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Gold Sustaining Member Profiles
Flying Food Group (FFG) is a leading, large-scale producer of quality meals and snacks destined
for discerning passengers of the world's leading airlines and for retail partners in the grocery, food
service and specialty markets. FFG produces approximately 300,000 quality meals and snacks
daily, operating from a network of 17 U.S. kitchens that stretches from Honolulu to New York City.

Advanced packaging and preparation technologies, plus FFG's extensive production network, support maximum
quality and shelf life for retail products nationwide. Advanced computerized purchasing and operations systems also
add efficiencies.
FFG has more than 70 airline customers, primarily international carriers including Air France, Air India, Alitalia, ANA,
Asiana, British Airways, JAL, Lufthansa, Qantas, Singapore Airlines, SWISS and TAM. FFG retail partners are leading
global brands, including Starbucks and Amazon.
Diversity is a key driver of the company's success. Creative, multi-national chefs team with airline customers and
retail partners on cuisines ranging from Chinese, French, Italian and Western to Halal, Indian and Middle Eastern. More
than 80% of FFG's nearly 4,000 employees are women or minorities.
FFG VP of Food Safety & Quality (FS&Q) Dr. Paul A. Hall and his team maintain close oversight of food safety
and quality initiatives and procedures. These include Retail ServeSafe Food Safety Management Certification, HACCP
Certification and company-wide SQF Certification - an international Gold Standard for Food Safety. In 2018, FFG along
with its partner, the Institute of Food Safety and Health, were recipients of the Annual Midwest Food Matters Leadership
Award for outstanding food safety innovation and leadership. Along with this prestigious award, FFG established the
Sue Ling Gin Food Safety Scholarship in honor of our founder, Sue Gin. This scholarship is presented to an outstanding
student at the Institute of Food Safety and Health and was presented for the first time in November 2019.

Hygiena™ delivers rapid microbial detection, monitoring, and identification
solutions to improve food safety.

Hygiena's EnSURE™ Touch Monitoring System collects, analyzes, and reports data from multiple quality indicators,
including ATP, and indicator organisms including TVC, Coliform, E. coli and Listeria. SureTrend™ Cloud software safety
stores raw data and turns it into meaningful reports that provide cleaning and sanitation issues in your facility. GlutenTox®
and AlerTox® products are trusted by food manufacturers and consumers to identify allergens in food products and
environmental surfaces. Hygiena's BAX® System uses PCR technology to identify pathogens in food ingredients, finished
products and the environment. The Innovate System provides product quality control data for UHT processed and
aseptically filled products, ensuring long shelf life.The RiboPrinter® System is an automated system that identifies and
characterizes genetic "fingerprints" of bacteria which helps food processors monitor microbial trends in their facility and
trace contamination back to its source. Finally, the MycoTox™ system uses rapid, easy immune-based methods to detect
aflatoxins and other mycotoxins. Hygiena is committed to the mission of providing customers with high-quality innovative
technologies that are easy-to-use, reliable and backed by excellent customer service and support. Headquartered in
Camarillo, California with offices in the UK, Canada, Mexico, Spain and China, Hygiena enjoys sales in more than
100 countries. To learn more, visit www.hygiena.com.

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