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In this Season of Joy and Giving, we would like to express our sincere thanks for entrusting Primus Group (Azzule and PrimusLabs) with your business over the past year. In working with you, we are acutely aware of your contributions and grateful to be your colleague, providing assistance in advancing the fresh produce industry forward.
As we approach the New Year, we offer a humble pledge for our continued support and assistance in all that you do. We are thankful for your business, and we want to use this occasion to wish you the best in 2020. Thank you again for trusting us to work with you.
Sincerely,
Robert F. Stovicek, Chairman, Primus Group
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Don’t Forget About the PGFS Audit Tracker
Did you know that PrimusGFS has developed an audit tracker to let you know the status of your audit, from scheduling all the way through to the certification decision?
To take full advantage of this PGFS feature, view your audit status through your Azzule Supply Chain Program (SCP) site.
Register for your free SCP site here!
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Florida Laboratory Prepares for Re-Opening
The Belle Glade lab is now official closed, and materials and equipment from Belle Glade are being moved to Lakeland as this article is being written. Between now and the opening of the new lab, we want to encourage clients of the Belle Glade lab to take advantage of our discounted shipping rates to have their samples mailed to any of the other PrimusLabs locations. Read on »
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New PrimusGFS Certification Bodies from 2019
Azzule would like to recognize new PrimusGFS certification bodies:
Perry Johnson Registrars Food Safety, Inc. and ANCE A.C.
In addition, : KIWA BCS OKO GARANTIE has been provisionally approved as a PGFS CB.
These three companies join the other approved PGFS CBs. See Full List Here »
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Introducing Liz Rios, Microbiology Lab Supervisor
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PrimusLabs is pleased to announce that Liz Rios has joined its Microbiology team to serve as the Microbiology Lab Supervisor for PrimusLabs’ Florida laboratory, currently being relocated to Lakeland, Florida. Rios’ first challenge will be reassembling the laboratory in Lakeland at 2525 Drane Field Road. She will be joined in the effort by a team of technicians and samplers.
Rios is a native of Carolina, Puerto Rico, and earned a B.S. in Microbiology from the University of Puerto Rico in San Juan. She followed that up by earning a Master’s degree in Microbiology from Inter-American University of Puerto Rico in Bayamon.
From 2011 until 2013, Rios served as a Biotech Operator for Eli Lilly and Company, and between 2013 and 2019, she worked in food safety as a Quality Analyst and later as the Quality Assurance Supervisor at PacTech International. Most recently, she continued to build her food safety résumé serving as a Sanitation Supervisor for Bevolution Group in Lakeland.
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Since coming to PrimusLabs, Rios has trained in the Microbiology Department at the PrimusLabs headquarters in Santa Maria, California, where she and the rest of the department participated in updating Primus’ ISO accreditation.
Rios believes that her past experiences “managing people, organizing schedules, and handling documentation have been really helpful in preparing me to meet the challenges of managing an entire laboratory including training new people.”
She is also excited about working for PrimusLabs. “This is really a new experience – setting up a laboratory. It is challenging, but good.” As for collaborating with her new colleagues at Primus, Rios noted that she is especially impressed with their “communication and teamwork. It’s excellent,” she said. “I know I can count on others’ help when I need it.”
The Lakeland laboratory is scheduled to open sometime in early January 2020.
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