Food Safety Program

Clean by Design

The floor of our warehouse is treated with a special coating. Similar to what is used in airplane hangers, it is easy to clean and does not collect dirt.

Green Coffee Storage

Green coffee not for immediate use is stored on metal rackshigh above any potential contamination.

Ready for Roasting

Green coffee, ready to roast, is stored down below. The coffees on the pallets are cycled through often, preventing buildup around them. Open bags are always folded over to prevent any foreign material from falling into them.

Measuring Up

Green coffee is weighed according to specific recipes in this custom built scale and hopper. This is the last time we will touch the coffee except for quality control testing.

Cooling Tray

Our cooling tray features a custom made grate for the safety of both employees and the coffee.

De-Stoner

This is a standard feature for most coffee roasters, a de-

stoner uses a vacuum to pull up the less-dense coffee

leaving behind small rocks and any other dense foreign

objects. Purchasing higher grades of coffee, we see very

little foreign matter in the coffee, usually it is a rock or

two per roast.

Roasted Coffee Storage

From the cooling tray, coffee is brought by a bucket elevator to the mezzanine. Our roasted coffee is either stored in one of these custom built stainless steel bins or cans with a food grade liner.

Stainless Steel Bins

You can see inside the stainless steel bins there is no coffee residue. The design of the bins and using stainless steel creates a mostly self-cleaning system. When processing organic coffees, we brush out the bin as part of our standard practices. The lid was removed from this bin for the picture. In the background is a bin with its cover in place.

Magnet Separator

All of our coffee that is packaged pre-ground will go through this magnetic

separator. We very rarely find anything here (due to the de-stoning)

Automated Packaging Equipment

A number of years ago, we decided to invest in packaging equipment. There are a number of reasons for this, including the fact that we do not manually handle the coffee. The coffee is moved directly from the stainless steel bins into the two pound bag. No hand-packing here.

Retail PacksOur retail package is a 12oz pre-

made bag. We use a standard weigh-fill machine here, however,

part of our training and general manufacturing process is to never put our hands inside the bag. We accomplish this by sliding the bag

over a stainless steel sleeve.

Oversight

• Annually inspected by the Washington State Department of Agriculture

• Annually inspected by the Federal Department of Agriculture

• Annually inspected by the WSDA Organic Foods Department

• Monthly pest inspection and reporting

Training and Safety Programs

• HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) program

• Recall Plan

• Building and Employee Security

• Employee Hygiene Policies

• GMP (General Manufacturing Practices)

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