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OPERATIONS SLOW DOUGH BREAD CO.
Right: Slow
Dough's Texassized
pretzel
is popular with
its stadium
customer.
Circle: Slow
Dough Bread
Co.'s 13-oz
pretzel is
shaped by hand
because of its
size.
groups, they're excited to not see a bunch of conveyors,
and we're nimble enough to be able to say yes
to them. "
Next level in food safety
Other than during the pandemic, Slow Dough
has seen positive growth year-over-year. While
the business obviously took a hit when its main
customer channel - restaurants - were suddenly
closed for health and safety, Slow Dough
has grown steadily as it has recovered. With
that growth and more attention from potential
customers, a higher level of professionalism has
been required of operations and business. Just as
important as investment in the right equipment to
meet capacity has been investment in food safety
and maintenance/sanitation.
Sanchez hired Alejandra Blanco as food safety coordinator
and monitor to get the company SQF- and
GFSI-certified. The audit is in April. Blanco has spent
the past five years in Florida preparing other
companies for these certifications, so
she's clear on what's expected and
how to get there.
" We currently have GMP
certification, but in order to get
to the next level we need that
GFSI and SQF certification, "
Blanco said.
She's implemented a strong
cleaning and sanitation process.
Even though the third shift -
midnight to 4 a.m. every day - is
a thorough clean of the entire bakery,
dry cleaning happens throughout the day
between production runs. Adenosine diphosphate
step.
We like to work with what
we have. ... But the answer
is never 'no'; we always
want to work it in. "
GUS GUERRERO SLOW DOUGH BREAD CO.
(ADP) swabs are performed first thing in the morning
before production to confirm the cleanliness of the
equipment, both food and non-food contact surfaces.
The bakery tests for both listeria and salmonella.
" We are a low-risk facility because all the bread
is baked, " Blanco said. " You only need to reach
165˚F to kill salmonella and our ovens get to 300˚F
to 400˚F. "
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" We work on instruction to get them ready and
fill in the gaps of their knowledge, " she said.
Employees are trained first on standard GMPs
as well as food defense and fraud and sanitation
practices. The bakery conducts HACCP analyses and
quality-control checks such as temperature. Blanco
uses a bread evaluation system to analyze product
quality: grain, crumb, taste, temperature, etc., to ensure
that each batch has been made correctly before
it's shipped.
The other side of these certifications has been
the need to track everything for traceability and
recall purposes. Slow Dough uses the program
Flexibake to do this, but when Blanco arrived, she
implemented more Flexibake features. The ERP system
allows the bakery to implement lot tracking and
Preparing the facility for the
SQF and GFSI audits, Blanco said
the most challenging part is always
the people. Training is critical because,
as she pointed out, the employees are the final
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