The certificates include Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOP), Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) and British Retail Consortium (BRC), which recognize Havico’s good practices in ensuring food safety.

The company has also gained SA 8000:2001, the most widely-recognized global standard for managing human rights in the workplace.

Havico Director General Phan Thanh Chien said as an instant food producer, Havico gives top priority to food safety.

Established in 1991, Havico has always recorded the highest export value in the fisheries sector in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau. Its products are being sold to the US, Australia, Hong Kong and Taiwan to earn US$40.6 million in 2007 and nearly US$16 million in the first five month of this year.