Description:
Tasks comprise:General:
Develop and manage internal technical and due diligence systems as defined by the IFS Quality Management Systems. Creating and maintaining a database for technical standards and applicable legislation Customers Due Diligence Requirements
Liaise with customers with regards to their food safety, product quality, labeling, MRL, ethical, sustainability requirements (Citrus, Grapes, Exotics and Vegetables). Implementation of these customer requirements per fruit team and communication back to supply base. Legislation and Industry/Market Requirements
Liaise with DAFF, PPECB, FruitSA, auditing bodies and key role players in order to keep up to date with quality, food safety, ethical legislation and requirements applicable to the industry (Citrus, Grapes, Exotics and Vegetables): MRL requirements, Minimum export standards, Special market protocols and registrations, FBO requirements and registrations, Dispensations, SIZA ethical program, Food Safety standards Implementation of these standards and legislation and communication back to supply base. Represent the company at industry technical meetings (Citrus, Grapes, Exotics and Vegetables). Growers and Packhouses support
Set supplier approval criteria as per customer and market requirements. Communicate to commercial teams and supply base (Citrus, Grapes, Exotics and Vegetables). Assist producers at farm level with interpretation and implementation of customer requirements and Good Agricultural Practices Assist packhouses with interpretation and implementation of customer requirements and food safety systems. Plant Protection Product Usage and other fruit analysis
Liaise with analytical laboratories with regards to accreditation status, scope of analyses and test results. Address customer concerns in terms of the use of plant protection products. Ensure that MRL sampling procedure is followed by monitoring that samples are drawn and results conform to market and customer requirements. Distribute MRL results to supply base and customers including Indonesia (Citrus, Grapes, Exotics and Vegetables). Manage incidences where residue analysis exceeds MRL at farm level or on arrival at customer. Communicate to commercial/technical teams for re-testing, re-routing or possible re-call (Citrus, Grapes, Exotics and Vegetables). Assemble spray records per farm and variety as required. Monitor pesticide applications as per target market requirements (withholding periods, approved chemicals). Distribute to customers on request. Communicate non-conformances to commercial/technical teams for re-routing. Perform trend analysis for MRL results to determine active ingr
29 Jan 2026;
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gumtree.co.za