Olam SVI expands Viet Nam facility for spices

OLAM Spices & Vegetable Ingredients has completed the upgrade of its facility in Ho Chi Minh City. The 26,000-square-metre processing site will enhance cleaning and storage processes for black pepper, and adds capabilities to process cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg products. The company has added a cryogenic milling, pepper cleaning line, and Plant HTST steam sterilisation and pasteurisation system. A climate control has also been installed, along with other equipment that will more than double production capacity. Certified by British Retail Consortium (BRC) audit protocol, the plant completed successful inspection by the U.S. FDA in 2010. The investment in equipment and technologies, along with Olam’s Innovation & Quality (IQ) centre in California, allows the company to exceed prevailing international and U.S. regulations.