Basic HTML-Version
20
„Within the space of a decade, QS has grown into
an active, recognised and highly reputed quality
assurance scheme, a scheme that is unique
worldwide in terms of its cross-stage approach.“
„I am […] convinced that fact-based information is
the key to enabling a constructive dialogue with
consumers and building their long-term trust in the
QS certification mark and in the efforts this entails.“
„For many years now, the QS scheme has proved
that it is anything but a static system. QS reflects,
reacts flexibly and is a vibrant system - one that has
continued to develop during the last ten years and
responded effectively to key trends in the market.“
10 years of QS – address at the anniversary reception on October
10, 2011
Markus Mosa,
CEO of EDEKA AG and Chairman of the
Shareholders‘ Meeting and the Curatorship of QS Qualität und
Sicherheit GmbH
„In the future, QS will play an ever more important
role in ensuring the success of meat in the
sector. One of the main goals of QS is to take on
responsibility for the issue of sustainability and to
adopt a clear stance on animal welfare, on social
standards for employees and on the ethical values of
our consumers.“
„QS is already so firmly established as a
central quality assurance scheme that it plays a
coordinating role of paramount importance when it
comes to tackling crises that affect food and food
products.“
On the origins and stumbling blocks on the road to the creation
of QS – presentation at the anniversary reception on October 10,
2011
Richard Lohmiller,
member of the Supervisory Board of Schwarz
Finanz und Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG and Chairman of the
Shareholders‘ Meeting of QS Qualität und Sicherheit GmbH from
2001 to 2002
Thank you to all scheme participants, certification
bodies, auditors and our supporters for
10 years of good cooperation
>
January 2011: dioxin in feed
More than 3,000 tons of dioxin-contaminated feed fat are placed on
the market by a fat producing company. The contamination is detected
by a QS scheme participant. Farms are temporarily blocked in the
ensuing period. The data from the QS feed monitoring form the basis
for risk assessment by the industry and the competent authorities.
>
March 2011: first consequences drawn from the dioxin incidents
The QS scheme responds rapidly and with a coordinated package of
measures to the dioxin incidents and draws necessary consequences.
The requirements for the feed sector are tightened in a series of steps.
The adopted measures further improve the feed safety and help to
ensure faster traceability.
QS – Report on 2011 Outlook for 2012
Qu a l i t y A s s u r a n c e .
Fr om f a rm t o s h o p .