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QUALITY ASSURANCE AND TRACEABILITY

QUALITY ASSURANCE AND TRACEABILITY. Towards a unique ICQM Standard in the arable crop and horticulture sector. Towards one unique ICQM standard in the arable crop and horticulture sector. Marc ROSIERS. Contents. Introduction Starting point Voluntary action Legal action The ICQM Standard

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QUALITY ASSURANCE AND TRACEABILITY

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  1. QUALITY ASSURANCE AND TRACEABILITY Towards a unique ICQM Standard in the arable crop and horticulture sector Towards one unique ICQM standard in the arable crop and horticulture sector Marc ROSIERS

  2. Contents • Introduction • Starting point • Voluntary action • Legal action • The ICQM Standard • Aims • Development • Instruments • State of the art and future • Control and costs • VEGAPLAN.BE

  3. Starting point • A few incidents and crises: • Dioxin crisis (B), BSE (UK), foot and mouth sore (UK, NL), sugar beet GMO (NL), beet pulp (B), … • A few points concerning: • The consumers • The purchasers • Food policy: foundation of FASFC: Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain

  4. Consequences • Voluntary actions • At first in individual sectors • Later at the level of the production of arable crops • Legal actions • European and Belgian legislation concerning liability for defective products • European guideline and Belgian RD on auto-control

  5. Voluntary action (1) CPPC = Concertation Platform door de Processing of arable Crops • Founded June 26th 2000 • Reformed as non profit organization on July 6th 2005 • Members: Belgapom, Belgrain, Bemefa, Cefi, KVBM, Nubelt, Subel, VBT, Vegebe

  6. Voluntary action (2) CPPC • Has members from companies which trade and process raw materials from crops • With the goal to develop ‘one’ICQM system (Integrated Chain Quality Management) for arable crops and horticulture through concertation: • Within and between the chains • With the public authorities

  7. Voluntary action (3) • ICQM: what’s in a name? • Integrated = a link is established between every partner of the chain • Chain = all partners in the food chain • Quality = product safety, product quality, environment • Management = planning, executing, controlling and correcting • GOAL = optimising the chain

  8. Voluntary action (4) • One ICQM system • ICQM applies to all links of the chain: • Agriculture companies (and their suppliers) • Trade and transport • Processors of basic raw materials • ICQM applies to all product flows: • Primary product flow of agriculture to processors of basic raw materials to food industry • Secondary product flow of food industry to agriculture: animal feed and soil

  9. Voluntary action (5) • In concertation with:AGROFRONT • Is an actual association • With branch associations for agriculture and horticulture of • Boerenbond (BB) • Algemeen Boerensyndicaat (ABS) • La Fédération Wallonne de l’Agriculture (FWA)

  10. Voluntary action (6) • In concertation with: SUPPLIERS • Products • Producers of seed, planting material en plantlets (Intersemza, Semzabel,…) • Producers of fytopharmaceuticals (Phytofar) • Producers of fertilizers (Fedichem, Ferab, Vlaco, …) • Services • Transport = external services (Febetra, SAV) • Subcontractors (Landbouwservice NCL, VOLSOG) • Distributors of seeds, fytopharmaceuticals and fertilizers

  11. Voluntary action (7) • Continuation concertation • Guide auto-control in the arable crop and horticulture sector 2000-2001: Foundation CPPC: - Concertation within the chain - Concertation with Agrofront 2006 2005 ICQM Standard in the arable crop and horticulture sector  Validation Guide auto-controle by FASFC and acrreditation by BELAC 2004 Start concertation: - Suppliers - Public authorities (FASFC, regions) 2003 •Continuation concertation •Design ICQM Standaard and guide auto-control: PVF 2002 Start concertation: - distributors Structural concertation between the different chains and the public authorities

  12. Legal actions (1) • European • Regulation 178/2002 laying down the general principles of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety • Regulation 852/2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs

  13. Legal actions (2) • Belgian • RD of 14.11.03 on auto-control, notification duty and traceability • All stagesof production, processing and distribution • Primary production= the cultivation of primary products and harvesting

  14. Legal actions (3) • Auto-control: internal self-control = the whole of measures taken by proprietors to insure that their products in all steps of production, processing and distribution satisfy to: • Food safety • Traceability • Technical quality (within competence of FASFC)

  15. Legal actions (4) • Auto-control in the primary production • Annex I: hygiene prescriptions • Annex II: Keeping up records + notification duty

  16. Legal actions (5) • Hygiene prescriptions: • Protect products against pollution from fertilizers, fytopharmaceuticals, biocides, water, soil,.. • Accommodation, crates, vehicles that are used: keep clean • Use drinking water or clean water where necessary to prevent pollution • Store waste and dangerous materials so as to prevent pollution

  17. Legal actions (6) • Records = traceability • Records IN & OUT: for all incoming and outgoing products: • Multiplication material of crops • Fytopharmaceuticals and biocides • Fertilizers • The use of fytopharmaceuticals and biocides (RD of 22/12/2005)

  18. Legal actions (7) • Notification duty: for each operator who judges or has grounds to believe that the product he imports, produces, trades, processes, … can be harmful for the health of men, animals or crops: • Microbiological contaminants and toxins • Residues of pesticides and nitrates • Not accepted genetic engineered organisms • Harmful organisms for crops (for which notification to FASFC is obliged)

  19. Legal actions (8) • Notification duty: • Obliged forms for notification • The results of for public health relevant analyses of plant samples or other samples ! All records must be kept for at least 5 years

  20. Legal actions (9) • Sector guides • Concretises all legal prescriptions from the RD for a specific sector or subsector • Validation by the FASFC • Delegation • External control on auto-control can be executed by acknowledged and accredited certification institutions

  21. Contents • Introduction • Starting point • Voluntary action • Legal action • The ICQM Standard • Aims • Development • Instruments • State of the art and future • Control and costs • VEGAPLAN.BE

  22. ICQM Standard = answer to all legal demands • Based on risk analysis (product file card) • Describes hygienic measures applicable for the primary production (RD Annex 1) • Sector guide Auto-control: requirements with respect to food safety and traceability under competence of FASFC

  23. ICQM Standard • Describes the keeping up of records for the primary production of crops (RD Annex 2) • Traceability • Record of parcel/culture in a file stab • Provides an external control: certification regulation • On the fulfilment of the ICQM Standard

  24. Aims (1) Observation In the link “arable crops and horticulture” a lot of systems exist (excessive growth on books of specifications) Aim of CPPC– AGROFRONTOne unique system for the whole chain of production of arable crops and horticulture SolutionDevelopment of the ICQM standard for PRODUCTION OF ARABLE CROPS AND HORTICULTURE as a unique system for all crops

  25. Aims (2) • Main goal • DevelopONE HARMONIZEDsystem • For all crops and activities • Administratively simple, feasible and affordable • Second goal • Sector guide Auto-control for the production of arable crops and horticulture (answer to RD Auto-control, notification duty and traceability)

  26. Aims (3) • The ICQM Standard for arable crops and horticulture • Describes all legal and supplementary standards with respect to: • Basic quality = food safety, technologic quality and environment • Traceability • The ICQM Standard for arable crops and horticulture encompasses the “minimal requirements for the farmer to obtain entry to the market”

  27. Development (1) • Starting point • different existing books of specifications • Lastenboek consumptie-aardapplen • Lastenboek industriegroenten • Flandria • Lastenboek MBT voor pitfruit en houtig kleinfruit • Charte PERFECT were compared and harmonized 1 book of specifications

  28. Development (2) • Result:the comparative and harmonizing study results in two groups of requirements: • Horizontal requirements: general requirements for basic quality: applicable to all activities • Vertical requirements: specific requirements that differ between activities regarding: • Technique (e.g. intensive versus extensive culture) • The product (e.g. specific requirements for mycotoxins in grains) • The destination (e.g. fresh market versus industry)

  29. Requirements > basic requirements within ICQM (e.g. Eurep-GAP, Flandria, …) Eurep-GAP Not applicable Requirements General Specific ICQM Standard Different cultures (vegetables, potatoes, fruit, grains, sugar beets, …) Development (3) • Result

  30. Guide Auto-control Code of Good Agricultural Practice Book of specifications Check- list Registration documents Instruments (1) Risk analysis Productfile stab +

  31. Instruments (2) • Product file stab • Risk analysis of the vegetable products: risk and critical points in the primary production process  basis of ICQM Standard • Specific for each culture • Book of specifications • Contains all requirements for the product and the production process concerning basic quality and traceability • The book of specifications has been harmonized for the whole arable crop production and horticulture with a series of: • General requirements for application to ALL cultures • Specific requirements for particular cultures (when applicable)

  32. Instruments (3) • Check-list • Distilled from the book of specifications: all important requirements are resumed. The use of the check-list is consequently handy for internal or external control • Registration - documents • File stabs on which all important culture information is registered (fytopharmaceuticals, irrigation, date of planting or sowing, …) = passport of the product = instrument of registration and traceability • No obliged fixed format, aim is simplicity. Reference to existing documents is possible

  33. Instruments (4) • Annexes of the ICQM Standard • Procedure notification duty • Regulation for certification • Sector guide Auto-control • The sector guide resumes all requirements for which the FASFC is competent • The sector guides meets all requirements concerning RD Auto-control, notification duty and traceability

  34. ICQM Standard: Accreditation by BELAC All requirements regarding food safety, traceability, technological quality and environment Sector guide Auto-control: Validation by FASFC Only requirements regarding food safety and traceability under competence of FASFC ICQM versus Sector guide

  35. State of the art and future(1) • First phase • The ICQM Standard for potatoes, vegetables and fruit (fresh market and industry) = ICQM ‘PVF’ • Realised: July 2004 • Start: January 1st 2005 • Sector Guide Auto-control for the production of arable crops and horticulture, version ‘PVF’ • Realised: July 2004 • Submitted to FASFC for validation

  36. State of the art and future(2) • First phase • The ICQM Standard for subcontractors of agricultural and horticultural works for potatoes, vegetables and fruit (fresh market and industry) = ICQM for subcontractors ’PVF’ • Realised: end 2004 • Start: March 15th 2005

  37. State of the art and future(3) • Second phase: Extension of the ICQM Standard and Sector guide to other arable crops: • Grains, protein and oil containing raw materials (FWA) • Sugar beets (CBB) • Chicory (CBB) • Sector Guide submitted to FASFC at the end of December 2005 • ICQM Standard: mid 2006  accreditation by BELAC

  38. State of the art and future(4) • Second phase: extension of the ICQM Standard and sector guide auto-control to other crops and secondary transport to GMP certified companies • Submission to FASFC – BELAC: mid 2006

  39. State of the art and future(5) • Exchangeability with other systems • Study of exchangeability with other systems applied in the Netherlands (voedselveiligheidscertificaat), France, Europe (Eurep-Gap, …)  Foreseen in 2006

  40. State of the art and future(6) One ICQM Standard and enclosed Sector guide • Agriculture (production of arable crops and horticulture) and • Subcontractors (of agricultural and horticultural works)

  41. Control FASFC Levy Audit costs Indvidual certification (Certification institution) Group certification (Control Centre) Individual Investments Companies With ICQM/sector guide Companies without Sector guide

  42. Levy Levy Audit costs Individual investments

  43. Conclusion • ICQM Standard = • A guarantee for basic quality regarding food safety, technological quality and environment • a chain approach: All links are present: suppliers, primary production, trade and processors

  44. Conclusion • ICQM Standard = • A horizontal approach • For all arable and horticultural crops • A harmonised standard for the whole production of arable crops and horticulture • Simple, feasible and affordable • With the auto-control guide an answer to the RD Auto-control, notification duty and traceability

  45. Contents • Introduction • Starting point • Voluntary action • Legal action • The ICQM Standard • Aims • Development • Instruments • State of the art and future • Control and costs • VEGAPLAN.BE

  46. What (1) • The non profit organizationVEGAPLAN.BEwas founded by CPCC-Agrofront and has as a task the administrative management of the ICQM STANDARD

  47. Control Concertation Management Suppliers Suppliers Suppliers Agriculture Agriculture Agriculture Trade & Processors Or FASFC Or OCI Distribution VEGAPLAN.BE CPPC CERTIFICATION What (2) • Tasks Trade & Processors

  48. Tasks • VEGAPLAN.BE • Manages the data base with addresses and the status of the companies which are using the ICQM Standard • Informsthe companies • New versions of the ICQM Standard • The exchangeability with other (foreign) standards

  49. Tasks • VEGAPLAN.BE • Recognizes and forms auditors: uniform and harmonized audits • Theoretical and practical trainings • Exams • Coordinates • The verification procedure: harmonization of the sampling scheme that is organized per sector • The training of the companies: to establish a correct application of the ICQM Standards

  50. Members • For traders and processors: • Belgapom: Belgian federation of potato trade and industry • Subel: Federation of Belgian sugar manufacturers • VBT: Association of Belgian horticultural auctions • Vegebe:Association for vegetable processing and trade in industrial vegetables • Bemefa:Professional association of the Belgian compound feed manufacturers Potential members = other links of the chain traders & processors (CPCC): e.g. Belgrain (grains), Cefi ...

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