Bluefin Seafoods, a long time Ozone International customer,  implemented a plant wide WhiteWater Ozone System back in the fall of 2005. What started out as a gamble on new technology for Bluefin Seafoods President Ken Berry has given way to a new standard in how his plant operates. This new standard has allowed them to distance themselves even further from the competition, supplying their customers with the highest quality seafood, processed in a safe environmentally friendly way.

 

Bluefin Seafoods operations manager had this to say about the system:

 

"Our focus at the time was to try and eliminate cross contamination, reduce bacteria counts and reduce chemical expenses. The reality is we were able to achieve all of our goals along with some additional benefits we did not anticipate. The reductions in bacteria counts had a noticeable effect on our shelf life, helping us to reach our goal of being one of the highest quality seafood producers in the world.

 

When customers visit our plant for tours, we get comments saying that “it smells like it had just rained”. The fishy smell normally associated with a seafood operation is no longer  there. It just smells clean.

 

My employees really appreciate the system because it provides continuous sanitation to their protective wear and work spaces. The ozone helps to remove slime from the product during the handling and cutting stages reducing the number of accidents.    

 

The benefits we saw were not limited to the processing floor alone. We went as far as to plumb the system to our dock areas giving us the ability to apply ozone to the refrigerated boxes of our fleet for sanitation purposes. The result was immediate and the seafood smell is now non-existent.

 

The FDA and state regulatory agencies are very impressed with the system and the results we have achieved. This was equally true with our current customer base and third party auditor. As a result, we implemented this practice as a GMP in our HACCP / food safety program

 

Bottom line, I refuse to use the old traditional method of house water and chemicals. The WhiteWater system is a perfect example of thinking out of the box and changing the way we do things in the seafood industry forever."