The PEPSICO plants in Echavarri, Seville, Tafalla and Burgos all achieve recertification at Grade A.
The certificate was formally awarded on 4th May 2016 at Pepsico’s offices in Echavarri (Northern Spain). In attendance were quality managers representing all four production plants, all of which had achieved Grade A recertification. Alicia Arroyo (Food Systems Certification Operations Manager at Applus+) and Mario Magallon (Commercial Manager) presented the certificates to the quality managers at PepsiCo’s Echavarri, Seville, Tafalla and Burgos plants, along with Marta Grijelmo (Pepsico’s Beverage Category Quality Control Regional Manager for Western Europe).
Pepsico Iberia
PepsiCo Iberia operates in Spain and Portugal, producing and marketing a range of food and beverage products. These include crisps, potato and cereal snacks, gazpacho, juices, dried fruit and baked goods under flagship brands such as Lay’s, Matutano, Cheetos, Ruffles, Doritos, Sunbites, Chipicao, Alvalle and Tropicana Pure Premium. As for drinks, the company produces a variety of soft drinks (both carbonated and still), isotonic and energy drinks and fruit juices. Among the company’s best-known carbonated brands are Pepsi, Kas, Seven Up, Bitter Kas and On Limit, with Radical Fruit Company, Tropicana, Gatorade, Lipton Ice Tea, Kasfruit, Aquafina and Mosto Greip numbering among its still brands.
About BRC certification
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BRC Global Standard for Food Safety certification scheme was developed with a view to encouraging the manufacture of safe food products and managing their quality in order to meet customer requirements and fulfil manufacturers’ regulatory compliance and consumer protection obligations.
The scheme requires the firm commitment of the company’s management team and the putting in place of a HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) Plan, a quality management system and prerequisite programmes for good hygiene and manufacturing practice.