Florette Baby Leaf - Pentaflor HortÃcola, Spain
Management
The farm maintains very open communication lines with the processing plant on raw material quality. Issues surrounding low quality raw materials at the processing plant can be quickly fed back to the farm, and corrective actions put directly in place. In addition, a pre-harvest risk assessment has been introduced by Florette, which is executed prior to harvesting the crops, reducing the risks associated with any food safety issues.
The farm is independently inspected and approved under the requirements of the GlobalGAP farm assurance scheme. The GlobalGAP standards are primarily designed to uphold and maintain consumer confidence in the quality and food safety standards of the raw materials grown on the farm. Other important goals are to minimise detrimental environmental impacts of farming operations, optimise the use of inputs and to ensure a responsible approach to worker health and safety.
Excellent two-way communication between the farm and the processing plant enables both parties to adapt their practices where required to improve the end product, bringing benefit to the businesses and the consumer.