Documents of the QS Scheme Manual

• [media:18530]
  General description of the QS scheme with its regulations such as system participation, use of the QS certification mark, sanction procedures, crisis and incident management, etc.
  
  
• [media:18529]
  Procedures for sanctioning violations of the system contract or requirements in the QS scheme.
  
  

• [media:18387]
  Requirements for certification bodies and auditors as well as rules for independent control (performance of audits, preparation of audit reports, audit frequency).
  
  
• [media:18385]
  Specifications on the form and content of certificates and confirmations issued by certification bodies.
  
  
• [media:18386]
  Overview of the sites (production scopes) in the system chain meat and meat products for which unannounced audits are to be carried out.

• [media:18426]
  Instructions for the implementation of feed monitoring. To be used for all system partners of the feed industry level, small-scale producers of feed materials, livestock owners and laboratories.
  
  
  • [media:18418]
    Overview of parameters and test procedures (methods) for feed monitoring.
    
    
  • [media:18419]
    Overview of maximum levels and QS guideline values for feed in feed monitoring.
    
    
  • [media:18420]
    List of test spectra for plant protection products in feed monitoring.
    
    
  • [media:18421]
    Application for laboratories to apply for QS recognition feed monitoring.
    
    
  • [media:21256]
    Additional control plans that must be adhered in addition to the annual analyses required in the QS scheme in accordance with the Guideline Feed Monitoring.
    
    
  • [media:18423]
    Ad hoc monitoring plans to be followed in addition to the annual analyses required by the QS scheme in accordance with the Guideline Feed Monitoring.
    
    
  • [media:18424]
    Requirements that a laboratory must fulfill in order to pass a laboratory competence test, as well as explanations as to which requirements must be fulfilled in order to regain QS recognition if the laboratory has lost the QS recognition in this respect.
  • [media:20632]
    Listing of antibiotic active substances of the Stage Feed sector.
    

• [media:18503]
  Guidance for residue monitoring of fresh, unprocessed fruits and vegetables and potatoes. Applicable for producers, coordinators of producers, wholesalers, sampling institutes and laboratories.
  
  
  • [media:18705]
    

    Overview of the current risk groups and risk source countries of the products and the resulting mandatory samples and testing methods.
    
    

  • [media:18510]
    Sampling protocol for sending the sample to the laboratory. Filled out by the sampler.
    
    
  • [media:18511]
    Data entry form for laboratories to apply for QS recognition in residue monitoring.
    
    
  • [media:18512]
    Evaluation criteria laboratory competence test.
    
    
  • [media:18513]
    Specifications for the sampling procedure and sample preparation for nitrate determination.
    
    
  • [media:18514]
    Protocol for documenting case-related consultation after a complaint has been identified.

Pig:

• [media:18491]
  Instructions for carrying out salmonella monitoring in QS pig fattening stocks. Applicable for pig fattening farms and coordinators, abbattoirs, laboratories as well as samplers, supervising veterinarians and suppliers.
  
  
  • [media:18484]
    Application for inspection bodies (laboratories) for QS recognition in salmonella monitoring.
    
    
  • [media:18483]
    Form that can be used by the responsible veterinarian as a confirmation of the implementation of sanitation measures to the coordinator.
    
    
  • [media:18482]
    Checklist for identifying reasons and risks of salmonella contamination. Applicable by all establishments classified in category II.

Poultry:

• [media:18492]
  Guidance on the implementation of salmonella monitoring in poultry meat production. Applicable to poultry farms (chicken, turkey, peking duck) and coordinators agriculture, abbattoirs, slaughtering/deboning plants, laboratories as well as samplers, supervising veterinarians and suppliers.

Cattle:

• [media:18406]
  Instructions for performing antibiotic monitoring in cattle including calves. Applicable to owners of cattle, coordinators agriculture and veterinarians.

 

Pig:

• [media:18407]
  Instructions for the implementation of antibiotic monitoring in fattening pigs. Applicable to owners of pigs, coordinators agriculture and veterinarians.

 

Poultry:

• [media:18408]
  Instructions for the implementation of antibiotic monitoring in fattening poultry and fattening poultry breeders. Applicable to livestock owners of fattening poultry and turkeys and their breeders and livestock owners of peking ducks, coordinators agriculture and veterinarians.
  
  
  • [media:18410]
    Listing of active substances (incl. withdrawal periods) in closed form contained in veterinary medicinal products for the treatment of QS fattening poultry.

Poultry:

• [media:18639]
  Requirements for recording poultry slaughter diagnostic data in the diagnostic data database. Applicable to poultry abbattoirs.

• [media:18392]
  Requirements for the produce of in feed material and compound feed, premixes and additives, trade, private labeling, storage and handling, as well as the transport of QS feeds.
  
  
  • [media:18394]
    Listing of the QM systems that can be recognized in the QS audit, as well as explanation of mutual recognitions with other standards.
    
    
  • [media:18395]
    Requirements for gatekeepers of straight feeds, additives, premixes and primary agricultural products.
    
    
  • [media:18396]
    Overview of all activities of feed businesses with indication, which activities are subject to certification and for which activities a participation in the feed monitoring is required.
    
    
  • [media:18397]
    Overviews of prohibited products, of feed material with release testing as well as prohibited fuels.
    
    
  • [media:18398]
    List of feed material that may be used in the QS scheme.
    
    
  • [media:18399]
    Agreement between QS scheme partner and food producer with requirements for the purchase of former foodstuffs from which feed is to be produced or to be used as such.
    
    
  • [media:18400]
    Definition of vegetable oils and fats, which are based on Regulation (EU) 2015/1905, with the purpose of the purpose feed.
    
    
    

QS-Soy Plus

Together with representatives of the entire supply chain, QS developed the Add-on module Purchase of deforestation-free soy to the QS Guideline Feed Sector . As of April 1st, 2023, feed companies can get certified against this module; as of January 1st, 2024, it will be mandatory for all feed producers and traders processing or trading soy products. As a result, as of January 1st, 2024, all soy being used in feed in the QS scheme will be deforestation-free.

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• [media:20765]
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• [media:20717]

Auditchecklists Feed Sector

• [media:18444]
  Requirements for cattle production, calf production, feeder and calf rearing, dairy cattle husbandry and suckler and nurse cow husbandry.
  
  
• [media:18445]
  Requirements for pig production, piglet rearing, gilts/boars rearing as well as sow management and piglets until weaning.
  
  
• [media:18446]
  Requirements for poultry production, turkey rearing and production as well as peking duck rearing and production.
  
  
• [media:18443]
  Requirements for breeding poultry (chickens and turkeys) and for breeding stock (male and female) used for hatching production.
  
  
• [media:18447]
  Requirements for handling hatching eggs and chicks for the production of chicken and turkey chicks.
  
  
• [media:18448]
  Requirements for the documentation and execution of the transport of cattle, pigs and poultry for commercial transport companies and abbattoir-owned transports.

Audit Checklist Pig Farmers

Audit Checklist Cattle Farmers

Audit Checklist Poultry Farmers

Audit Livestock Transport

• [media:18442]
  Tasks and duties to coordinators who organize participation in the QS scheme for livestock farms, horticultural farms, animal transport companies, arable farms, and grassland and forage farms.
  
  
  • [media:18473]
    Requirements for coordinators when registering certificate holders and producers with GLOBALG.A.P. certificates under option 2 and/or under option 1 multisite with Quality Management System (QMS).
    
    
  • [media:18474]
    Requirements for certificate holders with GLOBALG.A.P. certificates under option 2 and affiliated producers to participate in the QS scheme, as well as the requirements for labeling the goods from these farms with the QS certification mark.
    
    
  • [media:18475]
    Requirements for producers with GLOBALG.A.P. certificates under option 1 Multisite with implementation of a quality management system for participation in the QS scheme (QMS), as well as the requirements for marking the goods from these farms with the QS certification mark.

Audit checklist Coordinators Agriculture/Production

• [media:18379]
  Requirements for slaughtering and deboning of cattle, pigs and poultry, and for companies where processing takes place, up to meat packaging for the end consumer.
  
  
• [media:18378]
  Requirements for the processing of meat, meat products and meat preparations and products with an addition of meat or meat products.

Audit checklist Slaughtering/Deboning

Audit checklist Processing Meat and Meat Products

• [media:18381]
  Requirements for the wholesale meat trade.
  
  
• [media:18381]
  Requirements for brokers performing trading activities with QS goods. The broker is the owner of the QS commodity without necessarily coming into contact with it.
  
  
• [media:18380]
  Requirements for storage and transport of meat and meat products, which is carried out on behalf of QS scheme partners. Storage companies are not owners of the QS goods.
  
  
• [media:15417]
  Requirements for the use of the QS certification mark for composite products such as mixed salads or ready meals.
  
  

Audit Checklist Meat Wholesale

Audit Checklist Broker Meat and Meat Products

• [media:20606]
  Requirements for the production of feed for pets, especially dogs and cats. Certification in accordance with these guidelines is a prerequisite for labelling pet food with the seal of the Initiative Tierwohl (ITW).
  
  

Audit Checklists Pet Food

• [media:18339]
  Requirements for the cultivation, harvesting, preparation and marketing of fruit and vegetables (outdoor/protected cultivation) and potatoes at the producer.
  
  
• [media:18340]
  With GLOBALG.A.P. benchmarked standard with requirements for cultivation, harvest, preparation and marketing of fruit and vegetables (field/protected cultivation).
  
  
  • [media:18457]
    List of possible feedstocks for biogas plants whose fermentation substrates are permitted under conditions are allowed in fruit, vegetable and potato cultivation.
    
    
  • [media:18456]
    Requirements for the production of greens, for peeling processes, and for the marketing of these processed and, where applicable, packaged products as QS goods as well as potatoes at the producer.

Audit Checklists Production Fruit, Vegetables, Potatoes

• [media:18620]
  Requirements for the processes in fruit, vegetable and potato processing and processing plants (except branches of the food retail trade).
  
  

Audit Checklist Preparation/Processing Fruit,Vegetables, Potatoes

• [media:18501]
  Requirements for wholesale (including agencies) of fruit, vegetables, potatoes with fresh and processed goods.
  
  
• [media:18500]
  Requirements for logistics companies that exclusively transport and/or store fresh and processed fruits and vegetables and potatoes and, if applicable, pick them, but do not own the goods.

Audit Checklist Wholesale Fruit, Vegetables, Potatoes

Audit Checklist Logistics Fruit, Vegetables, Potatoes

In order to avoid double audits, QS scheme participants can have the requirements for the claim "without GMO/VLOG verified" defined by the Verband Lebensmittel ohne Gentechnik e. V. (VLOG) checked in the QS audit. (VLOG) can be checked in the QS audit.

• [media:20832]
  Additional requirements that can be checked in the QS audit as a basic prerequisite for the label "Ohne Gentechnik". Applicable to the feed industry.