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• Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance www.lrql.lv In order to ensure the competitiveness of Latvian enterprises, besides compulsory safety requirements, often certification of the compliance to the voluntary quality requirements in needed. Such certification schemes as ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 are widely used in Latvia, still the awareness of the enterprises regarding application of these and other means for strengthening their competitiveness remains low. In the first half of 2003, there were 273 Latvian enterprises certified according to the standard ISO 9001. One of the main problems hampering more rapid introduction of ISO 9001 standards are the high costs arising from introduction, certification and maintenance of the quality systems, especially for SMEs, as well as lack of awareness among the entrepreneurs about the advantages application of quality systems, product certification and standardisation offers for operations in the market of EU [9; 57; 58; 59; 60]. No accreditation by third party subjects The certification institutions (third party) should be accreditated or non-accredited for auditing the corresponding standards or systems in Latvia. The principle of audit did not distinguish for actions of accredited auditing company. In Latvia, if companies choose non-accredited institutions for certification of standards or systems, it would be cheaper and obtained certificate did not prestige. Self referential schemes Checks and inspection of the final product must therefore remain the responsibility of the competent authorities, even though the food operator may have HACCP and shelfchecks procedures in place. The competent authorities are also responsible for putting the correct legislation into effect and for ensuring that this legislation is faithfully implemented. Standard routines for suppliers Food safety is also a priority in the Baltic countries. Governmental authorities are setting stringent demands on how long a product may keep on display stories. In 2003 RIMI (one of largest wholesalers) in Latvia added a rider to its annual agreements with suppliers containing detailed product quality demands. In Latvia RIMI has established a database of suppliers’ quality guarantees to improve safety and quality control and facilitate product traceability. In store quality Each store is responsible for guaranteeing food safety by maintaining appropriate sanitary conditions and inspecting its food preparation routines and storage temperatures. In Latvia and Lithuania ICA Baltic complies with HACCP using an 102
established sanitary program and food handling routines. During the year ICA MENY and HACCP quality audits conducted at all its distribution units. Product range By demanding that suppliers continuously make environmental improvements and expanding its eco-labelled product range. ICA can help to reduce society’s overall impact on the environment [7] g) brief description of the schemes in terms of requirements typologies Agriculture Pretreatment Production Wholesale Retail sale EurepGAP Sertification of raw materials/food AG 9000 BRC-IOP GMP QS BRC-GFS IFS GMP BRC-IOP General Standards Sertification of services Inspection of chain of suppliers General standards of management systems: HACCP standards and guidelines, ISO 9000, ISO 14000, OHSAS 18001, SA 8000 Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) focus on the best practices to be used for producing agricultural products to ensure the quality and safety of the final product. GAP includes soil and water management, crop and fodder production, animal production and health harvesting and on farm processing and storage, on-farm energy and waste management, wildlife and landscape. [1; 13] National laws exist regarding Veterinary Medicine, Animal Protection, Fertilizers circulation as well regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers On well-being requirements of animals, Animal waste rendering 103
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Research Team: EUROPEAN COMMISSION
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QUALITY ASSURANCE SCHEMES .........
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2. Bibliographical review of docume
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BOOKS Belgium Mormont M. and Van Hu
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BOOKS Germany Kretzschmar G. and An
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WORKING PAPERS Griijp N.M. van der
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BOOKS Italy Barone G., Ferrara L. a
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ARTICLES Agabiti M.F. and Gregori F
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PARTS OF BOOKS Latvia Melece L. (20
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the importance of establishing trus
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and quality cues, to demonstrate th
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PARTS OF BOOKS The Netherlands Schu
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2.2 Miscellaneous relevant literatu
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OTHER DOCUMENTS Agrisole (2003), In
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ARTICLES The Netherlands Dagorn J.
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BQM-Programm (QAS): http://www.bqm-
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Institute for Science and Technolog
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3.6 United Kingdom 3.6.1 Quality as
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