OUR COMPANY
First and foremost, we are here to serve you. As global trading specialists in Asia and the Pacific Rim, North and South America, and Europe, we offer expertise and experience in trading frozen, canned, freeze-dried and shelf-stable fruits and vegetables. Our goal is simple: bring buyer and seller together and provide extraordinary service and competitive pricing so that each transaction is worry-free and profitable for both parties. One-sided profits do not make good business and we are looking for long and lasting relationships with our customers and suppliers.
For over forty years, Noon International has actively traded in food and food-related products worldwide. Anyone wanting to establish long-term and profitable trade with China for example, must spend an inordinate amount of time building such trusted relationships known as “guanxi.” Our relationships provide a network of suppliers and customers for safe, healthy food products in bulk, retail and food service applications that will meet FSMA requirements. We consider the value of this “priceless” and invite you to join us now and become part of this valuable safe food network serving buyers and sellers alike in the food industry.
Over the years, the food industry has matured and buyers and sellers alike now have easy access to world markets. The power of technology and the Internet has made the world a much smaller place and general manufacturing processes and company infrastructures are visible to all. In this “transparent” environment, success belongs to the industry leaders (both large and small) throughout the world whose company philosophies support their core business.
Our Business Strategy Is Your Competitive Edge
Trading in the healthy, safe food business is a two-way process that requires us to act as both buyer and seller depending on the particular transaction. For example, if you want to export your products to the U.S. market and have no contacts or experience here, our team of import experts will provide extensive marketing, sales, support and service minimizing the cost and time spent by your company. This is a critical component when it comes to meeting the new requirements of the FSVP (Foreign Supplier Verification Program). In order to meet the new FSMA guidelines, whoever you sell to in the USA is responsible for your verification as a foreign supplier. We will take care of your verification.
On the other side, if you’re a North American producer and want to export your food products to South and Central America, Asia and South East Asia, Australia, Europe or New Zealand, our export division is your main contact. Utilizing the experience of experts saves your company time and money and allows access to our worldwide database of approved food buyers and sellers. Understanding your business and marketing needs is essential – including logistics and shipping, product procurement, documentation, regulatory and label requirements, packaging design, consulting services, knowledge in all areas of food safety with particular emphasis on the new FSMA guidelines.
This is a time of social responsibility, when all parties involved in the food chain must be accountable for their actions and products. FSMA has and will continue to rapidly change our industry and those who are not compliant will fail. At Noon International, we are dedicated to assisting our global suppliers, importers and exporters to meet the latest FSMA requirements for seamless international transactions. Customers today expect safe and healthy food and Noon International delivers this promise through our worldwide network of trustworthy and quality partners.
As one of America’s oldest food importers and exporters serving buyers and sellers of the food industry worldwide since 1976, we are dedicated to improving and extending the lives of people throughout the world by providing safe and healthy food – a vision that is shared by Noon’s owners, shareholders, all employees and our local and global business partners. Please partner with us today!
OUR SERVICES
Sales & Sourcing – Knowing How and When to Buy
Marketing
Market Surveillance & Intelligence/FSMA Compliance
Logistics & Shipping
Consulting Services
Products
Check with Sales for Organic and Conventional availability.
PRODUCTS
Frozen Vegetables
Asparagus
Avocado
Baby Corn
Bell Peppers
Broccoli
Butternut Squash
Carrot Puree
Carrots
Cauliflower
Celery
Corn
Corn on the Cob
Corn Puree
Ginger
Green Bean Puree
Green Beans
Kabocha
Leek
Mixed Vegetables
Mushrooms
Onions
Peas
Rhubarb
Sliced Celery
Spinach
Stir Fry Mixes
Sugar Snap Peas
Tomatoes, Diced
Vegetable Purees
Zucchini
Canned Products
Apple
Applesauce
Beets
Black Beans*
Blackeyes Peas
Butter Beans
Carrot
Cherry
Corn*
Garbanzo Beans*
Green Beans*
Green Peas*
Kidney Beans*
Mixed Vegetable
Pear
Pinto Beans*
Potatoes
Pumpkin
Sauerkraut
Sugar Snap Peas
*Available Conventional and Organic
Frozen Asian Vegetables
Baby Corn
Bamboo Shoots
Bean Sprouts
Edamame w/Pod (Soy)
Edamame, Shelled (Soy)
Garlic Sprout
Kikurage
Leek Flower
Lotus Root
Mushrooms
Pea Pods/Mange Tout
Stir Fry Mixes
Straw Mushrooms
Sugar Snap Peas
Water Chestnuts
Frozen Potatoes
Baked
Mashed
Potato Shells
French Fries
Hash Browns
Specialty Potato Products
Sweet Potatoes
Frozen Organic Vegetables
Corn
Mixed Vegetables
Peas
Frozen Berry Fruits
Apples
Blackberries
Cherries
Cranberries
Cultivated-Blueberries
Dark Sweet Cherry
Fruit Concentrates
Logan Berries
Marionberries
Raspberries
Red Flame Grapes
Red Tart Cherries
Strawberries
Wild Blueberries
Frozen Tropical Fruits
Banana
Papaya
Mango
Pineapple
Kiwi
Melon Balls
Peaches
Fruit Concentrates
Other Products
Dried Fruits Vegetables & Herbs
Freeze Dried Fruits Vegetables & Herbs
Canned Corn
Canned Corn Cream Style
Frozen Rice
Frozen Pasta & Italian Foods
FOOD SAFETY
The top thing on everyone’s mind these days is FSMA compliance. It’s a fact. If you are involved in the sale or import of foods in the United States, you must be in compliance with the required FDA’s FSMA (Food Safety Modernization Act). This regulation is complex and includes rules and related programs, guidance documents, training and technical assistance, compliance and implementation tools and more. It is important that you understand your responsibility with regard to these new regulations.
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The information in this report is for your benefit and perusal and does not constitute legal advice. You can visit FDA’s FSMA website to get official information and also sign up to receive alerts directly from FDA.
If you require official interpretations of the FDA rules or If you have scientific and technical questions (for example about hazard analysis or testing methodology) you can submit your inquiry directly to FDA’s Technical Assistance Network (TAN).
FSMA GUIDELINES IN A NUTSHELL
The Preventive Controls for Human Food (PCHF) regulation, often referred to as FSMA - Food Safety Modernization Act, is the first major overhaul of our nation’s food safety practices since 1938. This law has been enacted to ensure the safe preparation of food products for human consumption in the United States. It includes new regulations for farms that grow fresh produce (fruits and vegetables), for the facilities that process the food that we eat, and for the many points in the global supply chain for human and animal food.
Congress enacted FSMA in response to the dramatic changes in the global food system and FDA has now finalized seven major rules for its implementation that anyone involved in the human food chain production must adhere to.
If you are involved in the sale or import of foods in the United States, you must be aware of the compliance now required by FDA’s FSMA (Food Safety Modernization Act). This regulation is complex and includes rules and related programs, guidance documents, training and technical assistance, compliance and implementation tools and more! It is important that you understand your responsibility with regard to these new regulations if:
1. you import food into the United States from foreign suppliers,
2. you are a foreign manufacturing facility and export food products to the U.S.A.,
3. you produce food here in the USA,
4. you are part of the global supply chain – product packaging, transport, logistics, etc.
WHAT IS FSVP? (Foreign Supplier Verification Program)
You are considered an FSVP importer if you are the U.S. owner or consignee of the food being offered for import (you own the food, have purchased it, or have agreed in writing to purchase at the time of entry into the United States). If there is no U.S. owner or consignee at the time of entry, the FSVP importer is the U.S. agent/representative of the foreign owner/consignee as confirmed in a signed statement of consent. The important thing is that there be an FSVP importer into the United States who takes responsibility for meeting the FSVP requirements.
The final rule requires that importers perform certain risk-based activities to verify that food imported into the United States has been produced in a manner that meets applicable U.S. safety standards. It is a program that importers, covered by the rule, must have in place to verify that their foreign suppliers are producing food in a manner that provides the same level of public health protection as the preventive controls or produce safety regulations, as appropriate, to ensure that the supplier’s food is not adulterated or misbranded with respect to allergen labeling.
Deadline: The FDA FSMA rule on Foreign Supplier Verification Programs (for importers of food for humans and animals) is final and the first compliance dates began on May 30, 2017.
PCQI (Preventive Controls Qualified Individual)
“The FSMA requires that certain activities be done by a PCQI who has successfully completed training in the development and application of risk-based preventive controls at least equivalent to that received under a standardized curriculum recognized as adequate by FDA or is otherwise qualified through job experience to develop and apply a food safety system.”
PCQI is required to oversee and perform:
1. Preparation of the Food Safety Plan
2. Validate the Preventive Controls
3. Review the Records
4. Re-Analyze the Food Safety Plan and other activities as appropriate to the food.
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Hazard Analysis
What do we mean by "hazard?" An importer is required to identify and evaluate — based on experience, illness data, scientific reports and other information — the known or reasonably foreseeable hazards for each type of food it imports to determine if there are any hazards requiring a control. These include:
They may be hazards reasonably likely to cause illness or injury that occur naturally, are unintentionally introduced, or are intentionally introduced for purposes of economic gain, such as substituting a less costly ingredient.
An importer can rely on another entity to conduct the hazard analysis, so long as the importer reviews and assesses the relevant documentation.
3. Evaluation of Food Risk and Supplier Performance
What evaluation must be done of the risk posed by an imported food and a supplier’s performance? An importer must evaluate:
4. Supplier Verification
What supplier verification activities must be conducted? Based upon the evaluation of risk conducted, the importer must establish and follow written procedures to ensure, in most instances, that it only imports from approved foreign suppliers and must conduct appropriate supplier verification activities.
Importers have the flexibility to tailor supplier verification activities to unique food risks and supplier characteristics. The options include:
5. Corrective Actions
6. Exemptions and Modified Standards
The definition of very small importer is consistent with the definition of very small business in the preventive controls rules: $1 million for human food and $2.5 million for animal food of annual sales (averaged over three year period) combined with the U.S. market value of food that is imported, manufactured, processed, packed, or held without sale (e.g., imported for a fee).
Importers of certain small foreign suppliers are subject to modified FSVP requirements. Those small suppliers are:
- Juice, fish, and fishery products subject to and in compliance with FDA’s Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulations for those products, and certain ingredients for use in juice and fish and fishery products subject to the HACCP regulations.
- Food for research or evaluation.
- Food for personal consumption.
- Alcoholic beverages and certain ingredients for use in alcoholic beverages.
- Food that is imported for processing and future export.
- Low-acid canned foods (LACF), such as canned vegetables, but only with respect to microbiological hazards covered by other regulations, as well as certain ingredients for use in LACF products (but only with respect to microbiological hazards).
- Certain meat, poultry and egg products regulated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture at the time of importation.
7. Unique Facility Identifier
COMPLIANCE DATES
The date by which importers must comply with the FSVP regulations is the latest of the following dates:
Additional Resources
The FDA has developed and continues to develop several guidance documents on subjects that include:
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Contact
If you are looking for a way to minimize your costs and need a company to source or sell frozen vegetables, fruits and prepared foods, please contact us. We're a little old-fashioned and we'd like to get to know you before doing business. Please send us an email and tell us about your company and what you're looking for. You can be sure we will respond immediately!
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