Woolworths Quality Assurance Update #138 March 2012

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AUDIT FREQUENCY VARIATION Vendors who wish to apply for an audit variation need to assess their eligibility based on the How to Guide #2: How to Identify the Audit Frequency Required. Eligible vendors need to apply in writing to their Quality Specialist for review and approval. The Quality Specialist needs to receive the application 3 months prior to the annual audit. Written approval for audit variation will be provided. Once approval is provided, vendors are required to ensure they have their annual audit prior to the adoption of the annual audit frequency. This will ensure the reoccurring audit month (RAM) and the continuation of the WQA certification are maintained. Woolworths Quality Assurance Update No.138 March 2012 NUTRITION WOOLWORTHS PALM OIL POLICY Woolworths is a member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil and has committed to using only certified sustainable palm oil by 2015 (when palm oil is used) for all Own Brand products to facilitate customer choice. To assist in ensuring correct labelling is applied to products containing Palm Oil ‐ • Palm Oil and its derivatives must be declared in product specifications whether added as a direct ingredient, compound ingredient or as an additive derived from Palm oil. Trade Partners are asked to provide the breakdown of palm oil and palm oil derivatives, including additives derived from Palm oil in product specifications to assist with commitments and labelling requirements. RSPO Certification RSPO Chain of Custody Certification ensures palm oil used in a product is indeed so produced, and volumes are traceable through the supply chain by certification of each facility which processes or uses the certified oil. That is, RSPO Certification is required for all processes from grower to end user. Where Palm oil or Palm oil derivatives are added into a product, vendors are required to commence action towards the certification of sustainable palm oil. Palm oil or palm oil derivatives which are RSPO certified can be purchased through 3 supply chain systems (4 certification methods): • Segregated (2 certification methods) • Mass Balance (1 certification method) • Book and Claim (1 certification method) Page 2 of 8
Vendors and their suppliers can certify production of palm oil as ‘sustainable’ by RSPO standards by engaging independent RSPO approved Certification Bodies. The list of current RSPO Approved Certification bodies for Palm Oil Production or P&C and Supply Chain Certification is available at http://www.rspo.org/?q=page/512 More information and a Frequently Asked Questions fact sheet on RSPO certification, is available at: http://www.rspo.org/files/pdf/Factsheet‐RSPO‐ ProducerCertification.pdf Woolworths Quality Assurance Update No.138 March 2012 VENDOR FEEDBACK Your feedback is important to us. Please email quality@woolworths.com.au with any suggestions or topics you would like to see in future updates. Page 3 of 8
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