The food safety and hygiene issue to ensure the safety of workers’ health is always a serious concern within industrial zones. Many units have actively promoted the operation of canteens, industrial kitchens, also applied technology, focused on taking care of employees health and determined that this is the top priority to maintain production and business activities.
Need more than 160,000 servings per day
Considered as one of the top five main industrial provinces and cities of the North, Hai Duong is emerging as a region with many advantages that still has a lot of internal resources to develop industrial zones. By the end of 2020, there were 14 industrial zones in the province, including 11 industrial zones and 38 industrial clusters in operation, created jobs for about 160,000 workers. And with such many workers, each year these industrial zones consume hundreds of tons of food, vegetable and fruits. It is estimated that the number of servings in a day is up to over 160,000 meals.
It is known that businesses in the province often organize meal shifts in 3 types: Self-cooking enterprises to serve workers (60%), enterprises with their own collective kitchens that sign contracts with external companies, business households cook (30%) and businesses outsource catering service (10%). There are still potential risks of food poisoning due to many factors such as an unsecured food supply; the processing, cooking, and post-processing inspection process is not thorough, the method of transporting food is problematic…
According to a representative of the Management Board of Hai Duong Provincial Industrial Parks, the demand for industrial meals in the province is very high, so ensuring food safety, especially in industrial zones in Hai Duong province, is always strictly managed and inspected by the government. In recent years, to meet the market needs, many industrial catering enterprises have been thriving. However, there are not many reliable and professional companies because the requirements for businesses providing industrial meals are very high, especially the food safety standards in the COVID-19 context.
More businesses enter the industrial catering market
Recently, An Phat Holdings announced the establishment of An Phat Industrial Catering Services Joint Stock Company (An Phat Catering Services) specializing in providing industrial meals. With the advantage of nearly 20 years of production activities in Hai Duong and self-serving 3,000 servings/day, this is one of the favorable points for An Phat Catering Services to participate in this field.
In addition, when expanding into new fields, An Phat Holdings has set production requirements, of which the most important is ensuring food safety and hygiene To achieve these requirements, we focus on 03 factors: Food supply; Production Technology and Product Inspection Process.
For the food supply, An Phat Catering Services selects a reputable food supplier, meeting the criteria of quality, quantity, and price. The items are examined and have the certificate of origin inspection every day, suppliers are required to have a certificate of meeting food hygiene and safety standards.
In terms of technology, An Phat Holdings considers this an important factor, determining sustainable development in this field. The investment on a large number of modern machines for processing, cooking, cleaning dishes, etc. will help businesses limit direct human approach, minimizing the possibility of food contamination.
Mr. Dinh Xuan Cuong, Vice Chairman and CEO of An Phat Holdings, said that technology is an important factor in the fields that businesses are aiming for. With a scale of 6,000 m2, a capacity of 50,000 servings/day, An Phat Catering Services is reasonably arranged according to subdivisions, flexibly uses machinery and operates on the principle of 1-way, which means that the entire production process is designed in a unified 1-way direction, from inputting ingredients to finished products, are separated. This helps to increase the efficiency of food processing, ensure uniformity, safety and hygiene, save time and manpower.
In addition to guaranteed food quality and modern technology systems, An Phat Catering Services takes product inspection seriously. Before the meals serve to consumers, the processed foods are tested and inspected, and the test samples are saved to ensure maximum safety for workers.
Currently, in addition to providing industrial meals for our own factory system in Hai Duong, Yen Bai, Hanoi, etc., An Phat Catering Services is also providing services to many partners and high-end clients such as: Han SungWon Electronics Vietnam Co., Ltd., Tiinlab Vietnam Audio Technology Co., Ltd., etc Suntel Vina Co., Ltd.
In the future, An Phat Catering Services plans to expand to provide many other convenient services such as: providing airline meals, organizing events, supplying food to supermarkets and retail systems, providing vending machines, etc. according to the needs of customers and partners.
