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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.
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.
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
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)
ACHIEVEMENTS 2010
• AIJN-EQCS Workshop, October 14th, Brussels 65 assistants from 15 countries
• EQCS system audits (6)