Quality Control Tailored for the Agrifood Commodities Industry
Agricultural commodities, also known as agrifood commodities, are staple products that make up the foundation of food for people and animals around the globe. They include various grains and flours, rice, sugar, pulses, oil and oil seeds, animal feeds and more. In today’s complex agricultural supply chains, commodities often travel thousands of miles from their farms of origin and it is more important than ever to ensure their quality and safety at every stage.
QIMA, through CIS, offers inspection of agrifood commodities prior to shipment, either at your supplier’s facilities or at another location specified by you. Our independent inspections ensure that the commodities you purchased strictly conform to the specifications you and your supplier agreed on: from source to destination.
We cover dry and liquid bulk cargo, bagged cargo and raw products in the following categories:
Grains: milling wheat, durum wheat, barley, corn, sorghum, oats, rye, buckwheat
Wheat by-products: wheat flour, semolina
Pulses: peas, beans, lentils
Rice: short and medium grain, long grain (white and parboiled), paddy rice
Sugar: beet sugar, cane sugar
Foodstuffs: frozen and canned foods, milk powder
Oils: sunflower oil (crude and refined) soya bean oil, rapeseed oil
Oil seeds: soya bean, sunflower seeds, rapeseeds, canola, sesame seeds
Animal feed: feed wheat, yellow maize, corn, sorghum, soya bean meal, sunflower meal, wheat bran, cotton seeds, corn gluten meal, DDGS
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Solutions for Agrifood Commodities Quality and Safety
Our commodities inspection service programs can be adapted to the specific needs of your business and supply chain. Services offered include:
Inspection and approval of ship-holds to ensure suitable conditions for loading cargo
Inspection and approval of hatch covers to ensure they are watertight
Initial and final draft survey to establish in-taken weight/out-turn weight
Supervision throughout loading and discharging
Sampling during entire loading and/or discharging operations and preparation of contractual samples
Preparation of sub-lot samples and final composite samples
Conducting analysis of sub-lot samples during loading and/or discharging operations
Conducting analysis of final composite samples
Checking packing and marking
Random weight check of bags
Damage assessment, if any
Photographic reports
Certification of quality, quantity and condition
Contact a QIMA/CIS specialist today to discuss a tailor-made commodities inspection program