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INFO LETTER anniversary issue
fruit, vegetables and potatoes |
February 2014
Quality Assurance.
From farm to shop.
WORD OF WELCOME
EVERYONE DELIVERS QUALITY TO EVERYONE ELSE
QS Residue Monitoring
With its residue monitoring, QS establishes an effective system for monitoring residue levels in
fruit, vegetables and potatoes. Samples are drawn and analysed from the 2005 season. Eleven lab-
oratories have been approved for this purpose and are at the disposal of the scheme participants
for the examination of their products.
What’s new is that for the first time in the fruit, vegetable and potato sector, the control and certifi-
cation of operational processes are linked with checks for compliance with maximum residue levels
by means of the random sampling of products. The goal the residue monitoring is to document
the conformity of the goods and identify the cause of any nonconformity. The appropriate counter-
measures are initiated in the event of complaints.
Founding of QS Fachgesellschaft Obst-Gemüse-Kartoffeln GmbH
QS Fachgesellschaft Obst-Gemüse-Kartoffeln GmbH
starts work on 1 July 2004. All scheme agreements in
the fruit, vegetables and potatoes sector are signed between the association and each scheme participant.
The first shareholders are the
Bundesausschuss Obst und Gemüse
(BOG),
Bundesvereinigung der Erzeu-
gerorganisation Obst und Gemüse e.V.
(BVEO),
Zentralverband Gartenbau e.V.
(ZVG),
Union der deutschen
Kartoffelwirtschaft e.V.
(UNIKA) and
QS Qualität und Sicherheit GmbH.
CMA also assumes the task of communication for QS labelled fruit, vegetables and potatoes towards con-
sumers and the specialist public. This comprises advertising and public relations work, handball sponsor-
ing, cooperative measures for the food retail sector, appearances at fairs and exhibitions and training in
agriculture.
MILESTONES
10 YEARS OF PROCESS
2005
2004
Active sup-
port forsafe
fruit, vege-
tables and
potatoes
With the ex-
pansion of
the QS scheme to include fruit,
vegetables and potatoes, the
sector took a bold and consistent
step in the direction of consumer
protection ten years ago. Today,
our blue QS certification mark is
an important signal for inspected
processes – from farm to shop.
The development was made with
sound judgment and the goal of
implementing a consistently high
requirements level in the supply
chain and across national fron-
tiers. In doing so, we continue to
orientate on the demands of the
market. The guidelines have been
developed for day-to-day practice
and double audits and costs are
avoided through the recognition
of other standards.
In the future too, we will continue
to ensure jointly that the availabili-
ty of QS goods is assured and that
further advances are made with the
internationalisation of the scheme.
The safety of fruit, vegetables and
potatoes will continue to be the fo-
cus of our quality assurance efforts.
Ulrich Schopohl
, Chairman of the
Advisory Board Fruit, Vegetables
and Potatoes and Division Manag-
er of Strategic Quality Assurance
with the REWE Group
Lebensmittelpraxis Nr. 18
September 2004
Gemüse 3/2004
Kartoffelbau
TASPO 20/02/2004
