SQF Audits
by Jeff Meiners Along with what has seemed like a thousand other things...February was the month for SQF audits at Crest. De- spite dealing with being extremely busy and short of staff, we managed our best scores across the board for these audits. A score of 96 in an SQF audit is classified as excellent, which is the highest scoring category for that audit. The three areas that were audited at Crest scored as follows: Packaging – 96, Ingredients – 98 and Karlin Ware house - 99. All excellent! These scores are a reflection of how we operate every day. Some place in our history we used to take time out to prepare for an audit. That simply isn’t a luxury that we have any more and in reality, it is far better to treat every day like an audit could happen at any time. Everyone has done an excellent job embracing and carrying out the practices that put us in a position to get such strong scores in an SQF audit. Thank you to all – this doesn’t happen unless it is embraced at all levels. Let’s continue to operate in such a way that the thought of an audit of our opera- tion is simply an opportunity to shine because we run it right every day. Over the years the Crest Family has taken up saving injured wildlife that finds its way to our West Facility. A while back a screech owl hitched a ride to work in the grill of an employee’s car, two years ago a peregrine falcon unex- pectedly arrived at the warehouse and this year a young American kestrel lost its way! For a few years now we have had a pair of kestrels (America’s littlest falcon…if you were wondering) nest in the trees at the warehouse and this June one of the youngsters lost his way on a flying mission. The bird was found and captured by two members of a B-Shift Warehouse Crew. “Spider” Dan and Josh Saxton were the heroes of the day for this tiny bird. Once the bird was captured they called the local DNR office and reported that have found the injured kestrel. The DNR officer traveled over 2 hours to pick up the little guy and then another hour to an animal rescue center. We just heard back from Woo Haven Wildlife Facility and the young kestrel is doing great and should be released in the next few weeks! Warehouse Crew to the Rescue by Garett Meiners
Spider Dan (kestrel in box)
Josh Saxton, DNR Officer & Spider Dan
Kestrel
April, May & June 2021 Crest Ink 13
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