Chile Time

Now, the stuff has been fully vetted.  It is made and ready to go out to you.  Sort of.  After the stuff is made, it has to pass one more test.  We are required to keep a sample to be opened after 48 hours.  The 48 hour jar is once more pH’d to make certain that the acidity didn’t drop to unsafe levels once it had enough time to fully homogenize in the jar.  After the batch finally passes that last test, it is ready to be ordered by you.  When we get an order an invoice is typed up, usually by Justin or Cleda.  Then the paperwork is handed over to the shipping department, usually Jim and sometimes Justin.  The shipper then gathers together the product to be sent out and reads.  Every jar, as well as all of our dried product, has a batch code designating what batch each individual product is a part of.  Each batch has a sheet that has the total number of units in each batch.  As each unit is packed up, it is subtracted from this sheet with the corresponding invoice number entered next to it.  This is another FDA requirement, as we have to log where our finished product goes.   This goes for the individual ingredients and their suppliers as well.  Once the information is logged, the products are packed and shipped to complete the road to your mouth.