UNIVERSITI PENDIDIKAN SULTAN IDRIS SEMESTER 1 SESI 2011/2012 SBK3023 FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION TITLE GROUP: A LECTURER NAME DR. HASIMAH BINTI ALIMON GROUP MEMBERS NAME ID NO. NUR SAHRIZAN BINTI SERMAN D20091035075 NOOR HAFIZAH BINTI NASIR D20091035083 SANDRA MERU D20091035087 NOR IZATI BINTI MAT YUSOFF D20091035136 SITI NURUL SHAHIDA BINTI MOHD ABD HADI D20091035137 TRIP TO VITAGEN
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UNIVERSITI PENDIDIKAN SULTAN IDRISSEMESTER 1 SESI 2011/2012
SBK3023FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION
TITLE
GROUP: A
LECTURER NAMEDR. HASIMAH BINTI ALIMON
GROUP MEMBERSNAME ID NO.
NUR SAHRIZAN BINTI SERMAN D20091035075
NOOR HAFIZAH BINTI NASIR D20091035083
SANDRA MERU D20091035087
NOR IZATI BINTI MAT YUSOFF D20091035136
SITI NURUL SHAHIDA BINTI MOHD ABD HADI D20091035137
TRIP TO VITAGEN
Introduction
Vitagen is one of the cultured milk drinks in Malaysia. It is made by fermenting skim milk
with billions of live probiotic cultures, Lactobacillus acidophilus and Lactobacillus casei
which is specially imported from the Chr. Hansen Laboratory in Denmark, a world leading
cultures laboratory that supplies high quality probiotics worldwide. These probiotic cultures
help the body suppress the growth of harmful bacteria to promote good digestion and
therefore stimulate a strong immune system. They can withstand bile and acidic stomach
juices and reach the intestines alive to inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria. They also
remove toxins and waste from the body. In order to make sure that the products are safe,
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) programs, which is a food safety
program is applied. It is used to identify potential food safety hazards, so that key actions can
be taken to reduce or eliminate the risk of the hazards being realized. This system is used at
all stages of food production and preparation processes including the procurement and
handling, manufacturing, packaging and distribution of the final products. From the visit to
Vitagen factory we can see on how the product is produce and investigate on the safety to
drink it.
How are you going to ensure that the product is safe?
Vitagen is a cultured milk drink made by fermenting skim milk with billions of live
probiotic cultures which is good bacteria, Lactobacillus acidophilus and Lactobacillus casei to
help maintain a healthy digestive system. These probiotic cultures are specially imported from
Chr. Hansen Laboratory in Denmark, a world leading cultures laboratory supplying high
quality probiotics worldwide. Probiotic cultures in Vitagen can withstand bile and acidic
stomach juices and reach the intestines alive to inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria in the
intestines. With the presence of these probiotic cultures, the environment in the colonic flora
becomes unsuitable for harmful bacteria to grow. They also remove toxins and waste from our
body. The longer waste matter remains in the lower intestines, the higher the chances of
intestinal distress and possible cancer when carcinogens attack normal cells.
For vitagen, we ensure that the product is safe as it has no preservative, fat-free,
contain high fibre, live probiotics and vitamin C. Live probiotic cultures help to maintain a
healthy digestive system and prebiotic fibre help in support the growth of good bacteria in the
intestines. Other than that, vitagen is considered as safe product as it have expired date to
refer on, the aluminium cover is seal tightly, the bottle is not dents and it also contain
nutritional facts.
During our visit to Vitagen, we know that it has the Halal Certification from JAKIM,
certification from the Internal Organization of Standardization (ISO 9001) and also the
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP). A product that get the Halal certificate
from JAKIM (Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia) is considered as Halal and Muslim can
consume the product without suspicion. According to the Vitagen representative during our
visit to the Vitagen factory, JAKIM will observe them every six months to make sure that the
Vitagen Cultured Milk Drink produced is halal. Halal is not only in the terms of substances
uses to make the cultured milk drink. She said that every equipment and machines that they
used also has the bench mark so that the drink produce is halal. As for example, the collagen
that they used in Vitagen Collagen also is certified as halal and it comes from a source thet is
reliable. So, muslim can drink Vitagen Cultured Milk without suspicious. Besides that,
Vitagen has the ISO 9001 certificates standards relates to quality management systems and is
designed to help organizations ensure they meet the needs of customers and other
stakeholders. There are requirements in the ISO 9001 that should be fulfilled in order to
obtain the ISO certificates. Vitagen also has the HACCP certificates to ensure that the product
is safe because HACCP is a systematic preventive approach to food safety and
pharmaceutical safety that addresses physical, chemical, and biological hazards as a means of
prevention rather than finished product inspection. In addition, the laboratory is staffed by the
finest technical personnel who are constantly in pursuit of innovative new products and also a
specialized Quality Control unit keeps a daily check on products through regular testing at
every stage of manufacturing to ensure conformity with the highest international standards.