Commitment to safety
Certifications held by DIC Spirulina
| Company name | Location | Foundation | Capital | Production | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIC Corporation | Japan | 1908 | |||
| Earthrise Nutritionals, LLC. | California U.S.A. | 1981 | 12Million US$ | 550tons | |
| Hainan-DICMicroalgae Co., Ltd. | Hainan People’s Republic of China | 1996 | 7.3Million US$ | 350tons | |
| Sun Chemical Corporation |
FSSC・ISO：International standards for food safety and quality management systems
HACCP：Hygiene management methods to ensure product safety by controlling particularly important processes in the entire process from the raw materials reception to the shipment of products
GMP：Raw material control + facility control + product liability programs → stringent regulations specific to medical products
GRAS：FDA（Food and Drug Administration） Generally Accepted Food Safety List (Generally Recognized as Safe List)
HALAL：HALAL is on permissible food acording to Islamic law.
HACCP：Hygiene management methods to ensure product safety by controlling particularly important processes in the entire process from the raw materials reception to the shipment of products
GMP：Raw material control + facility control + product liability programs → stringent regulations specific to medical products
GRAS：FDA（Food and Drug Administration） Generally Accepted Food Safety List (Generally Recognized as Safe List)
HALAL：HALAL is on permissible food acording to Islamic law.
Assessments and credentials
DIC Spirulina quality control
Quality control of Spirulina is actually exceptionally difficult. Because our aim is to deliver quality products that our customers can use with peace of mind, in our end-to-end integration production from cultivation through to the final product we regularly undergo safety testing performed by official organizations and collect a wealth of data. On top of this, we have DIC Group employees stationed on site who are accountable for production management, and we conduct quality testing of incoming goods based on stringent quality control standards even for transactions made inside the DIC Group. Spirulina grown at our production facilities outside of Japan are made into finished products at facilities that are certified to ISO-9001, an international standard of quality assurance that sets forth quality control requirements from the receipt of raw materials to the outbound shipping of products.DIC Spirulina assessments and credentials
| 1981 | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration releases a Talk Paper giving a favorable assessment of Spirulina as a source of protein, vitamins and minerals. |
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| 1991 | DIC Corporation (formerly Dainippon Ink and Printing) provides Spirulina to children affected by the Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion in Russia. |
| 1993 | At the request of the United Nations World Health Organization, DIC Corporation provides Spirulina to child refugees from former Yugoslavia being housed at a hospital in the Republic of Croatia. WHO comments that Spirulina is an interesting food, rich in iron and protein, that can be fed to children. |
| 2002 | Spirulina is supplied to health practitioners via the Red Cross Society of China and the Red Cross Society of Qingdao for supplementing nutrition and maintaining health |
| 2003 | The U.S. FDA includes Spirulina on the FDA list of foods Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) on the basis of documentation submitted jointly by Earthrise Nutritionals, LLC. (a DIC Group company) and Cyanotech |
| 2003 | Earthrise® Spirulina foods are listed in the nutritional supplement edition of the U.S. clinician’s handbook to prescription and nonprescription drugs |
| 2011 | DIC Spirulina is certified under the third-party safety certification program for health foods established by the Japan Health and Nutrition Association |
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