Fuchsia Excellence Awards

Excellence in Hygiene

For commitment to best practice in hygiene management.

 Sponsored by Food Safety Promotion Board

Winner:

Waterfall Farms

The Martin family run their vegetable preparation plant to the highest standards. This is reflected in the number of awards they have won for hygiene and quality – 5 awards from Bord Glas since 1997, including overall national winner. Their commercial success is based on superior quality which is achieved by keeping the product as natural as possible, good hygiene is critical in preventing spoiling of vegetables prepared without additives.



Nigel & Trevor Martin, Waterfall Farms, Minister Joe Walsh &
Dr Thomas Quigley, Food Safety Promotion Board

Other Nominees:

Beara Preserves, Castletownbere


Beara Preserves is one of the Supported Employment initiatives of CoAction West Cork. In order to implement their very comprehensive HACCP programme Beara Preserves have trained 13 of their workers who have learning disabilities in all aspects of the production cycle from fruit preparation to filling, labeling & packaging, personal hygiene and also the basic concepts of H.A.C.C.P and GMP. Because of their training focus the process is as important as the product, record keeping and controls are impeccable.

Durrus Cheese


Durrus Cheese is one of the few remaining cheese producers still using raw milk. The enterprise could not have persevered this ling in the face of regulation and the multitude of inspections without exacting hygiene standards. Durrus Cheese has consistently achieved among the highest standards in the annual Fuchsia audits conducted by the National Food Centre.

Coolmore Foods, Bandon


Operating out of a state of the art bakery near Bandon, Coolmore Foods is one of only two bakeries in Ireland to have been approved by EFSIS. EFSIS is the only inspection body which is approved by every European retailer using third party approval. This has necessitated hiring a full time food technologist but has in turn opened up attractive market opportunities particularly in the UK.

Carbery Natural Cheese, Ballineen


Carbery's attention to quality has been endorsed by many awards and accreditations. In 1989, the company was accredited with the ISO 9002 Award, the first complete dairy plant in Ireland to achieve this honour. Since then the company has continued to invest in research and plant to implement Total Quality Assurance.