The eight certifications below are held by partner plants. Our part was requirement assessment, documentation, plant improvement and audit guidance. The first three are common purchasing requirements in export markets; the other five are Taiwan schemes.
Export market certification
A GFSI-recognised food safety management scheme, and a baseline supplier condition for European and international retail chains.
Halal compliance across ingredient origin, alcohol content and line segregation. The condition of entry for Malaysia, Indonesia and the Middle East.
The most widely recognised kosher mark in the United States, and a direct requirement for some retail and foodservice buyers.
Taiwan market and quality schemes
The five below are Taiwan national schemes and testing programmes. They are effective qualification conditions for domestic retail, school and institutional catering buyers.
- Tse-Xin organic certificationOrganic certification for raw materials and processed products, covering source and process.
- Traceable Agricultural Product (TAP)Production records traceable to plot and batch, a common domestic retail requirement.
- CAS Taiwan quality markA quality and hygiene mark for processed food, well recognised by Taiwanese consumers.
- TAF-accredited laboratoryTest reports from a TAF-accredited laboratory, which channels accept as credible data.
- Annual pesticide residue screening assessmentAn annual screening assessment on produce inputs, part of the raw material control record.
Our part in the process
Establish which certifications and documents the category and destination require.
Food safety plan, hazard analysis, traceability records and internal audit.
Flow, hygienic zoning, ingredient segregation and sanitation verification.
A dry run against the certification body checklist, so findings are closed before the real audit.
On site on the day, helping answer findings and tracking corrective actions to closure.
The certificate issues, with the intended product confirmed inside its scope.
What a certification covers
Every certification carries a defined scope of product category and production line. A certified plant does not mean everything made there is covered, and adding a new category to a certified line can require the scope to be extended.
So eligibility for an actual project is confirmed item by item against the product category, the target market and the line being used. That happens while the line is being configured, not discovered before shipment.
The certifications listed here were earned by Veg Allies partner plants. Veg Allies provides requirement assessment, documentation, plant improvement and audit guidance. The product categories, lines and certified scope applicable to any given project are confirmed per project.
Which one does your product need?
You almost certainly do not need all of them. Tell us the product, the target market and the sales channel, and we can work out which certifications and documents actually have to be dealt with.
Establish which one applies before committing to it
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