Blue skies and green crops welcomed a team from the Food Standards Agency to PDM’s site in Shropshire last October. PDM’s Technical Director Tariq Shaikh explains: “This was a proactive visit and it was great to meet the team behind the FSA. The aim of the visit was for the FSA to understand the activities and processes involved in being a ‘grower packer’.
“I think the FSA team were surprised with the scale of the farming operation and enjoyed watching the harvesting and packing of whole head iceberg lettuces. “From speaking with the FSA, I learned that a lot of their team are office based and had not seen a manufacturing site before. They were very interested in the end-to-end process of prepared salad and appreciated the investment, process and controls in practice to manage food safety.”
April 2023