Quality control and certifications

Manufacturing site certification

• ISO 22000:2018 — Food safety management system
• HACCP — Codex Alimentarius (TCVN 5603:2023)

Certification body: Q-CERT Global Certification JSC. Scope includes sweet potato pellets (feed grade), banana (chips, powder), pumpkin (chips, powder) and cassava (pellet, chips). Certificate numbers and copies are sent on request.

Testing

• On every export lot: starch, moisture, crude protein, crude fat, crude fibre and crude ash, reported on the lot’s certificate of analysis.
• On request, by an accredited third-party laboratory: iron, heavy metals, mycotoxins, the melamine group, pesticide residues, Salmonella and yeasts and moulds. The cost can be shared depending on the order. Without a request, the plant tests these parameters on a random sample once per quarter.
• Regulatory reference: products are supplied to comply with the EU maximum residue levels for pesticides (Regulation (EC) No 396/2005).

FDA registration: VCSC is registered with the FDA as a food facility.