GEDDES — The American Institute of Baking (AIB) International has accredited the wholesale division of Corso’s Cookies with a Safe Quality Food (SGF) Level 2 certification.
The division, called the Decorated Cookie Company, makes decorated shortbread cookies, the company said in a news release.
The certification means the Decorated Cookie Company can sell its cookies to major retailers such as Walmart and Target, the firm said in an email message to the Business Journal News Network.
Corso’s Cookies operates at 314 Lakeside Road in Geddes.
The certification follows a two-day audit that the Manhattan, Kan.–based AIB conducted near the end of February, according to Corso’s Cookies.
SQF in 2014 became the first internationally accredited, third-party assessment program to require unannounced audits. Global retailers and foodservice providers who require a “rigorous, credible” food–safety management system accept SQF, the news release stated.
The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), based at the Consumer Goods Forum in France, also recognizes SQF.
SQF is an HACCP (Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Points)-based food–safety management system that requires the Decorated Cookie Company to follow current food–safety legislation, Corso’s noted.
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