Crunch Pak da Birko kamfanoni ne guda biyu daban-daban, duk da haka duka biyun suna bayyana a sarari cewa suna da haɗin gwiwa wanda ya yi zurfi fiye da na ainihin abokin ciniki-mai siyarwa.
Cashmere, tushen Crunch Pak na Wash. yana samar da ciyayi da yankakken apples na al'ada don rarraba a cikin ƙasa da Kanada. Bisa a Colorado, Birko ne mai bada na antimicrobial tsari AIDS da tsaftar sunadarai.
Kamfanonin biyu sun haɗe a bikin baje kolin kasuwancin Fresh na United a Las Vegas a cikin 2009, in ji Daraktan Cigaban Sabbin Kasuwancin Birko Dana Johnson.
"Crunch Pak ya so ya ga ko ba za su iya inganta shirin su na HACCP (Hazard Analysis da Critical Control Points) ba da kuma inganta lafiyar abincin su," in ji Johnson. “Mun fara kiransu. Ya yi mana kyau kwarai da gaske ga mu biyun."
Kuma ya kasance haɗin gwiwar da aka haɓaka kawai.
"A baya, kuna ɗaukar wayar, kuna ba da odar sinadarai: 'Ina buƙatar sinadarai na ABCD, menene farashin kuma yaushe zaku iya bayarwa?'" in ji Ozgur Koc, darektan bincike da amincin ingancin abinci a Crunch Pak's Washington shuka.
Birko ba haka yake ba. Na ɗaya, Crunch Pak yana aiki tare da Birko babban masanin ilmin sinadarai da microbiologist Elis M. Owens, Ph.D.
Koc ya ce "Ya kasance a shafinmu a kalla sau uku, kuma ya duba tsarin tafiyar da mu, da kuma ayyukan tsaftar muhalli," in ji Koc.
Tony Freytag, Crunch Pak babban mataimakin shugaban tallace-tallace da tallace-tallace, ya kara da cewa Birko "da gaske ya shiga cikinta."
"Sun dauki lokaci don fahimta saboda… da yawa daga cikin batutuwan ba su zo kan 'ya'yan itace ba," in ji Freytag. “Ko ta yaya ana iya yada ta ta hanyar cokali mai yatsu, ta boot. Waɗannan batutuwa ne masu faɗin gaske.
"Wani wanda ya shigo ya koyi abin da muke yi, yadda muke yi, yadda samfurin ke motsawa - za su sami kyakkyawar fahimta. Sai dai idan suna nan suna tare da mu, ba za su sani ba.”
Koyon nama
A cikin kasuwanci na tsawon shekaru 60, tushen Birko da yawancin ƙwarewarsa a cikin hanyoyin sarrafa abinci da samfuran tsabta sun girma daga hidimar masana'antar nama. Amma yayin da sabbin kayan noma suka fito a matsayin kasuwa mai girma da ke farawa da jakunkuna, kamfanin ya ga dama.
"Nunin PMA na farko shine, ina tsammanin, a cikin 2005," in ji Johnson. "Mun fara zuwa nunin PMA da farko, sannan tare da abin da muke yi da nau'ikan samfuran da muke bayarwa, mun fara zuwa wasan kwaikwayon United Fresh saboda sun fi mai da hankali kan sabbin kayan da aka yanke.
"Kuma da gaske wannan shine matakinmu game da tsaftacewa da tsaftacewa, HACCP, duk wannan."
Masanin ilimin halittu na Birko Owens ya ce kwarewar kamfanin a fannin samar da nama ya sanya shi kan gaba wajen samar da shirye-shirye ga abokan ciniki kamar Crunch Pak.
"Ko da yake yankakken apples da tsarin yankan apple sun bambanta sosai da tsarin da ke tattare da samar da jan nama, akwai wani abu da aka saba da shi game da haɗarin lafiyar abinci da kuma hanyoyin da ake amfani da su don magance waɗannan haɗari," in ji Owens ta hanyar imel. "Alal misali, cututtukan cututtuka na damuwa, listeria, salmonella da E. coli, iri ɗaya ne don samarwa da nama, kuma irin wannan ingantaccen tsarin tsaftacewa da tsaftacewa shine mahimmanci don sarrafa waɗannan cututtuka a cikin masana'antu biyu."
Ba wani al'amari na reinventing dabaran a lokacin, amma na nazarin sabo-yanke matakai da bukatun da kuma amfani da abin da Birko riga ya sani ga yankan kayayyakin.
"Maganar da ke kusa da nan ita ce idan za ku iya tsaftace shukar da ake samarwa, za ku iya tsaftace komai," in ji Johnson. "Kuma akwai wata gaskiya akan hakan."
A haƙiƙa, zurfin ƙwarewar sarrafa nama ne ya jawo Crunch Pak.
Freytag ya ce "An sami karin tsari da gwaje-gwajen da aka yi a cikin nama tsawon shekaru fiye da yadda ake yin 'ya'yan itace, kawai saboda mun dade muna yanke nama muna sayar da shi."
Kalubale
Yayin da ƙalubalen amincin abinci na Crunch Pak ya yi kama da na yawancin na'urori masu sarrafawa, apples suna ba da ƙarin Layer saboda suna da ƙugiya da crannies wasu kayayyaki ba sa.
"Sauran ƙalubalen da Crunch Pak ke fuskanta wanda zai iya ɗan bambanta da sauran masu sana'a da aka yanke shine tsayin sarkar rarraba su," in ji Owens. "Yayin da sauran masu samarwa na iya samun ƙarin rarraba yanki, ko tsire-tsire masu yawa waɗanda ke ba da yankuna daban-daban na ƙasar, Crunch Pak yana ƙoƙarin samar da buƙatun ƙasa baki ɗaya daga wuri ɗaya wanda ba na tsakiya ba."
Birko ta kuma yi ta kokarin samar da wasu hanyoyin da za su maye gurbin sinadarin chlorine.
"Ba shi da kyau ga muhalli kuma yana da matukar wahala a kan kayan aiki," in ji Johnson. "Wasu daga cikin masu tsabtace muhalli sun fi dacewa da muhalli."
Rayuwar rayuwa ta zo cikin wasa, kuma.
Johnson ya ce: "Dukkanin ya shafi tsabtace kayan aikin ne da kuma tsabtace su." "Kuma mun san isashen mai da hankali ba kawai kan kayan aiki ba, amma kan abubuwa kamar tsarin sarrafa iska… da benaye da magudanar ruwa.
“Muna da kwarewa da yawa da ke fitowa daga masana’antar nama da sanin cewa ba kayan aiki ba ne kawai. Wani lokaci dole ne ku kalli wasu abubuwan da ke tattare da su, musamman a cikin wani abu wanda ke shirye-shiryen ci kamar apples da crunch Pak ke yin. Dole ne ku tabbatar da cewa samfurin ba zai cutar da kowa ba. Mun dauki hakan da muhimmanci.”
Mafita
Birko kwanan nan ya shigar da ingantattun masu kumfa ta hanyar shiga a tsire-tsire na Crunch Pak a Washington da Pennsylvania.
Crunch Pak kuma yana amfani da Birko's Algae Guard Quat tubalan a cikin na'ura mai sanyaya wuta don hana haɓakar ɗaukar hotuna masu rai. Birko's Sterilex Ultra Kleen CW-502 HF Foda mai tsabtace kumfa wani yanki ne na kayan aiki na shirin rigakafin Crunch Pak. Ana amfani da wasu samfuran birko biofilm guda biyu don tsabtace kayan aiki mai zurfi.
Kamfanonin biyu sun ci gaba da duba hanyoyin da za su rage yiwuwar kamuwa da cututtukan da za su iya haifar da cututtuka na abinci da kuma kwayoyin cutar da ke rage rayuwar rayuwa, a waje da kayayyakin gargajiya kamar chlorine ko paracetic acid.
"Muna ƙoƙarin fito da sabon sanitizer don rage ƙananan lodi akan apples don ba mu mafi kyawun rayuwa," in ji Koc.
Birko kuma yana aiki tare da Crunch Pak don taimakawa inganta haɓaka aiki.
"Suna duban yadda… za mu iya yin aiki iri ɗaya a cikin ɗan gajeren lokaci ba tare da ɗaukar haɗarin lafiyar abinci ba," in ji Koc. “Ko, akwai hanyoyin da za mu iya rage amfani da ruwa? Shan ruwa babban yanki ne a gare mu duka. Don haka wannan wani yanki ne da suka kara mana kima.”
Freytag ya ce Crunch Pak yana tsammanin irin wannan shiga da jagoranci daga masu siyar da shi yanzu.
"Tare da kowane ɗayan manyan dillalan mu, kowane mai siyar da dabarunmu, muna neman abin da ke gaba - me suke gani a sararin sama," in ji Freytag. "Birko… suna taimaka mana kunna kwan fitila."