Welcome at Ranks Meel!

Dr. Daan Barugdirector Operations & Technology

Bert Pettingasite manager / QA manager

Ranks Meel

• Milling company: wheat flour and wholemeal flour

• Customers: bakeries and flour processing companies

• Production sites: Ameide and Uithuizermeeden

• Member of the Grain Millers Group

Milling process

Ranks Meel

Raw materials

• Wheat(~150.000 tonnes per year)

• Additives (~500 tonnes per year)– dosage rate 0,001-0,05% (ascorbic acid, enzymes, emulsifyers)– dosage rate max. 3% (gluten, malt)– dosage rate max. 25% (grain mixes)

Quality management systems

Food safety management

• HACCP: methodology and management system toidentify, prevent and control food safety hazards

• HACCP plan: written document describing how youplan to manage and control your food safety hazards

• Prerequisite programme: conditions to establish andmaintain an hygienic environment

• RiskPlaza: up-to-date information on food safety hazards of bakery ingredients and control measures

• RiskPlaza audit+: hazard verification

Added value for the whole bakery chain

Hazard identification

Raw materials

• Wheat

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Wheat – hazards

• DON (=deoxynivalenol)• Nivalenol • Ochratoxin A• Zearalenone• Pesticide residues• Heavy metals (lead, arsenic, cadmium, mercury)• Aluminium• Growth of Bacillus subtilis en B. licheniformis (‘leng’)• Toxic weed• Foreign objects(glass, metal, plastic, wood)

Factsheet DON

Factsheet DON

Hazard identification

Raw materials

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• Additives– dosage rate 0,001-0,05% (AS––– dosering max. 3%dosering max. 3%dosering max. 3%––– dosering max. 25%dosering max. 25%dosering max. 25%

Enzymes – hazards

• Dosage rate too high

• Foreign objects (e.g. glass, metal, plastic, wood)

• Heavy metals (lead, arsenic, cadmium, mercury)

Hazard identification

Raw materials

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• Additives––– dosering 0,001dosering 0,001dosering 0,001---0,005%0,005%0,005%– dosage rate max. 3%––– dosering max. 25%dosering max. 25%dosering max. 25%

Malt – hazards

• DON (=deoxynivalenol) • Ergot (Claviceps pupurea); ergoy alkaloids• Ochratoxin A• Zearalenone• Bacillus cereus; toxin of B. cereus• 3-Monochloropropane-1,2-diol (3-MCPD)• Acrylamide• Pesticide residues• Heavy metals (lead, arsenic, cadmium, mercury)• Toxic weed• Foreign objects (e.g. glass, metal, plastic, wood)

RiskPlaza

Raw materials

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• Additives––– dosering 0,001dosering 0,001dosering 0,001---0,05%0,05%0,05%––– dosering max. 3%dosering max. 3%dosering max. 3%– Dosage rate max. 25%

Grain mixes

Example:

• Wheat, rye, oats, rice, millet, maize, barley• Sunflower seed, sesame seed• Soy

Grain mix – hazards

• Aflatoxins (maize, seeds)• DON (=deoxynivalenol) (barley, millet, oats, maize, wheat,

seeds)• Fumonisins (maize)• Zearalenone (barley, millet, oats, maize, rice, rye, wheat)• Ochratoxin A (barley, millet, oats, maize, rice, rye, wheat, seeds)• Ergot (Claviceps pupurea); ergot alkaloids (rye)• Nivalenol (barley, millet, oats, maize, rice, rye, wheat)• Phasine (soy)

Grain mix – hazards (cont’d)

• Pesticide residues (barley, millet, oats, maize, soy, rice, rye, wheat, seeds)

• Growth of Bacillus subtilis en B. licheniformis (‘leng’) (wheat)• Bacillus cereus; toxin of B. cereus (rice)• Toxic weed (barley, millet, oats, maize, rice, rye, wheat, seeds)• Foreign objects (barley, millet, oats, maize, soy, rice, rye,

wheat, seeds)• Heavy metals (lead, arsenic, cadmium, mercury) (barley,

millet, oats, maize, soy, rice, rye, wheat, seeds)• Aluminium (barely, millet, oats, rice, rye, wheat)