Growers and growers associations

Growers, growers associations and trading companies that ship their products directly from growers can call in Kiwa AQS to monitor the quality of fresh produce. This can be done once or regularly. Kiwa AQS can also make a decision as an independent party in the event of conflicts between growers and their buyers. In addition to a visual assessment of the external and internal quality, diseases and defects, matters such as size sorting, content weight, hardness, sugar content (°Brix) and palletization can also be checked.

  • Growers, growers associations and trading companies that ship their products directly from growers can use Kiwa once or periodically to monitor the quality of fresh produce. As an independent third party, Kiwa can also rule on conflicts between growers and buyers.
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  • Fruit and vegetable companies can turn to Kiwa for the quality assessment of products during a fixed period under specific conditions. This shelf life check provides insight into how the quality of products develops over time. This can also be done in a benchmark in which comparable products of different origin, variety, suppliers and in different packaging are compared with each other.
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  • Expertise is required for expert assessment of the quality of fresh fruit and vegetables. Affinity with the fresh produce sector and products and a thorough knowledge of it are the most important tools of any inspector, quality controller or fresh produce quality assurance employee. Kiwa helps you obtain this knowledge, with a complete training offer for inspectors or employees of quality care.
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  • Kiwa offers in-company training for inspectors or quality controllers who are active at, among others, cultivation or trading companies. In these tailor-made training courses, the regular product modules can be adapted to the specific wishes of your organization by focusing on meeting customer specifications, storage and retention conditions or the quality of the end product after treatment or processing.
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  • Does your fruit and vegetable company temporarily need extra people with knowledge and experience in the field of fruit and vegetable quality control? Kiwa experts can also be deployed on a secondment basis. The content of the work and the frequency are of course determined in consultation.
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  • A short period of coaching or guidance on the shop floor can be a solution to quickly and efficiently increase the knowledge level of employees with regard to the quality of fruit and vegetables.
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