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Investing in Quality Assurance: A Tea Industry Perspective

When QTrade Teas & Herbs’ Level 2 SQF Institute food safety and quality system review is complete this month, a well-deserved holiday rest awaits. For now, QTrade is fully engaged in audit preparations while filling orders without delay.

Inspectors will spend two days completing their document assessment of the 70,000-square-foot facility in Cerritos, CA, where QTrade’s 46 employees blend up to 40,000 pounds of tea a day and pack 120,000 conventional and 10,000 pyramid tea bags in two shifts.

The company is part of the $1 billion U.S. tea processing industry that includes 41 firms and 1,500 workers. QTrade is the largest supplier of certified organic tea in North America, serving major tea brands, tea retailers, coffee roasters, food service and bottled drink brands.

Our supply chain is anchored on five continents. My task is to ensure the safety of imported ingredients, which includes formulating, blending and packaging of both conventional and U.S. Department of Agriculture National Organic Program-certified teas.

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