White mineral oils have applications in a variety of fields including the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and food industries.
For businesses working in fields like these, ensuring that every element involved in your production process is clean and safe is of the utmost importance. That includes the white mineral oil you choose to use.
It’s no easy feat to produce an oil that is pure, colorless, odorless, and stable, while also eliminating the potential health risks that could come in at any step of the production process. An SQF certification ensures that the highest standards of quality are met.
What Is an SQF Certification?
First developed in Australia in 1994, SQF (Safe Quality Food) is a food safety standard that companies can use to certify that their processes result in a product that is up to par with international standards.
SQF is recognized by the GFSI (Global Food Safety Initiative), meaning that compliance with SQF is also compliance with GFSI. Both are important, internationally recognized criteria for demonstrating a commitment to food safety.
To become certified companies must first familiarize themselves with the SQF code that is relevant to their specific product and implement it as part of their quality system. After this, they schedule an on-site audit, which is conducted by an auditor from an SQF-licensed certification body. Every subsequent year, the company must go through another audit to renew its SQF certification.
Passing these stringent requirements means a company is committed to food safety. Here are some of the advantages of working with such a company.
Why You Should Work with an SQF-Certified White Mineral Oil Supplier
1. Widely Recognized Standards
The SQF certification is an internationally recognized program, with SQF-certified facilities in over 40 countries spanning six continents. The GFSI, of which the SQF is a prominent methodology, encompasses multiple different certification protocols and thus has an even broader scope. By working with SQF-certified suppliers, you are working with one of the most trusted and well-known food safety certification agencies, giving more of your partners and customers confidence in your commitment to food safety.
2. Consumer Responsiveness
Because the SQF Institute is owned by the Food Marketing Institute, they can use their extensive network to connect suppliers all the way to consumers. Reports about what shoppers and retailers want and expect are relayed up the chain to producers and suppliers, and integrated into the SQF guidelines. Working with SQF-certified suppliers is a great way to make sure the suppliers you’re working with are already in lockstep with the priorities of your target market.
3. Market Reach
Consumers increasingly treat health and safety as one of their primary concerns when picking which products to buy, and the businesses that can demonstrate their commitment to these values can capitalize and grab a bigger share of their target markets. Using ingredients from SQF-certified suppliers can set you apart from your competitors and ease the minds of health-conscious consumers.
4. Continual Improvement
The SQF Institute is constantly integrating new ideas and research into its policies to have the most scientifically informed and up-to-date standards for food safety. Companies with SQF certification are, by extension, constantly at the cutting edge, improving their processes whenever new techniques become available. This involves constant review and continuous improvement. Additionally, since certification only lasts for a year, companies with SQF certification display a deep commitment to these standards by renewing year after year.
5. Minimize Risk
Even minor lapses in the quality and safety of your product can have serious implications for your business and reputation. SQF is based on the ISO 9001 quality management standard and incorporates the HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points) framework, which minimizes food safety risk by seeking to identify potential hazards in your supply chain and develop protocols for monitoring and fixing them. Protocols like this help producers anticipate risks before they happen, making safety and quality mistakes less common and less severe.
Working With SQF-Certified Renkert Oil
Renkert Oil takes the health and safety expectations of our clients seriously. That’s why we monitor operations and quality daily, as well as renew our SQF certification and submit to a new audit annually, making sure all our policies and practices are up to the highest standard, as we’ve routinely demonstrated.
Working with Renkert means working with a supplier that shares your values. Our commitment to quality, consistency, and reliability, represented by our SQF certification, is only possible because of the importance placed on them by every member of our business.
For more information about making Renkert Oil your food-grade white oil supplier, contact us today.