Time-tested, dependable quality management systems and cutting-edge technology enable Morinaga Milk to provide safe, trustworthy, and delicious products to the company's wide range of customers. From the very beginning of product development,
careful attention and care are given to food safety and quality.
Strict food safety and quality procedures are followed throughout the entire production process to ensure that each production facility follows the highest possible standards appropriate for the products they manufacture.
The Morinaga Group has set the overall Quality Policy that each business operation within the group must follow including -
1. Product development, 2. Raw material procurement, 3. Manufacturing, 4. Distribution and sales.
The systematic application of quality management standards based on these policies ensures the quality and safety of all Morinaga Group products.
Initiatives
that Support
Quality and Safety
High-quality materials, strict production systems and excellent human resources together form the basis of Morinaga Milk's product quality and safety.
Below are some of the steps Morinaga Milk takes to implement its quality and safety standards.*
Sample Lot Inspections
Before raw materials are approved for delivery to plants, lot samples are carefully inspected not only by the suppliers but also by Morinaga Milk's own Quality Control Department which conducts strict quality control measures to
determine that such raw materials meet Morinaga's standards for use. Plants are permitted to accept only those materials which have passed quality inspection in advance.
・ Erroneous Input Prevention System
Erroneous Input Prevention System
Functions of the Erroneous Input Prevention System include -
1. Calculation of the amount of each ingredient needed per lot based on product specifications
2. Printing of weight labels with bar codes for each ingredient
3. Flow sequence for mixing and blending of ingredients based on formula instructions
4. Ensuring that only prescribed ingredients are used
5. Automatic recording of all ingredients used
In addition to preventing errors in the mixing and blending of product ingredients, this system simplifies quality verifications and allows rapid tracing of finished product.
MACCP
Morinaga's own MACCP system, based on HACCP, ensures that all products meet the standards for Morinaga Milk products. MACCP also allows Morinaga to maintain a stable manufacturing system to provide trustworthy products to all customers.
The main feature of the system is quality-related hazard analysis that ensures food safety and quality through strict implementation of measures to prevent one-time and repetitive errors.
Morinaga Milk is constantly taking steps to further enhance its systems and product quality through in-house inspection and verification.
・ Taste Panel Meister System
Taste Panel Meister System
Morinaga Milk established its own unique system to select those employees within the Morinaga Group who can sense even small variances in the basic tastes found in food, specifically, sweet, salty, sour, bitter and umami. The testing
done to identify such employees is so stringent that, as of 2018, only 71 of the 5,600 employees in the Morinaga Group could be certified as a "Taste Panel Meister." The Meisters have such an extremely refined sense of taste that
they can detect even slight taste abnormalities in products.
* In addition to stringently conforming to all laws, regulations, and industrial standards, etc., Morinaga Milk has established a set of internal standards that exceed industrial standards.
