THE QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEM AT AGROS NOVA

1. We attach great importance to developing our base of raw materials. All our suppliers are provided with precisely defined quality requirements for particular fruits and vegetables as well as for the selection of varieties. Every year we test the new varieties of fruit and vegetables that appear on both the domestic and foreign market. The final assessment of the suitability of particular varieties is carried out by our Purchases Department, Quality Control Department, and Research and Development Department. Detailed specifications also define requirements for semi-manufactured products and packaging. These products and packaging materials are passed on for further processing only if they pass quality tests.

2. Before our machinery is switched on, production supervisors make sure that the whole technological line is perfectly clean. All the machinery is subject to inspections, servicing and matainance essential to ensure that the production process runs smoothly and without technical hitches.

3. The production process, including packing, is being continuously monitored by our Production Department and Quality Control Department.

4. The finished product is analysed to test its physicochemical, microbiological and organoleptic properties. Organoleptic analysis is carried out using a modern sensory panel. All the results of physicochemical tests are presented in Finished Product Cards. All batches of our products are subject to quality control. The quality requirements for all our finished products are specified in the Book of Finished Product Specifications.

5. Testing and quality control is carried out on a regular basis using measuring equipement operating under continuous supervision.

6. Storing is also under full control. At our warehouses we work according to the FIFO method (First In, First Out).

7. Of vital importance to ensure good quality of juices, drinks and nectars is the quality of water, an ingredient of all our products. The water we use in the production process is spring water that comes from our own bored wells.

8. Essential to the quality of our products is also inspecting the production halls and machinery for cleanliness and ensuring the personal hygiene of our employees.

9. The detailed internal quality control rules and regulations at Agros Nova specify the frequency and places of taking product samples, the sizes of samples, assessment criteria, the range of characteristics to be assessed, the frequency of carrying out quality tests, the type of controlling and measuring equipment used, and the precision of test results. The results of tests and inspections are analysed by department managers in case further correction and preventative measures are needed.