Hello,
We recently got our SQF certification. We are an herb, spice and tea company. We also sell various accessories, one of which is a sage wand (non-food grade). We are currently buying it pre-packaged and reselling the wands, so the packages do not get opened in our facility and are stored and shipped from our finished goods building. There is a proposal in our company to buy the wands and repack them into our own bags in our facility.
How do we go about doing this, if we do? Can they be packaged in our same facility where we package food, but in a separate room? Or since they are non-food grade can they package them at our finished goods site (different building). I have concerns that the wands are sage and other herbs, which for our food grade items we consider salmonella to be a high risk and all items coming into our building need a negative salmonella result. These wands would have no testing, and also I would assume I should assess them for allergen risk......
Anyone have any advice on this or have dealt with anything similar? Or would doing this be not a good idea?
Thanks!