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Žemaitijos pienas

Telšiai, Telšių apskritis, Lithuania • 120 Employees
Food Production

One of the largest and most advanced milk processing companies in Lithuania – AB ŽEMAITIJOS PIENAS – counts its history since 1924. This year, i.e. almost a century ago, in the capital of Samogitia, which is situated on seven hills and surrounded by picturesque nature and which, according to a legend, in ancient times was founded by a giant Džiugas, has been opened Telšiai Dairy. It was of very high capacity at the time and produced butter, cream, cottage cheese, and other dairy products.Consulting with the best European and USA companies, focusing on introducing new technologies over the years, as well as using the most advanced membrane technology of milk purification Bactocatch has allowed the company to increase the variety of products and improve their quality. After having inspected ŽEMAITIJOS PIENAS in 1995, the State Food and Veterinary Service of the Republic of Lithuania ascertained that the company meets the veterinary requirements and granted the State Veterinary Supervision Number LT 78-01 P by the Order No. 4-104 "On Granting the Veterinary Supervision Number" of 20/07/1995.In mid-2009, the company was awarded ISO 9001 Quality Management certificate and ISO 22000 Food Safety Management System certificate. AB Klaipėdos Pienas and AB-F Šilutės Rambynas, belonging to ŽEMAITIJOS PIENAS company group were granted such certificates as well.Using an introduced self-control system, the company strictly controls the raw materials, production processes and performs laboratory tests of the end product. The Independent Testing Laboratory, which in 2006 became the first food industry laboratory in Lithuania accredited by the German certification body DAkkS according to international standards ISO / IEC 17025, carries out product quality assessment on a daily basis. In 2011, the laboratory was successfully recertified.