Recently, Messi Biology officially obtained the FSSC 22000 Food Safety System Certification. The company’s four core food-grade magnesium salt products—magnesium oxide, magnesium carbonate, magnesium sulfate, and magnesium hydroxide—are all covered under this certification scope. Passing this certification indicates that the production, quality control, warehousing, and delivery processes of Messi Biology’s full line of food-grade magnesium salt products meet global food safety standards, securing a recognized international entry point to the global food supply chain and further strengthening the enterprise’s competitiveness in food additives and nutritional fortification ingredients.
FSSC 22000 is a food safety certification scheme benchmarked by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI). It integrates the ISO 22000 standard, the HACCP hazard analysis and critical control points system, and industry-specific pre-requisite programs (PRPs). It sets strict auditing standards across the entire supply chain, including raw material mining, production and processing, personnel management, cleanroom operations, finished product testing, and traceability management. It serves as a strict requirement for major global food and health food enterprises in North America, Europe, and worldwide to select upstream raw material suppliers. Due to its rigorous audit process and selective passing rate, the certification holds significant value in the industry.
Established in 1989, Hebei Messi Biology Co., Ltd. is a “Specialized, Refined, Differential, and Innovational” (SRDI) enterprise in Hebei Province with over thirty years of experience in magnesium salt production. Utilizing its high-quality hydromagnesite mineral resources in Tibet, the company has built an industrial chain spanning ore mining, purification, deep processing, and finished product packaging. It achieves an annual output of 50,000 tons of magnesium oxide, 30,000 tons of magnesium carbonate, 60,000 tons of magnesium hydroxide, and 10,000 tons of magnesium sulfate. It stably supplies standardized products meeting both pharmaceutical and food grades, while supporting customized production based on client-specified crystal forms and particle size parameters.
Its four food-grade magnesium salt products are used in various applications:
- Food-grade magnesium oxide is used as a nutritional fortifier, anti-caking agent, and acidity regulator;
- Magnesium carbonate serves as a baking release agent and dietary magnesium source;
- Magnesium sulfate is applied in beverage and soy product processing;
- Magnesium hydroxide provides pH neutralization, moisture resistance, and preservation functions, serving as a core basic raw material for dairy products, bakery goods, and functional dietary supplements.
To work toward FSSC 22000 certification, Hebei Messi Biology Co., Ltd. spent a year carrying out comprehensive system upgrades. The company specifically renovated a Class 100,000 clean food production workshop, zoning it into a raw material pre-treatment area, enclosed synthesis reaction area, sterile powder screening area, and independent finished product storage area to physically isolate food-grade and industrial-grade production lines and prevent cross-contamination. It established a comprehensive HACCP risk management ledger to perform full-item testing on key parameters—such as heavy metals, microorganisms, allergens, and impurities—for every batch.
Additionally, it improved pre-job food safety training for personnel, scheduled equipment disinfection, and implemented a life-cycle batch traceability mechanism, establishing a closed-loop tracking system for raw material receipt, production processes, and finished product delivery, with all production data permanently archived for inspection. During the audit, the expert team from the third-party certification body evaluated the operations through multi-dimensional assessments, including on-site inspections, document reviews, on-site sample testing, and process simulations. They verified that the company’s food safety control system is fully implemented and operating stably, and that all four magnesium salt products comply with international safety specifications for food ingredients, successfully passing all audit stages in a single assessment.
Feng Wenjie, General Manager of Hebei Messi Biology Co., Ltd., stated that the FSSC 22000 certification is not the final goal, but rather a new starting point for the company’s high-end and international development. Currently, demand for standardization and internationalization in the domestic food raw material industry continues to rise, and international buyers are increasingly strict regarding the food safety qualifications of upstream suppliers. Obtaining certification for the entire line of food-grade magnesium salts will satisfy the supplier entry requirements of major domestic food and health product enterprises. It will also help address export trade barriers, assisting magnesium oxide, magnesium carbonate, magnesium sulfate, and magnesium hydroxide products in expanding into overseas markets in Southeast Asia, the European Union, and North America.
Moving forward, Hebei Messi Biology Co., Ltd. will continue to use international food safety standards as its baseline for production. Relying on its in-house R&D center, the company aims to advance high-purity food-grade magnesium salt technology and optimize its comprehensive quality control system. By providing stable, safe, and high-purity magnesium salt products, the company intends to supply reliable ingredients for the domestic and global food and health industries, aiming to be a benchmark manufacturer of high-end food-grade magnesium salts in China.