Transcript VEGAPLAN.BE

QUALITY ASSURANCE
AND TRACEABILITY
Towards one
ICQM
Towards a uniqueunique
ICQM
standard in the
Standard in the arable
crop
and
arable crop and
horticulture
sector sector
horticulture
Marc ROSIERS
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Contents
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Introduction
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The ICQM Standard
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Starting point
Voluntary action
Legal action
Aims
Development
Instruments
State of the art and future
Control and costs
VEGAPLAN.BE
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Starting point
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A few incidents and crises:
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Dioxin crisis (B), BSE (UK), foot and
mouth sore (UK, NL), sugar beet GMO
(NL), beet pulp (B), …
A few points concerning:
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The consumers
The purchasers
Food policy: foundation of FASFC:
Federal Agency for the Safety of the
Food Chain
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Consequences
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Voluntary actions
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At first in individual sectors
Later at the level of the production of
arable crops
Legal actions
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European and Belgian legislation
concerning liability for defective
products
European guideline and Belgian RD on
auto-control
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Voluntary action
(1)
CPPC
= Concertation Platform door de
Processing of arable Crops
 Founded June 26th 2000
 Reformed as non profit organization
on July 6th 2005
 Members: Belgapom, Belgrain,
Bemefa, Cefi, KVBM, Nubelt, Subel,
VBT, Vegebe
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Voluntary action
(2)
CPPC
 Has members from companies which
trade and process raw materials from
crops
 With the goal to develop ‘one’ ICQM
system (Integrated Chain Quality
Management) for arable crops and
horticulture through concertation:
 Within and between the chains
 With the public authorities
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Voluntary action
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(3)
ICQM: what’s in a name?
 Integrated = a link is established
between every partner of the chain
 Chain = all partners in the food chain
 Quality = product safety, product
quality, environment
 Management = planning, executing,
controlling and correcting
GOAL = optimising the chain
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Voluntary action
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One ICQM system
 ICQM applies to all links of the chain:
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Agriculture companies (and their suppliers)
Trade and transport
Processors of basic raw materials
ICQM applies to all product flows:
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Primary product flow of agriculture to
processors of basic raw materials to food
industry
Secondary product flow of food industry to
agriculture: animal feed and soil
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Voluntary action
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(5)
In concertation with: AGROFRONT
 Is an actual association
 With branch associations for agriculture
and horticulture of
 Boerenbond (BB)
 Algemeen Boerensyndicaat (ABS)
 La Fédération Wallonne de
l’Agriculture (FWA)
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Voluntary action
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In concertation with: SUPPLIERS
 Products
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Producers of seed, planting material en
plantlets (Intersemza, Semzabel,…)
Producers of fytopharmaceuticals (Phytofar)
Producers of fertilizers (Fedichem, Ferab,
Vlaco, …)
Services
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Transport = external services (Febetra, SAV)
Subcontractors (Landbouwservice NCL,
VOLSOG)
Distributors of seeds, fytopharmaceuticals and
fertilizers
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Voluntary action
2000-2001:
Foundation CPPC:
- Concertation within the
chain
- Concertation with
Agrofront
Start concertation:
- Suppliers
- Public authorities
(FASFC, regions)
2002
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Continuation
concertation
Guide auto-control in
the arable crop and
horticulture sector
2005
2004
2003
• Continuation concertation
2006
ICQM Standard in
the arable crop
and horticulture
sector
 Validation Guide
auto-controle by
FASFC and
acrreditation by
BELAC
• Design ICQM
Standaard and guide
auto-control: PVF
Start concertation:
Structural concertation between
- distributors
the different chains
and the public authorities
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Legal actions
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(1)
European
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Regulation 178/2002 laying down the
general principles of food law,
establishing the European Food Safety
Authority and laying down procedures
in matters of food safety
Regulation 852/2004 on the hygiene of
foodstuffs
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Legal actions
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(2)
Belgian
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RD of 14.11.03 on auto-control,
notification duty and traceability
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All stages of production, processing and
distribution
Primary production= the cultivation of
primary products and harvesting
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Legal actions
(3)
Auto-control: internal self-control
= the whole of measures taken by
proprietors to insure that their products
in all steps of production, processing and
distribution satisfy to:
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Food safety
Traceability
Technical quality (within competence
of FASFC)
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Legal actions
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(4)
Auto-control in the primary production
 Annex I: hygiene prescriptions
 Annex II: Keeping up records
+ notification duty
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Legal actions
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(5)
Hygiene prescriptions:
 Protect products against pollution from
fertilizers, fytopharmaceuticals,
biocides, water, soil,..
 Accommodation, crates, vehicles that
are used: keep clean
 Use drinking water or clean water
where necessary to prevent pollution
 Store waste and dangerous materials
so as to prevent pollution
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Legal actions
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(6)
Records = traceability
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Records IN & OUT: for all incoming and
outgoing products:
Multiplication material of crops
 Fytopharmaceuticals and biocides
 Fertilizers
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The use of fytopharmaceuticals and
biocides (RD of 22/12/2005)
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Legal actions
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Notification duty: for each operator who
judges or has grounds to believe that the
product he imports, produces, trades,
processes, … can be harmful for the
health of men, animals or crops:
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Microbiological contaminants and toxins
Residues of pesticides and nitrates
Not accepted genetic engineered organisms
Harmful organisms for crops (for which
notification to FASFC is obliged)
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Legal actions
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Notification duty:
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Obliged forms for notification
The results of for public health relevant
analyses of plant samples or other
samples
! All records must be kept for at
least 5 years
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Legal actions
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Sector guides
 Concretises all legal prescriptions from
the RD for a specific sector or
subsector
 Validation by the FASFC
Delegation
 External control on auto-control can be
executed by acknowledged and
accredited certification institutions
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Contents
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Introduction
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The ICQM Standard
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Starting point
Voluntary action
Legal action
Aims
Development
Instruments
State of the art and future
Control and costs
VEGAPLAN.BE
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ICQM Standard
= answer to all legal demands
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Based on risk analysis (product file card)
Describes hygienic measures applicable
for the primary production (RD Annex 1)
 Sector guide Auto-control:
requirements with respect to food
safety and traceability under
competence of FASFC
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ICQM Standard
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Describes the keeping up of records for
the primary production of crops (RD
Annex 2)
 Traceability
 Record of parcel/culture in a file stab
Provides an external control: certification
regulation
 On the fulfilment of the ICQM Standard
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Aims
(1)
Observation
In the link “arable crops and horticulture” a lot of
systems exist (excessive growth on books of
specifications)
Aim of CPPC– AGROFRONT
One unique system for the whole chain of production
of arable crops and horticulture
Solution
Development of the ICQM standard for
PRODUCTION OF ARABLE CROPS AND
HORTICULTURE as a unique system for all crops
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Aims
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(2)
Main goal
 Develop ONE HARMONIZED system
 For all crops and activities
 Administratively simple, feasible and
affordable
Second goal
 Sector guide Auto-control for the
production of arable crops and
horticulture (answer to RD Autocontrol, notification duty and
traceability)
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Aims
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The ICQM Standard for arable crops and
horticulture
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Describes all legal and supplementary
standards with respect to:
 Basic quality = food safety, technologic
quality and environment
 Traceability
The ICQM Standard for arable crops and
horticulture encompasses the “minimal
requirements for the farmer to obtain
entry to the market”
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Development
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(1)
Starting point
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different existing books of
specifications
Lastenboek consumptie-aardapplen
 Lastenboek industriegroenten
 Flandria
 Lastenboek MBT voor pitfruit en houtig
kleinfruit
 Charte PERFECT
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were compared and harmonized  1
book of specifications
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Development
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(2)
Result: the comparative and harmonizing
study results in two groups of
requirements:
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Horizontal requirements: general
requirements for basic quality: applicable to
all activities
Vertical requirements: specific requirements
that differ between activities regarding:
 Technique (e.g. intensive versus extensive
culture)
 The product (e.g. specific requirements for
mycotoxins in grains)
 The destination (e.g. fresh market versus
industry)
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Development
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(3)
Result
Requirements > basic
requirements within
ICQM (e.g. Eurep-GAP,
Flandria, …)
Eurep-GAP
Requirements
Not
applicable
General
Specific
ICQM Standard
Different cultures
(vegetables, potatoes, fruit,
grains, sugar beets, …)
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Instruments
(1)
Code of Good Agricultural
Practice
Risk analysis
Product
file stab
Book of specifications
Check- list
+
Guide Auto-control
Registration documents
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Instruments
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Product file stab
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(2)
Risk analysis of the vegetable products: risk
and critical points in the primary production
process  basis of ICQM Standard
Specific for each culture
Book of specifications
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Contains all requirements for the product and
the production process concerning basic
quality and traceability
The book of specifications has been
harmonized for the whole arable crop
production and horticulture with a series of:
 General requirements for application to ALL
cultures
 Specific requirements for particular cultures
(when applicable)
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Instruments
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Check-list
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(3)
Distilled from the book of specifications: all
important requirements are resumed. The use
of the check-list is consequently handy for
internal or external control
Registration - documents
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File stabs on which all important culture
information is registered (fytopharmaceuticals,
irrigation, date of planting or sowing, …)
= passport of the product
= instrument of registration and traceability
No obliged fixed format, aim is simplicity.
Reference to existing documents is possible
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Instruments
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(4)
Annexes of the ICQM Standard
 Procedure notification duty
 Regulation for certification
Sector guide Auto-control
 The sector guide resumes all
requirements for which the FASFC is
competent
 The sector guides meets all
requirements concerning RD Autocontrol, notification duty and
traceability
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ICQM versus Sector guide
ICQM Standard:
Accreditation by BELAC
All requirements regarding food safety,
traceability, technological quality and environment
Sector guide Auto-control:
Validation by FASFC
Only requirements regarding food safety
and traceability under
competence of FASFC
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State of the art and future
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(1)
First phase
 The ICQM Standard for potatoes,
vegetables and fruit (fresh market and
industry) = ICQM ‘PVF’
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Realised: July 2004
Start: January 1st 2005
Sector Guide Auto-control for the
production of arable crops and
horticulture, version ‘PVF’
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Realised: July 2004
Submitted to FASFC for validation
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State of the art and future
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(2)
First phase
 The ICQM Standard for
subcontractors of agricultural and
horticultural works for potatoes,
vegetables and fruit (fresh market and
industry) = ICQM for subcontractors
’PVF’
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Realised: end 2004
Start: March 15th 2005
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State of the art and future
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(3)
Second phase: Extension of the ICQM
Standard and Sector guide to other arable
crops:
 Grains, protein and oil containing raw
materials (FWA)
 Sugar beets (CBB)
 Chicory (CBB)
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Sector Guide submitted to FASFC at the
end of December 2005
ICQM Standard: mid 2006  accreditation
by BELAC
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State of the art and future
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(4)
Second phase: extension of the ICQM
Standard and sector guide auto-control to
other crops and secondary transport to
GMP certified companies
 Submission to FASFC – BELAC: mid 2006
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State of the art and future
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Exchangeability with other systems
 Study of exchangeability with other
systems applied in the Netherlands
(voedselveiligheidscertificaat), France,
Europe (Eurep-Gap, …)
 Foreseen in 2006
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State of the art and future
(6)
One ICQM Standard and enclosed
Sector guide
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Agriculture (production of arable crops
and horticulture) and
Subcontractors (of agricultural and
horticultural works)
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Control
FASFC
Levy
Indvidual certification
(Certification institution)
Group certification
(Control Centre)
Companies
without Sector guide
Companies
With ICQM/sector guide
Audit
costs
Individual
Investments
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Levy
Levy
= Contribution for FASFC
3 yr
Audit
costs
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Certification of the company
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Supplement per activity (4)
100
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Right of use + certificate
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8
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Administrative cost
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285 €
95 €
3 yr
1 yr
?
?
TOTAL
Individual
investments
1 yr
Individual investments
75
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Conclusion
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ICQM Standard =
 A guarantee for basic quality
regarding food safety, technological
quality and environment
 a chain approach: All links are
present: suppliers, primary production,
trade and processors
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Conclusion
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ICQM Standard =
 A horizontal approach
 For all arable and horticultural crops
 A harmonised standard for the
whole production of arable crops
and horticulture
 Simple, feasible and affordable
 With the auto-control guide an answer
to the RD Auto-control, notification
duty and traceability
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Contents
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Introduction
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The ICQM Standard
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Starting point
Voluntary action
Legal action
Aims
Development
Instruments
State of the art and future
Control and costs
VEGAPLAN.BE
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What
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(1)
The non profit organization
VEGAPLAN.BE was founded by CPCCAgrofront and has as a task the
administrative management of the
ICQM STANDARD
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What
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(2)
Tasks
Concertation
Management
Suppliers
Suppliers
Agriculture
Agriculture
Trade &
Processors
Trade &
Processors
Distribution
CPPC
VEGAPLAN.BE
Control
Suppliers
Agriculture
Or FASFC
Or OCI
CERTIFICATION
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Tasks
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VEGAPLAN.BE
 Manages the data base with
addresses and the status of the
companies which are using the ICQM
Standard
 Informs the companies
 New versions of the ICQM Standard
 The exchangeability with other
(foreign) standards
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Tasks
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VEGAPLAN.BE
 Recognizes and forms auditors:
uniform and harmonized audits
Theoretical and practical trainings
 Exams
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Coordinates
The verification procedure: harmonization of
the sampling scheme that is organized per
sector
 The training of the companies: to establish
a correct application of the ICQM Standards
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Members
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For traders and processors:
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Belgapom: Belgian federation of potato trade
and industry
Subel: Federation of Belgian sugar
manufacturers
VBT: Association of Belgian horticultural
auctions
Vegebe: Association for vegetable processing
and trade in industrial vegetables
Bemefa:Professional association of the Belgian
compound feed manufacturers
Potential members = other links of the chain
traders & processors (CPCC): e.g. Belgrain
(grains), Cefi ...
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Members
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For agriculture:
 ABS (Algemeen Boerensyndicaat)
 BB (Boerenbond)
 FWA (Fédération Wallonne de
l’Agriculture)
 CBB (Confederatie Belgische
Bietentelers)
For suppliers:
 Landbouw-Service (Nationale Centrale
Landbouwservice)
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Financing
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Financial supply by the founding members
Yearly participation for the working expense
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Farmers:
 Accession to VEGAPLAN: € 12 / year
 Right of use ICQM Standard: € 4/year
 For each certificate: € 4/year
Subcontractors
 Accession to VEGAPLAN: € 21 / year (€ 71 for
non members Landbouw-Service)
 Right of use: € 4/year
 For each certificate: € 25/year (€ 75 for non
members Landbouw-Service)
Traders and processors:
 Payment of yearly amount: € 50/year for members
- € 150 for non members
Control institutions:
 Accession VEGAPLAN: € 750/ year + € 1 for each
farmer/subcontractor
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Transition period
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VEGAPLAN TODAY = transition period
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ICQM Standard for arable crops and
horticulture version PVF and ICQM Standard
for subcontractors
If a farmer/subcontractor wants an
external control by a certification
institution: register
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He is taken up in the data base of the extranet
On that follows the control by the certification
institution
Today Vegaplan.be works with 8 recognized
certification institution
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Tomorrow
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Future = ICQM Standards for the
production of arable crops and
horticulture and enclosed sector
guides: agriculture and
subcontracting
 Extension of arable crops: sugar beets,
grains, oil and protein containing crops,
chicory
 Sector guide: approval by the FASFC 
at last end June 2006
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How to contact?
CPPC – Vegaplan.be
PhD Ine Vervaeke
Tervurenlaan 182, 1150 BRUSSELS
Belgium
tel: +32 (0)2 775.80.47
fax: +32 (0)2 775.80.75
E-mail: [email protected]
www.vegaplan.be
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