Origin Fruit Group Grape Packing Protocol

PREREQUISITE SPECIFICATIONS

Prerequisite specifications

All grapes packed for Origin Fruit Group must be certified to GLOBALGAP and GRASP (or equivalent). GLOBALGAP is continuous certification. The minimum standard is all the product supplied must be certified to the end of the products consumer shelf life (harvesting, transfer to UK, supply to customer, plus final consumer shelf life date). All varieties, farms and plots supplied must be grown and certified to GLOBALGAP. Origin Fruit Group will not approve for use any product not certified to GLOBALGAP at point of sale. All High Risk countries must have a third party social audit. Permitted standards arel BSCI, SA8000, Sedex SMETA, Fairtrade, Rainfor est Alliance, SIZA, Fair For Life, Sustainably Grown, Naturland Fair, ECOCERT ESR Standard. Residues <100% EU MRL A maximum concentration of 100% of the applicable EU MRL is applied to each individual residue except when packing directly for a supermarket.

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Cross-contamination • From raw materials allergens eaten by personnel. • Allergens produced in the same site. • Allergens present in the raw materials history. PLEASE NOTE pest contamination notably Spider contamination is one of the most serious customer complaint issues and causes a great deal of distress to those who find them. Please make a particular effort to remove spiders and spider webs from the product.

All product supplied must be produced under a HAC CP based system for food production and food safe ty in accordance with EC 852/2004 hygiene of food stuffs. With a focus ensuring the minimization of risk of contamination to product and packaging, with the appropriate procedures and controls in place; • PHYSICAL : Physical; jewellery, glass, hard or brittle plastic, wood, paper, metal, pests (in cluding spiders, spider webs, insects, crickets, cockroaches, snails, scorpions, snakes, frogs), machine parts, equipment or malicious foreign bodies contamination, not exhaustive. All product must be free from scissors, secateurs and knives, also free from scissor grease (which must have a known allergen status and not contain allergens). • LIQUID ; water, diesel, lubricants or oil contami nation • INTRUDERS OR STOWAWAYS and resultant damage in containers. Efforts must be made to secure the vehicle storage compartment, espe cially when crossing the channel from main land Europe, where practical and possible Calais cross should be avoided as this is a high-risk port. • CHEMICAL : Pesticide, Chemical, PGR, Fertiliz ers, Cleaning Chemicals residues • BIOLOGICAL : Pathogenic bacteria or microor ganisms, virus, yeasts, fungi; such as Botrytis, Penicillin • ALLERGENS : Sulphur Dioxide

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