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Quality Assurance
Management |
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Seara maintains a multidisciplinary
technical team which develops quality concepts
and technical principles that encourage the achievement of quality
through the
following technical programs:
1. Animal Health Program and Pathogen
Control
2. Aninal Welfare Program - WELFARE
3. Good Veterinary Practices - GAP / Biosafety / Pathogen Control
4. Production System under Official Control - DAS/SIF
5. GMP - Good Manufacturing Practices
6. Integrated Plague Control - CIP
7. Standard Sanitation Procedure and Operational Hygiene - SSOP's
8. Hazard Analysis of Critical Control Points - HACCP
9. Supplier Evaluation System
10. SAC - Customer Service
11. Control of Pesticide and Biological Residues
12. Tracking System
13. Calibration System of Measurement and Test Equipment
14. Microbiological, virological, serologic, pesticide, residue,
physical-chemical and sensorial. Laboratory Controls.
15. Foreign Body Policy
16. Process Control - Capability / CEP / Responsibility / Authority
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Animal Health Program and Pathogen Control |
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The program monitors animal quality
from housing , through breeding up to slaughtering to ensure the
sanitation of the animals and the product health. By means of hazard
controls against the main foodborne disease agents, Seara ensures
that its herds are free from the main pathogens of economic impact.
Control activities mainly focus on the top of the pyramid of the
production chain . They prioritize breeder stocks and monitor the
rest of the chain up to industrialization. Microbial agents that
affect both the production of safe food products to and the sanitary
status of the animals themselves, such as Salmonella sp, Escherichia
coli and Campylobacter jejuni, are controlled through HACCP through
GAP- Good Agricultural Practices in combined agriculture and stock
raising . Microbial agents that affect the safety of meat products
such as Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli, Salmonella sp
and Staphylococcus aureus, are monitored and controlled through
Good Manufacturing Practices, Operational Hygiene Procedures (SOP´s)
and HACCP.
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Animal Welfare Program - WELFARE |
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WELFARE, the Animal Welfare
Program complies with the WELFARE recommendations - Federal Animal
Welfare Council. |
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Standard Procedures of Good Combined Agriculture and Stock Raising
Practices - GAP |
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These procedures guarantee
that the breeding of animals is in accordance with international standards
of quality. They aim to obtain the best animal breeding and health
status. Business partners and related companies are trained by Seara
Alimentos technicians and periodically assessed according to a checklist,
enabling Class A, B, and C classifications to be made. |
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Industrial Production System |
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Our industrial park meets
the national and international meat processing standards. Our operations
are regularly inspected by both national and international sanitary
authorities and the clients themselves. |
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GMP - Good Manufacturing Practices |
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Through stringent hygienic
and sanitary procedures that govern all operations and encompass all
employees, from uniforms to facilities, we guarantee the production
of safe products. |
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HACCP - Hazard Analysis of Critical Control Points |
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This analysis is based
on the study of processes and on the identification of critical points,
whose control is crucial for food safety and product quality. It is
a managerial tool for the daily production process. In case of leaks,
corrective measures are immediately implemented and evaluated as to
their effectiveness. |
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The 5S's Program - Order and Cleanliness |
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Through the "Practice
the 5S's" Program, implemented in all areas of the Company- from
combined administrative and industrial agriculture and stock raising
through management and production-, we develop the routine of disposal,
order, hygiene and cleanliness. This is how Seara´s working
environment stays pleasant and healthy. |
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Integrated Plague Control Program |
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It is implemented throughout
the production chain, and represents our commitment to the assurance
of animal health and ultimate product quality. |
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Tracking system |
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Controls are maintained
to ensure that information about the product during the stages of
animal breeding, feed production, slaughtering and processing is obtained
for proper analysis to approve its shipment and distribution (positive
release). Information is immediately retrievable, and is an example
of Seara's quality processes and products. The tracking system also
allows for the RECALL of the non-performing products, as detected
by the Company and/or occasionally post-shipment by the customers. |
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Measurement and test equipment calibration system |
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Every branch counts on
an equipment calibration system, which directly relates to the quality
of the products. |
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