GOLDSTEIG Standort Cham

Quality & Awards

Bavarian premium products and state-of-the-art production processes stand for maximum enjoyment and guaranteed quality.

Company & Production

"GOLDSTEIG - one of the most modern cheese dairies in Europe."

We are constantly investing in new technologies and ideas. GOLDSTEIG produces in one of the most modern cheese dairies in Europe, taking into account the latest nutritional and physiological findings and using milk produced by our dairy farmers. Our controls are based on the highest hygiene requirements and quality standards. A trouble-free organisation, progressive management and the use of the best available technologies form the necessary framework for this.

Quality and awards: BSFZ seal for in-house research and development (R&D)

BSFZ seal

The Certification Centre for Research Allowance (BSFZ) of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research has awarded us the seal for in-house research and development (R&D) 2023.

 

The BSFZ seal is proof of entrepreneurial innovation expertise. This is because the BSFZ only awards the seal to companies that are eligible for funding through the research allowance. They are allowed to do so if the BSFZ confirms that they are conducting research and development.

Further information can be found on the website of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research:
https://www.bescheinigung-forschungszulage.de/forschung-und-entwicklung-im-rampenlicht

Quality and awards: DLG award seal for long-term product quality

DLG award

Our company in Cham was honoured by the DLG (German Agricultural Society) Food Test Centre with the "Award for Longstanding Product Quality" for the 16th time. The company award stands for consistent striving for quality and is only awarded if food products have been regularly and successfully tested by the DLG for at least five years.

In addition to internal quality control, many companies voluntarily have their products inspected externally by DLG experts. To promote this endeavour for quality, the DLG awards the "Prize for long-term product quality". "The award winners thus document their quality strategy as a clear promise of consistent quality assurance and further development," emphasises DLG President Hubertus Paetow.

Companies must participate in the international quality tests of the DLG Food Test Centre for five consecutive years and achieve at least three awards per award year. From the fifth successful year of participation, the company is honoured with the "Award for Longstanding Product Quality". If a producer does not participate in a year or does not achieve the required number of awards, it loses its entitlement to the award.

 

Certificates

Seal The HACCP system

The HACCP system.

Because quality assurance is a top priority, we introduced the HACCP system, a control system that is continuously optimised and expanded, long before it was required by law.

The HACCP concept requires:

  • analyse all food safety hazards in a company's area of responsibility by a multidisciplinary team of professionals,
  • identify the critical points for monitoring food,
  • define intervention limits for the critical control points,
  • Establish procedures for the continuous monitoring of food safety,
  • define corrective actions in the event of deviations,
  • Check whether the system is suitable for ensuring food safety,
  • and document all measures.

This system was introduced at GOLDSTEIG back in 1993 and has been continuously improved and expanded ever since. We are proud to have made a major contribution to food safety long before this was prescribed by law for the food industry.

In Germany, the HACCP concept has been laid down in the Food Hygiene Ordinance since 1998. Since 2006, only foodstuffs that fulfil the HACCP guidelines have been permitted for sale in the EU.

IFS Higher Level seal

"IFS Higher Level".

With the "IFS Higher Level" certification, we also fulfil one of the most important standards for ensuring product quality and safety in the food industry.

The International Featured Standard food was defined in 2003 by representatives of the European food retail industry and is used for the inspection and certification of systems to ensure food safety, quality and conformity in the production of food.

The IFS is based on the well-known quality management standard DIN EN ISO 9001:2008 and also includes the principles of "good manufacturing practice" (cleaning, disinfection, pest control, maintenance, servicing and training) and HACCP.

In order to receive the IFS certificate, you not only have to work first-class in production or hygiene, but also organise the entire company in an exemplary manner. This ultimately benefits the consumer, as IFS is a food safety and quality standard in one.

Certificates

BRC Global Standard for Food Safety seal

BRC Global Standard for Food Safety.

The BRC GLOBAL STANDARD FOR FOOD SAFETY was established in 1998 by the British Retail Consortium.

The BRC GLOBAL STANDARD FOR FOOD SAFETY was launched in 1998 by the British Retail Consortium. It was originally published for food producers who manufactured their own brands for the British market. The standard is now used worldwide to provide support in the production of safe food (see BRC 2007, page 3). As the standard is regularly updated to include all innovations in the area of food safety and quality, the BRC GSfFS is currently in its ninth edition, after which it was audited for the first time on 1 January 2012.

Certificates

BRC Global Standard for Food Safety Issue 9 (DE) - Cham
BRC Global Standard for Food Safety Issue 9 (EN) - Cham