Farm Dairy Assessments
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- At Alert Level 4, on-farm activities continue on-site following appropriate COVID-19 guidelines for risk assessment, mandatory mask-wearing, other PPE, social distancing, strict hygiene protocols, and contact tracing.
- AsureQuality are currently operating under guidance from MPI including minimising time on farm, minimising the requirement for the farmer to be present, and gathering evidence to enable the completion of the records/ procedures components off-site.
- For further information on specific programmes, please contact your Key Account Manager, or our Customer Services Team: customerservices@asurequality.com
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Farm Assurance Audits
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- At Alert Level 4, on-farm audits continue on-site following appropriate COVID-19 guidelines for risk assessment, mandatory mask-wearing, other PPE, social distancing, strict hygiene protocols, and contact tracing.
- For further information on specific programmes, please contact your Key Account Manager, or our Customer Services Team: customerservices@asurequality.com
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Live Animal and Germplasm Verification
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- At Alert Level 4, Live Animal export verification continue following appropriate COVID-19 guidelines for risk assessment, mandatory mask-wearing, other PPE, social distancing, strict hygiene protocols, and contact tracing.
- For further information on specific programmes, please contact: customerservices@asurequality.com
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Seed Services
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- At Alert Level 4, the Seed Laboratory, Plant Health Laboratory, and Seed Certification Bureau continue to operate.
- All essential in-field activities, including crop inspections, endpoint inspections, and audits continue on-site following appropriate COVID-19 guidelines for risk assessment, mandatory mask-wearing, other PPE, social distancing, strict hygiene protocols, and contact tracing.
- For further information on specific programmes, please contact your Key Account Manager, or our Customer Services Team: customerservices@asurequality.com
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TBfree programme
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- At Alert Level 4, on-site activities continue, where not completing this work would be detrimental to the effectiveness of the programme, and only following appropriate COVID-19 guidelines for risk assessment, mandatory mask-wearing, other PPE, social distancing, strict hygiene protocols, and contact tracing.
- For further information, please contact the call centre on: 03 353 7438
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Biosecurity and Animal Health Services
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- For the M. bovis programme, and a number of other Biosecurity programmes on-site activities continue, where not completing this work would be detrimental to the effectiveness of the programmes, and only following appropriate COVID-19 guidelines for risk assessment, mandatory mask-wearing, other PPE, social distancing, strict hygiene protocols, and contact tracing.
- For further information on specific programmes, please contact: customerservices@asurequality.com
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Dairy RMP and RCS Operator Audits
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- At Alert Level 4, MPI require audits to be conducted off-site except where there is a valid reason not to do so.
- For further information on specific programmes, please contact: RA@asurequality.com
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Engineering
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- At Alert Level 4, activities continue on-site following appropriate COVID-19 guidelines for risk assessment, mandatory mask-wearing, other PPE, social distancing, strict hygiene protocols, and contact tracing.
- For further information on specific programmes, please contact: dairyengineering@asurequality.com
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Food Act
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Third Party Schemes
Including BRC, SQF, FSSC, WWSEP, GlobalGAP and various other programmes.
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- At Alert Level 4, audits will be conducted off-site remotely, or deferred, as allowed by the specific scheme.
- On-site work will be considered in extenuating circumstances, following appropriate COVID-19 guidelines for risk assessment, mandatory mask-wearing, other PPE, social distancing, strict hygiene protocols, and contact tracing.
- In some circumstances, BRCGS, SQF, GlobalGAP and FSSC are allowing hybrid audits, where some elements can be assessed off-site with the remainder reviewed on-site at an agreed later date.
- We are required to conduct a Risk Assessment of the impacts of your COVID-19 response provisions on your FSSC Food Safety Management System. This will also allow us to postpone your audit and extend your existing Certification if required.
- For further information on specific programmes, please contact BRC/ SQF: food@asurequality.com; FSSC: TC@asurequality.com; or gap@asurequality.com for any GAP related queries.
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NZGAP Audits
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- At Alert Level 4, off-site remote audits are advised.
- On-site audits are possible, where agreed by both parties, and following appropriate COVID-19 guidelines for risk assessment, mandatory mask-wearing, other PPE, social distancing, strict hygiene protocols, and contact tracing.
- NZGAP audits with a Food Act Recognition cannot be completed at this time, and are required to be deferred.
- For further information on specific programmes, please contact: gap@asurequality.com
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Industry Quality and Grade
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- At Alert Level 4, on-site activities continue, where agreed by both parties and following appropriate COVID-19 guidelines for risk assessment, mandatory mask-wearing, other PPE, social distancing, strict hygiene protocols, and contact tracing.
- For further information on specific programmes, please contact: industryquality@asurequality.com
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IVA Inspection
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- At Alert Level 4, with some exceptions, we are making every effort to avoid on-site verification. Some critical activities may be required on-site, following appropriate COVID-19 guidelines for risk assessment, mandatory mask-wearing, other PPE, social distancing, strict hygiene protocols, and contact tracing.
- For further information on specific programmes, please contact: inspection@asurequality.com
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IVA Certificate Verification
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- At Alert Level 4, activities will be conducted off-site remotely, except where there is a valid reason not to do so.
- For further information on specific programmes, please contact: iva@asurequality.com
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IVA Audits
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- At Alert Level 4, with some exceptions, we are making every effort to avoid on-site verification.
- Some critical activities may be required on-site, following appropriate COVID-19 guidelines for risk assessment, mandatory mask-wearing, other PPE, social distancing, strict hygiene protocols, and contact tracing.
- For further information on specific programmes, please contact: iva@asurequality.com
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Apiary RMP
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- At Alert Level 4, activities will be conducted off-site remotely, except where there is a valid reason not to do so.
- For further information on specific programmes, please contact: apiary@asurequality.com
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Management Systems Audits
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- At Alert Level 4, for Quality Management Systems (QMS) and Environmental Systems (EMS), we are making every effort to avoid on-site verification.
- In extenuating situations on-site audits may continue, where agreed by both parties and following appropriate COVID-19 guidelines for risk assessment, mandatory mask-wearing, other PPE, social distancing, strict hygiene protocols, and contact tracing.
- Where this is not possible, audits can be conducted off-site remotely or, using a hybrid model where some elements can be assessed off-site with the remainder reviewed on-site at an agreed later date.
- We are required to conduct a Risk Assessment of the impacts of your COVID-19 response provisions on your QMS and/ or EMS. This will also allow us to postpone your audit and extend your existing Certification if required.
- For further information on specific programmes, please contact: tc@asurequality.com
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Organics Programmes
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- At Alert Level 4, MPI require audits to be conducted off-site remotely, or deferred, with a few exceptions.
- For further information on specific programmes, please contact: organics@asurequality.com
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