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2000
Successfully developed the U.S. fresh ginger market with an annual export volume of 5,000 tons.

2001
Developed a spinach planting base, processing 2,000 tons of frozen spinach annually.

2002
Completed the expansion of cold storage, increasing capacity to 10,000 tons.
Completed HACCP and ISO 9002 certificates.
Implemented a comprehensive quality management system.

2003
Began the cultivation of organic agricultural products, including ginger, garlic, and onions.

2004
Expanded the organic farming scale, developing an organic agricultural base of 500 MU.

2005
Launched the automatic cleaning and processing production line for strawberries, processing 1,500 tons of frozen strawberries annually.

2006
The factory’s frozen workshop received organic certificate from ECOCERT Germany.
Successfully passed the Kosher certificate and signed a long-term inspection agreement.

2007
The factory passed the GMP and GAP certificates.
Fresh ginger was confirmed as safe by the U.S. Primus Labs.
Jointly invested with Melissa Farms in Los Angeles to develop an organic ginger planting base.
Qingdao Santao International Trade Co., Ltd. was established.

2008
The company obtained BRC and NOP certificates.

2009
The company passed the AIB certificate.
Awarded the title of Key Leading Enterprise of Agricultural Industrialization in Weifang City.
Completed workshop renovations and warehouse expansions, increasing production capacity to 35,000 tons and storage capacity to 20,000 tons.

2010
Passed the on-site audit for frozen food production license (QS) and received certificate.
Awarded the title of Key Leading Enterprise of Agricultural Industrialization in Shandong Province.
Shanghai Santao Food Co., Ltd. was established.

2011
The company established a new vacuum nitrogen packaging workshop, successfully developing frozen vegetable products suitable for fresh food sales.

2012
Continued expanding the organic vegetable planting base.
The variety of organic vegetables expanded to ginger, garlic, sweet corn, spinach, onions, and edamame.

2013
As a high-quality frozen vegetable and fruit supplier, the business expanded to supply ingredients for the world's top 100 food companies, such as Heinz, Kewpie, and Yoshinoya.

2014
Santao Foods launched the "Dong Zhiwei" series of frozen vegetables and fruits, successfully entering renowned domestic high-end supermarkets such as City Super, Takashimaya, and OLE.

2015
The company's newly built 6,000-square-meter frozen prepared food workshop was put into use, mainly producing spring rolls and meat-based prepared foods.

2016
Established a food R&D department to develop products tailored to the needs of the catering industry.
Launched the Snowflake Series and Fried Battered Series products to serve group catering clients.
Joined the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), and the company now applies international food safety certificates to all processed products.

2017
The company successfully transitioned to both export and domestic sales, with domestic market share steadily increasing.
The company decided to enter the integrated industry of poultry farming, slaughtering, and deep processing.

2019
The production capacity of 18 million meat ducks began operations at Shunjiang Food on August 8th.
Santao Foods' vegetable processing plant successfully passed SMETA social responsibility certificate.
Successfully expanded into the large-scale catering chain system with meat duck prepared products.
Santao Foods' fresh ginger products successfully entered the U.S. Canteen Service System.

2020
The company introduced the no-antibiotic meat duck farming guidelines and included it in the 2025 five-year development plan.
The second factory completed a 10,000-square-meter overall workshop upgrade, and the PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) quality control system was applied in production.
Introduced the world's most advanced chlorophyll AFMD laser robots from Europe for frozen vegetable quality sorting and control.
Damei Foods launched a series of fully cooked convenience packaged foods such as braised smoked and carbon-grilled products.

2021
Completed the upgrade and expansion of the frozen vegetable workshop, increasing production capacity to 20,000 tons and storage capacity to 10,000 tons.
Introduced TOMRA color sorting equipment from Belgium and equipped the workshop with fully automated weighing and packaging systems.
AI intelligent systems were applied in the frozen food production workshop.

2022
Passed COSTCO's BRC audit and received an A+ certificate.
Passed BSCI social responsibility certificate and GRASP certificate.
Expanded the ginger storage warehouse to 10,000 tons and completed the ginger futures delivery warehouse.

2023
Promoted corporate sustainability, setting goals for the next decade regarding social, environmental, and corporate governance at Santao Food.
Achieved organic vegetable certificate under both the U.S. NOP and EU standards.
Launched a new frozen spinach product, successfully entering the North American catering wholesale system, and received positive feedback from global restaurant chains.