Ballyburden Meats is commited to providing safe,quality assured meatproducts to all its customers.Ballyburden Meats operates a very high specification food production facility at Ballincollig,Co.Cork.

These controls include:

• Ensuring that only suppliers who comply with all the relevant food safty and hygiene legislation are added to and kept on their approved supplier list.
  
• Inspecting all deliveries of meat, food ingredients and packaging.
  
• Temperature control of all storage and production areas.
  
• Coding all products to ensure an effective traceability and recall system operates.
  
• A process flow that eliminates cross-contamination.
  
• All products are checked on despatch for quality, temperature, packaging integrity etc.
  
• Strict hygiene supervision and a thorough cleaning programme.
• A preventative maintenance programme to control physical hazards including the purchase of a Metal Detector.

Ballyburden meats will continue to ensure that all necessary precautions are taken to ensure that food processed on it's premises is prepared in a safe and hygenic manner through :

• Ensuring that all employees receive adequate training and instruction regarding food hygiene and safety.
  
• Ensuring that the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Plan (HACCP) system is properly applied at all stages of food storage and preperation.
  
• Ensuring regular effective food hygiene and safety audits are conducted by responsible staff to ensure that standards are being kept.
  
• Ensuring that the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Plan (HACCP) system is verified, maintained and updated on a regular basis.
  
• Ensuring that all products leaving the premises are metal detected.

  Innovative Food Solutions implemented a HACCP system at its production facility in Ballburden during 1999. It was completed in October 1999.
  
  Every aspect of the production proess is controlled and monitored to ensure a consistently safe and high quality product is produced.
  
  If you would like to visit our premises or should you have any queries regarding the above, please do not hesitate to contact us.