Parent Seed Farms Ltd.

Denise Wieler

Meeting Customers' Quality Needs

Our HACCP and ISO 9003 Quality Programs and accredited personnel combine to supply product to customers with specific quality demands. HACCP identifies possible hazards, as well as accepted control measures, continued monitoring of control measures and implementation of corrective procedures.

"Parent Seeds believes in working together with growers to create a desirable product that will satisfy our buyers. We offer sound agronomic advice, consistent grading and good market strategies."

Through our system of paying premium prices for top quality and discounts for poor quality, we encourage the farmers to deliver product we can proudly offer to our best customers. This ensures continued business for us with reputable buyers at the best possible prices. Through the use of state of the art equipment such as colour sorters and polishers, we are able to add value to poorer quality crops. Lesser quality product is marketed to food aide agencies.

Parent Seeds finds following a quality system takes the negative surprises out of the special crops industry. In the chain from field to fork, we believe being consistent satisfies our farmers and our buying customers.

HACCP Plan - Product: Beans
Process Step		Hazards		Control Measures	CP	Limits	Monitoring Procedure	Corrective Action
1	Beans growing in field	1.1	Pesticides	Growers sign contract stating they are using registered chemicals at recomm. rates.	S1	Nil	CGC does random testing for toxic substances.	Recall Procedure
1	Beans growing in field	1.2	Physical Hazards: glass, metal, stones	Growers educated as to seriousness of these hazards in their deliveries. Past experience used to determine growers ability to make specs.	S1	Nil	Visit growers. Contracts stating growers are practicing due diligence.	Growers put on "black list" if it's felt they do not take it seriously.
2	Receiving of beans directly off the field from on farm storage or clean from another processing facility.	2.1	Colour, damage, moisture,foreign material, contrasting classes.	Probes taken prior to unloading. Check for heated, rotted, moldy, glass, metal, and all quality parameters.	Q1	As per specs and free of odour.	Grade done on rep. sample collected off end gate. Scale Ticket.	Product segregated, isolated, rejected depending on severity.
		2.2	Physical Hazards: glass, metal, stones		S1	Nil	Product visually monitored throughout unloading process.	Immediately cease unloading should any hazard be spotted. Isolate product already unloaded.
		2.3	Cracked Seed Coats (CSC)	Educate growers to use equipment which will minimize CSC's.	Q1	As per specs.	For products where CSC's are important, each load checked.
		2.4	Other crop kinds.	Product directed to appropriate bin based on type and quality.	Q1	Zero tolerance on mixing wrong products together.	Bin board updated when type of product in bin changes.
3	Bulk storage prior to processing	3.1	Mould	High moisture product not accepted unless stored in aeration bins.	Q1	0.1% of net.	Bins checked weekly for crusting. Raking program initiated.	Product removed from bin. Assess severity. Blend with dry product or process seperately targeting lower grade.
		3.2	Admix, contrasting classes.	Bins cleaned between storage of different crop kinds and/or grades.	Q1	Nil	Bin sanitation records completed.	Down grading of product or careful processing to remove admix.
		3.3	Insects	Probes taken prior to unloading and checked for evidence of bugs.	Q1	Nil	Bin inventory records filled out monthly	Pesticides used as per food safety, use only recommended chem.

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