Michigan Fine Herbs Opens New Facility

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Friday, 29 October 2010 10:05

Michigan Fine Herbs is proud to announce the occupancy of our new packing facility in Shelbyville, Michigan. Customers and crew enjoyed a grand opening party to celebrate the occasion. Totaling over 11,200 square feet, the building includes 4,000 square feet of refrigerated production area, 1,400 square feet of cooler space and a large office.

The production area boasts two new mechanized packing lines that feature automatic labelers and ink jet printers, a trash compactor, and a 200 kilowatt backup generator. Along with these improvements, we have expanded our workforce to over 60 employees, including additional production, office, sales and delivery folks. We’ve added a new Hino truck to handle our growing business, bringing our fleet to a total of four refrigerated trucks.

“We couldn’t be happier with the move into our beautiful new facility”, remarked Vince Tuinstra, General Manager. “It’s a tremendous asset to our customers and crew. We are looking forward to servicing our customers more efficiently for a long time to come with the highest quality and customer service.”

Grand opening party

Facility exterior

Food Safety

GAP, GMP, HACCP. You may have heard of these acronyms that are becoming increasingly important in our quest for better food safety. But what do these terms mean?

GAP, or Good Agricultural Practices, focuses on the four basic components of production: soil, water, hands, and surfaces. By developing guidelines to address potential risks associated with each of these components, both the quality and safety of harvested produce can be enhanced.

GMP, or Good Manufacturing Practices, is the cornerstone of food quality and safety. GMP includes a food safety plan that incorporates water, product and facility testing.

HACCP, or Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point, is a systematic seven step process that identifies “Critical Control Points” in the production process—and seeks to eliminate the risk posed at those points.

HerbCo implements all three processes - GMP, GAP and HACCP - in its day to day operations.