Glass Industry Adapts HACCP Protocols for Glass Containers
Food safety—from spinach to peanut butter—is an ongoing concern for American consumers, and those across the globe. To compete in a world market and reduce barriers to international trade, more food manufacturers, packagers. and distributors are adopting well-established Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) standards.
HACCP is an international protocol to identify and manage risks in the food supply chain. It is recognized as the primary food safety standard for many countries, and also holds packaging companies responsible for ensuring that packaging materials do not compromise food safety.
As many glass container customers have asked their packaging suppliers, including glass suppliers, to adopt the approach, the GPI formed a task group to develop a proactive product safety program for glass container industry HACCP implementation.
The result is a generic, voluntary Glass Container HACCP Program that’s suitable and tailored for the many different types of glass container manufacturing operations and applications. Representatives from Gallo Glass, O-I, Saint-Gobain Containers and Vitro Packaging participated in development of the document. Download the protocol
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About the institute
The Glass Packaging Institute (GPI) is the trade association representing the North American glass container industry. Through GPI, glass container manufacturers speak with one voice to advocate industry standards, promote sound environmental policies and educate packaging professionals. GPI member companies manufacture glass containers for food, beverage, cosmetic and many other products. GPI also has associate members that represent a broad range of suppliers and closure manufacturers.
