(DG JRC/IPTS) - agrilife - Europa

Italy
Prodotto Carrefour
Country of origin: France
Diffusion of the scheme in the various countries: France, Spain, Portugal, Italy,
Poland, Turkey, Mexico, Brazil, Argentine, China, Southern Korea, Malaysia,
Thailand, Taiwan.
Name of the subject responsible for the drafting of the standard: Carrefour (UE)
Proposer typology: Large-scale retailer
Certification / inspection body typology: Retailers’ technical staff
Target: consumer and food-chain operator
Relevant requirement typologies:
- Raw materials are selected and checked at all the production levels.
- Suppliers are closely selected and controlled by Carrefours’ technical staff.
- Before the commercialization, products’s appreciability is checked through
panel tests on consumers.
- The use of colourings, artificial flavourings and additives in the production
process is continously reduced.
- Quality and salubrity are respected.
- Analysis and controls are made at all production levels.
- Traceability is guaranteed for all the products.
- The absence of GMO is guaranteed.
- Labels contain detailed information about elements and raw materials.
- As far as possible, packaging are used giving guarantees of safety and
inviolability, as well as high capacity to preserve freshness of the products.
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