Production & Quality

We’re committed to meeting the highest standards of production and quality

Product Preservation

For the products being human consumables (in the form of sweets and confectionary, fruit jellies, fruit bars, and proprietary ayurvedic medicine, etc.), all the “Food Preservation Requirements” warranted by the Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 are applicable. We instruct our employees who handle production and packaging to ensure the following:

• Hygienic handling.
• Sealing of the product in minimal time to ensure no damage to product by moisture, heat etc.
• Secondary packing in jars, pouches, displays etc.
• Controlled temperature and humidity conditions in manufacturing, packing areas and wherever required.

Quality Assurance

Since the top management of Perfetti Van MelleIndia Private Limited firmly believes in the manufacturing & selling of high quality sweets and confectionary, fruit jellies, fruit bars, and proprietary ayurvedic medicine and other consumable productsit has heavily invested in setting and maintaining a full-fledged Quality Assurance set-up which functions independently of the manufacturing function.

The Quality Assurance function is driven by people who are qualified in Dairy Technology/Food Technology / Chemistry / Microbiology / Biochemical Engineering with significant experience in ensuring food quality

The company has an excellent infrastructure in the Quality Assurance Department comprising of the latest sophisticated State of the Art Equipment for routine analysis of the incoming Raw and Packaging Material, In-Process parameters and Finished Goods.

The company also has a Microbiological Laboratory for doing relevant microbiological tests on the raw materials, in-process materials and finished products.

Ingredients used in Manufacturing and Incoming Material Checks

All the ingredients used in the manufacture of sweets and confectionary, fruit jellies, fruit bars, proprietary ayurvedic medicine at Perfetti van MelleIndia Private Limited subscribe to the requirements of the Food Safety and Standards Act 2006and conform to the stipulations.
The company’s In-house specifications of the raw materials also conform to FSSAI requirements. The company subjects its vendors to an elaborate vendor approval process before the vendor is approved for purchase of ingredients. In this way, the company ensures that it purchases its ingredients from reputed vendors only. Each and every Raw and / or Packaging Material is subjected to an Incoming Inspection Plan comprising of the sampling of material and its testing. Material is accepted only if it is found to be complying with the laid down parameters for that material.

Food Safety Management System

The company firmly believes in continually improving the quality system and Food Safety Management System.The company has been certified as conforming to the requirements to of FSSC 22000:2013, by SGS International. FSSC 22000:2013 is a GFSI recognized Food Safety System Certification.It defines a set of general food safety requirements worldwide that apply to all organizations. Use of this system is to ensure that food products do not cause adverse human health effects.
It defines a set of general food safety requirements world wide that apply to all organizations in the food chain. Use of this system is to ensure that food products do not cause adverse human health effects.

Good Manufacturing Practices (G.M.P.)

Perfetti Van Melle India Private Limited (PVMI) practices comprehensive protocol for maintaining hygienic practices of the highest order in its manufacturing facilities. For this purpose it maintains world class GMP practices throughout its manufacturing locations.
Some of these practices are using disposable surgical gloves while handling products, appropriate face masks for handlers who are handling primary packed products, appropriate hand washing facilities, sanitation at all the entrances of the facility, etc.
Pre-requisite programmes as per the requirement of FSSC 22000 have been implemented in the manufacturing facility. Some of them are Personnel hygiene of the food handlers. Personnel Hygiene of Food Handlers is maintained and practiced at all levels of production to maintain food safety.