Safety
Food scandals frequently make the headlines. Consumers are becoming more and more aware of food safety issues. The safety of our food products is of key significance - as an essential quality feature and trademark for good sales arguments. However, the safe product is not just important at the point of sale. The increasing amount of legal requirements and standards and the higher pressure, as a result of globalization, are pushing safety issues more and more into the foreground along the entire value-added chain.
Dr.-Ing. Helmut Steinkamp
Manager - Safety Division
“Foods are indispensable for life. As a result, safety is indispensable...”
Next to the sensory properties of the products and their nutritional profile, food safety is the main quality feature of the future for the marketing of premium products. Legal requirements and standards for food safety, in combination with improved detection methods for contaminants, are the reasons behind this importance. The food producer alone carries the responsibility for the production of safe food and the implementation of the necessary measures. The goal of DIL is to support the industrial companies in the implementation of the required measures.
