Financial Times

JKH Warehouse awarded ISO 22000:2005 certification

John Keells Warehousing, Asia’s largest tea warehouse, has been awarded ISO 22000: 2005 Food Safety Management System certification, becoming the first tea warehouse in Sri Lanka to obtain the important certification, the company said.

“Many of the countries worldwide that consume Ceylon Tea require imports to comply with international food factory hygiene standards throughout the supply chain. John Keells Warehousing thus upgraded its warehouse to meet global tea warehousing standards, thereby benefiting its clients and the end-consumer,” the statement added.

The ISO 22000:2005 certification is granted to companies that demonstrate their ability to control food safety hazards in order to ensure that the food is safe at the time of human consumption. It specifies the requirements for operating and maintaining a food safety management system within the warehouse and for compliance with applicable statutory and regulatory food safety requirements.

John Keells Warehouse is a state of the art tea warehouse with the capacity of storing 5 million kg of tea at any given time. The teas are palletized and stored off the ground on racks. Battery driven electronically controlled Reach Trucks are used for stacking and de-stacking the pallets on racks.

The John Keells Warehouse is currently used by over 150 tea estates to store teas pending at the Colombo Tea Auction. Located in Muthurajawela, the warehouse began operations in April 2003 with a fully computerized stock management system and a highly-trained multi-skilled crew, which have contributed to very competitive levels of efficiency.

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