Under the direction of the Food Safety
Manager, the 30-person department is engaged in maintaining the highest
standards of food safety and hygiene.
Calise & Sons uses a proactive HAACP-based food safety system which
places emphasis on recognizing critical points in the food processing
operation that may present a hazard to public health and designing
effective and preventative procedures to minimize food safety risks.
Calise & Sons places emphasis on continuous employee training,
monthly auditing of plant operations, daily monitoring of plant systems
and procedures, a comprehensive system that insures the quality of
products and ingredients received and microbial, chemical and physical
sampling programs to insure consistent high quality, safe food products.
On June 11, 2002, the Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act was
passed into law in response to the events of September 11, 2001. Calise
& Sons Bakery meets all the criteria required under the
Bioterrorism Act in regard to food facility registration, product and
process security, physical plant security, record keeping, product
tracking and detention and recall procedures which enable the company
to quickly and effectively respond in the event of an actual or
threatened attack on the U.S. food supply.
Calise & Sons is licensed and regulated by the Rhode Island
Department of Health and is inspected by the American Institute of
Baking. The company has passed all individual requirements with the
highest ratings. The most recent audit by AIB resulted in a
Superior rating. As Calise & Sons Bakery continues to grow, so will the company's commitment to food safety and quality.
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