Source: UB Post
Just Agro LLC of Just Group has recently become the first Mongolian company to receive the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) certificate of international food safety standards. The certification guarantees that the meat products of Makh Market, a subsidiary of Just Agro, meet international standards. In the past meat producers' inability to meet standards has prevented export sale to countries such as Russia and China.
First developed in 1970 by the United States, the HACCP standard originally was used for approval by astronauts until evolving into an organization for determining international food standards. The Mongolian National Food Safety program aims to have no less than 60 percent of Mongolian food products pass the HACCP food standards test by 2016. The HACCP lauded Just Agro for working to bring its standards ahead of the rest of the market, and for achieving this so quickly.
“This is only the beginning,” said chief executive officer of T. Sodnomdarjaa. “We worked for only two years on research and study to have Mongolian meat pass international safety and quality standards.”
The executive added that his company has purchased MNT 61 billion worth of meat from herders, spent MNT 50 million of new processing equipment and MNT 1 billion to better train its employees.
http://www.bcmongolia.org/news/1774-just-agro-operations-first-to-meet-haccp-food-safety-standards-in-mongolia
