Yee Lee Edible Oils Sdn. Bhd., a member of Yee Lee Group of Companies, has recently achieved its International Food Safety Standard, HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) certification. This industrial certification was officially certified on 28th June 2006 by "Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia" (Ministry of Health Malaysia).

HACCP was introduced as a system to control safety as the product is manufactured, rather than trying to detect problems by testing the finished product. It places responsibility for ensuring food safety appropriately on the food manufacturer or distributor. This new system is based on assessing the inherent hazards or risks in a particular product or process and designing a system to control them. Specific points where the hazards can be controlled in the process are identified.

Some inherent benefits of HACCP concept, as perceived by us, are listed as follows:

 

·          The system is an Internationally Accepted System of Quality Assurance and  recognized by organizations such as World Health Organisation (WHO) and World Trade Organisation(WTO) etc.

·          Customer and Consumer Confidence: A controlled food operating environment and effectively implemented and applied food safety system will improve customer and consumer confidence.

·          The established system demonstrates compliance with governmental food safety regulations & legal compliances, thereby ensuring greater consumer confidence in product quality and safety.

·          It enhances the relationships between organizations in the food chain, customers and enforcement agencies.

 

We have worked hard to achieve this industrial accreditation which requires commitment from every employee from the upper to the lower management and to the processes and procedures that have to be implemented at the YLEO plant. Even though HACCP Certification does a great deal to recognize our efforts, the ultimate reward would be a motivating drive to propel us to thrive on the challenges ahead, and brings on value-added quality products and services  to our long lasting customers who have supported us all these years.