EuropeanQualityControl System

StockholmJanuary 28th, 2011

EQCS

INDEX

• History• Mission and vission• Objectives• Organization• Goals• Activity summary

WHERE DO WE COME FROM

EQCS EEIG EQCS aisbl

1994 2010

MISSION

SAFETY & QUALITY of fruit juices, nectars and drinksFAIR COMPETITION in the marketsIMPROVE the positive image, consumer confidenceCOMPLY with the antitrust legislation

VISSION

HARMONIZATION of control activities

SUPPORT fruit juice manufactures to comply with legal and industrial standards.

GOALS

ASSURE fair & free competition

PROTECT industry image

DEVELOP control systems

HARMONIZATION analytical results

CREATE early warning system

PROVIDE raw material control

Raw Material CONTROL

PROMOTION of EQCS logo

PLATFORM knowhow exchange

communication & information

MEMBERS

Membership is voluntary

• Ordinary members – AIJN and Associations running packer control scheme

• Observers– National associations in Europe without own control schemes

– Associations outside the EEA and EU candidate countries running a control scheme.

– Other associations related to fruit juice industry

• Supporting members– Individual companies or legal entities willing to support EQCS

MEMBERS

ORGANIZATION

AIJNCode of Practice

18 associations

POLITICAL & REGULATORY CONTROL BODY

EQCSEuropean Quality Control System

NQCSNational Quality Control

Systems (6)

Finished Goodsfrom market & member´s

plants:

France, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland,

Spain & UK

RQCSRegional Quality Control

Systems (1)

Finished Goodsfrom market & member´s

plants:

Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland,Germany, Hungary, Italy,

Lithuania, Portugal, Slovenia, Switzerland

IRMAInternational Raw

Material Assurance

Raw materials &semi-finished goods

from manufacturers and suppliers from more than:

50 countries word-wide

Members may use this logo on their packs.Members indicate participation withthis logo in their company papers.

Countries with self-control

OBLIGATION OF MEMBERS

• Support the aims and objectives of EQCS

• Pay membership fees as specified in the contribution order

• Ordinary members:– Maintain and develop a control scheme– Comply with minimum requirements and guidelines for local control– Actively participate in the bodies of EQCS– Regularly report on special observation in the market and submit an

annual report on control activities and results.

RIGHTS OF MEMBERS

• Submit proposal to the Board of Directors, Advisory Board and to the General Assembly

• Receive an annual activity report in anonymous form• To be represented in all bodies of the EQCS• Voting rights at the General Assemblies:

– Proportional vote of 1 vote per 10 Mio liter sales

– Observers and supporting Member can participate without vote

– Representation of other member only via a proxy

– No member can represent a majority of the votes

ORGANIZATION

General Assembly

Board of Directors

Secretariat

Delegates of the members

Persons engaged to a company in a System

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Mr. Idwin Bouman. FrieslandCampina. DQCS. Netherlands

Mr. John Collins. Gerber Foods. BSDA. UK

Mr Oscar Hernandez, from Grupo Leche Pascual. AEAZN (Spain) Mr Jean Paul Lorch, from JFA. QUALIJUS (France) Dr. Karl Neuhäuser from Eckes Granini. SGF (Germany) Mrs Barbara Groele, General Secretary DSK (Poland) Mr Jan Hermans, General Secretary AIJN (Belgium)

Requierements for control schemes

• Accept all terms and conditions for ORDINARY participants according to Statutes.

• Adopt the AIJN CoP• Acknowledge compliance with food law and labelling

regulations• Inform about encountered problems and help to solve

the problem.• Provide full traceability when needed.• Keep counter-samples• Provide full information about samples upon request to

EQCS authorities.

Rights for control schemes

• Advertise their membership to EQCS• Use of EQCS logo according to requirements• To be represented as Voting member in the

national General Assembly• Receive information provided by EQCS• Password to enter the members area in the web

Web page

Web page

Technical requirements

• Sample taking– From members’ plants and market, in representative way

• Analysing – 50% of products sampled from participants– Up to the scheme number of non-participants to be

analysed– Adequate and suitable authenticity controls– By independent laboratories

• Plant Inspections– Minimum once a year

Technical requirements

• Evaluation of analytical figures (executive body or expert committee)

• Issue a yearly status report including:– Participants, finance, control activities, sample taking, analysis,

non-conformities, corrective actions

• Ensure traceability of products• Take adequate corrective actions• Participate in the harmonisation of practices• Pass the audit for approval or re-approval (two years)

COSTS

• FIX quota (3.000€) • Quota based on volumes • Contribution to SGF-IRMA

CONTROL ACTIVITIES SUMMARY 2009

TOTAL BUDGET 950.000€

CONTROL ACTIVITIES SUMMARY 2009

samples taken 1461

CONTROL ACTIVITIES SUMMARY 2009

samples analyzed 1042

CONTROL ACTIVITIES SUMMARY 2009

OK > 84%

SAFETY

QUALITY

AUTHENTICITY

LABELLING

ACHIEVEMENTS 2010

• AIJN-EQCS Workshop, October 14th, Brussels 65 assistants from 15 countries                                                                                                         

• EQCS system audits (6)

EQCS

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