Seafood exporter gets five int'l certificates

Hanoi (VNA) - Hai Viet Corporation, a seafood processor known as Havico, has become the first business in Vietnam to obtain five international certificates from URS-UKAS, an UK accreditation service provider.

The certificates include the ones on Sanitation Standard Operating
Procedures (SSOP), Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Hazard Analysis and
Critical Control Points (HACCP) and British Retail Consortium (BRC),
recognising Havico's good practices to ensure food safety.

The company has also gained SA 8000:2001, the most widely-recognised global
standard for managing human rights in the workplace.

Havico General Director Phan Thanh Chien said as a producer of instant
foods, Havico gives top priority to ensuring food safety.

Set up in 1991, Havico has always reported the highest export value in the
fisheries sector in southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province.

Havico's products are being sold to the US, Australia, Hong Kong and Taiwan,
bringing about an export value of 40.6 million USD in 2007 and nearly 16
million USD in the first five month of this year.-Enditem