We are required to pay extreme care and attention on Quality Control and
Analysis Processes due to high cost imports from overseas countries. The
Quality Control and Analysis Processes currently adopted by our company are as
below;
1. The producers start preparing the order after
the products to be imported and the producer are decided on. When a certain
amount of products is ready, the inspection specialist which we work in
cooperation in the importing country pays a visit to the importer’s facility in
order to examine the products and the production. These persons who are experts
on aquaculture products and their inspection procedures prepare a detailed
report to be submitted for our attention. Should the report results are
negative then we request from the producer to stop the production and cancel
the related order.
2. We request from the producer to complete the
production if the report is affirmative. The producer informs us upon the
completion of the order for importing. On this stage the inspection specialist
pays another visit to the facility and takes random samples among the products
and sends the samples to worldwide accredited independent laboratories such as
SGS for analyses. Should the analyses
turn out to be negative then the producer gets informed about the situation and
the delivery gets cancelled.
3. In case that the analysis results are
affirmative, the Producer organizes the necessary arrangements in order to
realize the imports of the final products. Majority of such kind of imports are
being carried out by means of maritime transportation.
4. Veterinary surgeons of the Ministry of
Agriculture takes samples from the products delivered to Turkey within the
Customs Area and send the samples to the laboratories accredited by the related
Ministry for analysis. Containers or trucks are not allowed to leave the
Customs Area before sample collection.
5. Two
different laboratories analyze the samples. Each imported fish product is
subject to Dioxin Analysis and the samples taken from the products those
received in Istanbul are being sent for Dioxin Analysis to Ankara Food Control
Laboratory which serves within the body of Ministry of Food, Agriculture and
Livestock which is located only in Ankara. The analyses other than the Dioxin
Analysis are being carried out by the private laboratories accredited by the
Ministry.
6. Our Quality Control Staff control the products right after the delivery of
the products to our cold store houses and the required examinations
are carried out by collecting samples with Sampling Method and the approval for
sales is granted accordingly.
7. An intense imports process is being experienced
until the approval for sales and then the products are being supplied to the
market.