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<pre>I've done some digging and you are correct. HACCP and Olive Care is not
mandatory from a law point of view. However it is customer driven.

For example I understand that Woolworths and Coles have it as a mandatory
requirement for suppliers to their chain.

So if you intend to sell your product to small delis etc you may get away
without it. However be aware that no quality system may mean that you are
at risk of contamination just because you have not identified the risks and
something slips past your guard. You will then be at risk of litigation.

The quality system, if implemented correctly will help you identify risk
not only on your own grove but also in your suppliers (bottles corks etc)
as well as crushers etc.

I don't want to be a salesman for these systems. However from the point of
view of protecting the industry as a whole I think we as an industry ought
to make it mandatory. Consider what one case of food or chemical poisoning
from olive oil would do to all of us!!
I understand that HACCP is also recognized by the international market. It
is somehow linked to the UN food assessment for safety.
A final note: As I understand it the likelihood of it becoming legislated
is about 40%

Hope this all helps. Further info can be obtained from Primary Industries
of SA. PIRSA (Rural Solutions)

Andrew Brown


At 07:50 PM 5/13/03 +0930, you wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
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> --- In OliveOil@yahoogroups.com, Andrew Brown <drewbrow@s...> wrote:
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> > You are also required to be HACCP certified. No food product is
> allowed to
> > be sold without this certification.
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> hmmmm, are you sure about this?.....
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> positively yours,
> sodium!
> I am unsure about this - I thought HACCP certification was optional.
>
> Russell
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