Champion Feed Services Ltd. is committed to producing quality animal feeds in a safe and environmentally responsible work environment and to producing feed that will not compromise human food safety. For these reasons we have been FeedAssureTM (HACCP) certified since July of 2002.
FeedAssureTM (HACCP) is a comprehensive feed safety management and certification program developed for the Canadian feed industry through the Animal Nutrition Association of Canada (ANAC). It is a systematic approach to controlling feed safety during the manufacturing and delivery process by indentifying potential hazards at all stages and maintaining procedures to eliminate those hazards or to minimize the likelihood of occurrence.
To fulfill our FeedAssureTM (HACCP) requirements, we have set up a program of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s) which control the way that we operate our mills. GMP’s can be summed up as Saying what we do in written procedures (Standard Operating Procedures – SOP’s), Doing what we say through staff training, and Proving it through good record keeping. GMP’s cover everything at our mills including premises, receiving, transportation and storage, equipment maintenance and calibration, sanitation and pest control, personnel and recall procedures.
In addition, and as per The Health of Animals Regulations (C.R.C., C.296), part XIV (SOR/2006-147, S.20) Food for Ruminants, Livestock and Poultry, Rendering Plants, Fertilizers and Fertilizer Supplements, Sections 162-170, Champion Feed Services Ltd. does not manufacture, package, store, distribute sell or advertise for sale any animal food for ruminants (cattle, sheep, deer) that contains prohibited material. “Prohibited Material” means anything that is or contains any protein that originated from a mammal other than porcine or equine. It does not include milk, blood, gelatin and rendered animal fat or their products”.
Champion’s FeedAssureTM (HACCP) program is an on-going program that will constantly be refined in response to changes in our facilities as well as those in the feed industry. Our corporate mandate is to be an industry leader in feed safety.
Gary Golby
General Manager
Champion Feed Services Ltd.
September 2009