When a retail chain or an EU buyer asks for “certificates from your raw-material supplier”, they are asking for two different documents: proof that the processing plant works to a recognised standard, and proof that the pallet in your cold store actually came from that plant. The first is publishable. The second has to travel with every delivery. A supplier who gives you both shortens your audit. A supplier who mixes the certificates up makes it longer.
What each certificate covers, and what it does not
The most expensive mistake in an audit file is a certificate filed against the wrong thing. It gets rejected, and the auditor then reads the rest of your file more closely. Here is the split for the certifications held by Qualiko’s producer, MHP:
- BRCGS Food Safety — a food safety standard for the processing plant. This is the one chains mean when their supplier questionnaire says “BRCGS from the raw-material supplier”. It applies to the meat product.
- Halal — a poultry certificate. It covers chicken. It does not extend to pork, beef or turkey, and should never be quoted for them.
- GMP+ Feed Safety — a feed certification (blood meal, feed fat), not a meat certification. It is evidence that the producer controls the feed chain as well, but it does not belong in your HACCP file as a finished-product certificate. It will be struck out.
- GLOBAL S.L.P. (Smart Livestock Practices) — livestock rearing practices at farm level. Rearing, not processing.
These certificates belong to the producer, not to us, and we publish them as the producer’s certificates on our About page and on the Qualiko product pages, where they open as full-size scans. GLOBAL S.L.P. is published on the About page alongside the other three, and on the Qualiko product pages. One point worth knowing before you build a file on it: Qualiko is a chicken brand. The pork, beef and turkey in our catalogue come from other producers, and the Qualiko certificates do not transfer to them. For those items, ask us for the relevant producer’s documents separately.
“The chain wants BRCGS from my raw-material supplier”
A reasonable request with a straightforward answer — but read the document before it goes into the file. Check three things, in this order:
- Scope. The name and address of the certified site, plus the product category. A certificate for a site that does not process what you are buying is of no use to you.
- Validity. The expiry date and the certification body. An expired certificate is the same as no certificate.
- The link to your lot. The certificate proves the site, not the pallet. The link is made by the paperwork that accompanies the delivery — request it with the order, not on audit day.
If the chain sent you a supplier questionnaire, forward it to us. We will fill in the parts that are ours, and say plainly which parts are not.
Exporting processed meat to the EU: what the raw material solves, and what it does not
Separate the roles here. Compliant raw material is a necessary condition, not a sufficient one. Your own plant, its approval, your HACCP system and your shipping documentation stay entirely with you and are agreed with ANSA, Moldova’s food safety authority, not with a supplier.
What does depend on the supplier, and can quietly break a file, is a change of the site of origin between one lot and the next. If an item feeds an export recipe, say so at the start: you need consistency of origin, not simply whatever is closest to hand. We confirm before the order what we can keep constant and what we cannot.
Producing for the Halal market
The producer’s Halal certificate covers poultry raw material. It does not certify your plant. The body auditing your process will look at flow separation, at equipment and at what else runs on the same lines — and if pork enters the same facility, that conversation is with them, not with us.
What we provide: Qualiko chicken lines carrying the poultry certificate, chilled or frozen. Two examples, exactly as the catalogue names them: “Chicken thigh fillet Qualiko (boneless, skinless), 10 kg — frozen” and “Chicken breast Qualiko, frozen”. The accompanying documents come on request. What we do not do: we issue no certificates of our own, and we do not produce under your brand.
Clinic kitchens, canteens and regulated catering
We cannot tell you what the law requires in your specific case — requirements are set by the competent authority according to the type of establishment, and it would be dishonest to answer in its place. What we can tell you is what to demand from any supplier regardless: the certificate of the site of origin, lot paperwork with every delivery, a stable catalogue item with the same name and the same pack size, and an unbroken cold chain up to acceptance. That part is ours, and we confirm it at order stage.
What we do not promise
We do not provide audit consultancy, we issue no certificates, we do not take online payments and we do not offer private label for third parties. The minimum order is 70 kg, and the price is confirmed on request, per item and per volume. Lead time and delivery area are confirmed with the order.
If you have a compliance file to close this week, send us the item list and the chain’s requirements through the order request form, or call +373 79 88 33 79, Monday to Friday 9:00–17:00. We will tell you which documents we can put on the table and which we cannot.