BSF is committed to Food Safety & Quality

Beaver Street Fisheries, Inc. is committed to provide both the human and financial resources needed in order to implement, manage, and improve our food safety and quality systems. The safety of our products is of paramount importance and is a daily operational priority. To ensure our ability to provide safe, wholesome foods for families, we use a multitude of food safety processes and programs throughout our plants.

HACCP Programs — Beaver Street Fisheries processing facility operates under proprietary HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) system. The system is designed to address all reasonably occurring physical, chemical and biological hazards. The system is reviewed and validated annually internally and externally by qualified third parties.

Facility Design & Construction — Beaver Street Fisheries is constantly improving the facilities and equipment to ensure a safer, higher-quality product. Weekly audits of the facility are conducted and any deficiency reported to the maintenance personnel. In addition, monthly audits are performed by a multidisciplinary team were the entire facility is evaluated and critical paperwork is reviewed.

Testing — Various microbiological testing programs are a major part of our food safety programs.

These programs include:

1. Environmental testing (plant structure, air and water)
2. Equipment testing (contact and noncontact) preoperational
3. Testing of personnel equipment
4. Testing of raw materials
5. Testing of finished products

People — Beaver Street Fisheries recognizes that more than anything, our people are the vital part of our food safety programs. In order to transfer knowledge and foster continuous improvement in food safety, HACCP and food safety meetings are held every month.

Training — The Food Safety is guaranteed by continuous training of the personnel at Beaver Street Fisheries. HACCP classes are held on a needed basis to both refresh the knowledge of the already certified employees, and to certify new employees. We are proud to mention that more than 70 employees are currently certified. In addition, we train employees in the following areas: Sanitation and equipment cleanliness, personal hygiene and GMP’s, allergen control, critical control points and food defense.

All of us at Beaver Street Fisheries work diligently to produce the safest foods possible. We do this so that both our families and families throughout the country who eat our products can do so safely.