March 2017 | Business View Caribbean

96 97 Quality Poultry Products Sales representative: diego.chacon@froztec.com C: +1(305)9872351 www.froztec.com Project develoPment and engineering design the best suPPlier for refrigeration Products says Barkman. QPP operates a state-of-the-art facility dedicated to the highest quality of control standards. In fact, the company just recently received its long sought-after HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) certifica- tion, an internationally recognized standard for food processing sanitation and safety. Bark- man reports that almost three quarters of the $7 million the company has spent in factory upgrades over the past few years was to estab- lish the HACCP certification, which now allows QPP to export chicken. “It’s the bare minimum that every chicken has to comply with to be able to export,” he says. “Now we are ready for two shifts, which means we can work day and night. If we want to start exporting we need AT A GLANCE Quality Poultry Products WHAT: A cooperative poultry processing com- pany WHERE: Spanish Lookout, Belize WEBSITE: www.quality poultryproducts.com