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Style guide for the QS certification mark
By applying the QS certification mark, producers and marketers confirm that
they participate in the QS scheme and that they only produce and market the
product in accordance with the requirements of the QS scheme.
Only foods which have been produced and marketed right
from the start by certified businesses in compliance with
the QS requirements may bear the certification mark. In
addition to this, the scheme participant entitled to use it
must be recognisable on each product.
If the QS scheme participant chain from production to
marketing is interrupted – e.g. because a business does
not participate in the QS scheme, does not have valid
certification at the time of delivery or is not eligible to
deliver into the QS scheme – the QS certification mark
may not be applied to the product.
Check eligibility of delivery
As a scheme participant’s eligibility of delivery can
lapse at any time, e.g. if an audit is not passed. The
QS scheme participants along the supply chain are
obliged to check the status of their suppliers with
every delivery.
Only in this way it can be ensured that the integrity
of the supply chain is maintained.
Information on the eligibility of delivery can be
accessed under
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Feed
Agriculture
Slaughtering/
Deboning
Production
Processing
Wholesale
Food retail
Use of QS certification mark
on the product. All involved
are QS scheme participants.
No
use of QS certification
mark on the product. The QS
chain has been interrupted.
Food retail
6. Use of the QS certification mark
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
Not a QS scheme
participant
