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Campco awarded with ISO 22000 Certification

08.06.10 Mangalore : The Campco Ltd, The multi state co-operative giant
based a Mangalore has been awarded the ISO 22000 Certification pertaining to
Food Safety and Food Quality by the certification authority SGS of
Switzerland, for its chocolate manufacturing division, said Sanjay Goshal of
ISO.

He was speaking after handing over ISO certification to Konkodi Padmanabha,
president of Campco during the press meet held at its head office ‘Varanashi
Towers’ on June 7, Monday. He also said that the ISO 22000 Certification is
given to Campco for the activities of preparing, storing and dispatching of
cocoa based products, chocolates, hard boiled sugar confectionery products,
instantised drinking chocolates and Instant milk flavouring.

Congradulating the Campco, he also said that, ISO 22000 standards is widely
accepted across the world as the model for Food and Safety. Customer
expectation, environmental concerns, demands for organic foods, changing
technology are some of the reasons for the implementation of Food Safety
assurance system by manufacturers. Campco is one of the 53 ISO certified
company so far to ensure food safety to customers, he added.
Chief Guest Satish Marathe, National President of Sahakara Bharathi
congratulated the company and said that, Campco made the co0operative
business proud and chocolate making is a big business in our country.
Konkodi Padmanabha, president, CAMPCO, said that this certification is given
to all the farmers of Karnataka and Kerala for their efforts behind the
company. Large numbers of workers of past and present are responsible for
this achievement.
He also said that Campco is already in the process of applying for ISO 14000
pertaining to environmental management systems and OHSAS-18000, a policy of
the management to conform the legal requirements and with other requirements
to which the organization subscribes pertaining to health and safety of the
system.
Srikrishna Bhat, vice president, CAMPCO, A S Bhat, managing director and
Suresh Bhandary were present.

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