March 27, 2010

China Zhongpin's lab designated as key for food quality

The Science & Technology Department of Henan has designated Zhongpin's scientific laboratory as a Key Laboratory for food quality and processing.

The designation means that the laboratory is now approved by Henan's Science & Technology Department as a Key Laboratory for meat production processing and quality assurance. This Key Laboratory was created in collaboration with Henan Agricultural University.

The designation of the Key Laboratory is another important achievement for Zhongpin, especially for the company's quality assurance system that is applied to food production. The government's recognition has resulted from Zhongpin's aggressive investments and vigorous actions to provide the highest quality and safe products to its customers - from farm to fork.

In addition to its focus on scientific testing to validate product quality assurance and production processes, this Key Laboratory also has the mission to study three topics to advance the company's and the industry's scientific knowledge and food processing practices: the factors and mechanisms that influence meat quality, emerging new processing engineering and quality assurance technologies that could improve food safety and quality even further, and scientific factors that influence product competitiveness in the market.

The designation as the Key Laboratory is expected to serve as an exchange platform for technical cooperation with universities, technical institutes, and food processors in China and internationally.