HENDERSON, Colo. – Birko, which provides antimicrobial process aids and sanitation chemistry to the produce industry, is now a Produce Marketing Association Gold Circle Contributor.
The PMA Gold Circle supports global food safety initiatives including the Center for Produce Safety at the University of California Davis, a collaborative partnership between industry, government and the scientific/academic communities to continually enhance food safety. The Gold Circle also supports the Partnership for Food Safety Education, which provides safe produce handling messages to consumers.
“Birko is proud to be a part of the Produce Marketing Association as a Gold Circle Contributor,” said Ian Bessell, Birko’s director of business development and food safety for produce. “We especially applaud the PMA’s work in providing both the produce industry and consumers access to the most current food safety information.”
Birko’s Dr. Elis Owens, the firm’s senior chemist/microbiologist, will participate as a panelist at the PMA Fresh Summit Workshop, “Exploring Emerging Technology with Industry Innovators,” Friday, Oct. 18.
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Birko is a leading provider of food safety solutions to the produce, meat and beverage industries. Birko manufactures concentrated chemical formulations used in plant cleaning and sanitation, as well as antimicrobial interventions used to reduce pathogens from the manufacturing process of food. Birko’s equipment division, Chad Equipment, LLC, designs and manufactures chemical dispensing systems and state-of-the-art washing systems as well as equipment used for food safety protection. Founded in 1953, Birko is a PMA Gold Circle contributor and a WBENC Certified Women’s Business Enterprise. birkocorp.com
Source: Birko