Agrifood Commodities Inspection

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 and Operagro, offers inspection of agrifood commodities throughout the supply chain, including prior to shipment at farms, production facilities, processing plants, storage locations, port terminals or other locations 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.

Depending on the commodity and assignment, inspections may also support cargo moving by vessel, barge, truck, container or rail. Services may be performed at origin, during loading, at storage or transfer points, and at destination where required.

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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

Commodity inspection service programs can be tailored to the specific needs of your business and supply chain. Depending on the product, market and assignment, services may also support selected fertilizers, agrochemicals and other agricultural and agroindustrial products. Services may be performed at farms, production and processing facilities, storage locations, port terminals and other designated sites. Services offered include:

• Inspection at farms, plants, warehouses, storage facilities and other designated locations

• 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 testing and analysis of sub-lot samples during loading and/or discharging operations

• Conducting testing and analysis of final composite samples

• Physical and chemical testing according to contractual requirements, applicable industry methods, destination-market regulations and client-specific protocols

• Checking packing and marking

• Random weight check of bags

• Damage assessment, if any

• Harvest and field monitoring

• Stock-level and quantity verification

• Photographic reports

• Certification of quality, quantity and condition

• GMO Auditing Service

Laboratory testing and analysis may include physical, chemical, quality, safety and regulatory parameters, according to the applicable contract, industry method, destination-market requirement or client-specific protocol.

Contact a QIMA/CIS specialist today to discuss a tailor-made commodities inspection program.

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