Sourcing, Quality & Certifications
For us, food safety is non-negotiable. Our quality process starts with the careful selection, risk assessment and auditing of our growers, processors and packers.
We track every batch of raw material through our supply chain and production facilities. You can therefore be certain that the next delivery from us will be as good as the last. This means that, if you require it, we can offer full traceability back to source.
We leave nothing to chance
The careful selection, risk assessment and auditing of each partner in our supply chain is the cornerstone of our quality assurance process.
Individual growers, processors and packers must all meet our rigorous standards of environmental and social responsibility. They need to be capable too of meeting the regulatory requirements of the country or countries where the final product will be sold.
We work to the following standards and certifications, and we are able to supply product which is fully compliant.
BRC – Global Standard for Food Safety
GFSI – Global Food Safety Initiative
FSSC 22000 – Food Safety System Certification
SAI – Sustainable Agriculture Initiative
FDA – US Food and Drink Federation
RSPO – Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil
Sedex – ethical and responsible business practices in global supply chains
Working in partnership
Our quality assurance teams work collaboratively with all of our supply chain partners. This is to ensure that the highest quality crops are produced, and that rigorous standards of environmental and social responsibility are maintained.
For example, regional technical managers provide both onsite supervision and practical support to our strawberry farmers in China, Chile and North Africa. They offer advice and help with plant varieties, cultivation, water conservation, pesticide use and farm management.
You can rest assured that your ingredients have been sustainably sourced, with full traceability back to source.
Rigorous standards
Our own production facilities are BRC Grade A or higher, GFSI and FDA compliant. We also have halal, kosher and organic certification, though please note that not all of our products are available in each of these formats.
We closely monitor our own performance against these standards.
We continually check that our supply chain partners are also operating to these standards and we provide active support to help them improve their performance if required.
As a result, you can rely on the quality and safety of the ingredients, products and solutions we provide.
Global perspective
With production facilities in China, Europe and the United States, we understand how quality standards differ across the globe.
This means that we can meet your standards, wherever your product is to be sold.
You can count on us
The scale and stability of our raw materials supply chain enables us to deliver on the promises we make.
We can, for example, supply most seasonal ingredients all year round; or overcome the problem of a local crop failure. We share market intelligence, anticipate problems and work as a global team to ensure continuity of supply.
Our quality assurance teams also work closely with production colleagues to ensure that the raw materials supplied, perform as expected through the manufacturing process.
About Chaucer
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