FMCG SURVEY
It’s Shipping & Survey ABOUT COMPANY Our Company CISS GROUP We have teamed up our forces, experience and knowledge in order to ofger only the (Commodities International best practice and business solutions in the Survey Services) – fjeld of independent inspections for active this is a team of professionals commodities traders (crude oil, iron ore, bauxites, grains) and others players all over with experience of doing business the world. in major international survey Operational excellence and high standards companies more than of CISS GROUP allow our partners feel 15 years. protected twenty-four-hour a day.
It’s Shipping & Survey FMCG Fast-moving consumer The following are the main characteristics From the marketer perspective of FMCGs: goods (FMCG) are products • High volumes From the consumer perspective • Low contribution margins that are sold quickly and • Frequent purchases • Extensive distribution at a relatively low cost. • Low engagement (little or no efgort to • High inventory turnover Examples include non- choose the item) durable household goods FMCG is the most common acronym • Low prices for such products across most of such as packaged foods, • Short shelf life Europe, Asia and Oceania, while CPG beverages, toiletries, over- • Rapid consumption (consumer packaged goods) is used the-counter drugs and other more frequently in the Americas. • Price comparison over online purchase by customer consumables.
It’s Shipping & Survey PSI – Pre-Shipment Inspection MAIN POINTS CLI – Container Loading Inspection OF FMCG PPI – Pre Production Inspection DPI – During Production Inspection INSPECTION FRI – Final Random Inspection
It’s Shipping & Survey Visual inspection As industry standards for packaging and Depending on the manufacturer’s needs, a visual labelling become more stringent, the inspection have the capacity to: demand for visual inspection technology • inspect the presence, position and formation of a code is increasing. Because visual inspection (date code, barcode, etc.) helps ensure only quality products leave • validate the presence and position of labels check closures your plant. of tamper seals, correct caps by colour, etc. • detect fjll levels in bottles or jars, and the packaging’s content • sort food and beverage products based on marking • count products MAIN POINTS OF FMCG INSPECTION
It’s Shipping & Survey Weight checking Every company wants to reduce By inspecting portion control of a packaged product, costs on the manufacturing line, checkweighers ensure that every pack leaving your and weighing precision can help factory door is within the specifjed weight range. you here. Because they eliminate unnecessary product waste, they ultimately reduce costs. Checkweigh can also help manufacturers detect issues with product overfjll on the production line, so you can correct the problem quickly and save costs. MAIN POINTS OF FMCG INSPECTION
It’s Shipping & Survey Metal detection It’s no wonder then, that more and more But metal isn’t the only culprit: glass, stone, FMCG manufacturers are using X-ray high-density plastics and rubber and other + x-ray inspection inspection and metal-detection systems to contaminants can also make their way into eliminate the threat of food contamination and, packaging. X-ray inspection equipment essentially, protect their brand from product can ID foreign bodies by evaluating density recalls and withdrawals. throughout the product and packaging – including through thick foil pouches and cans. Among the biggest culprits for food contamination are metal and non-magnetic stainless steel. However, today’s metal- detection technology is extremely efgective: even products with high moisture content or packaged in metallised fjlm can be checked with advanced metal-detection systems. MAIN POINTS OF FMCG INSPECTION
It’s Shipping & Survey BANANAS INSPECTION Bananas are grown Quality and condition factors: in practically all the moist • Bruising • Chilling & Freezing tropical countries where • Discoloration they constitute one of the • Overheating principal foods. • Ripeness • Shape • Decay
It’s Shipping & Survey Main steps • SAMPLING The importance of obtaining • SIZE Statements in reference to size apply representative samples cannot be over only to fjngers, even if they are in the form of bananas emphasized. Accurate certifjcation is of clusters or hands. The size of fjngers inspection: possible only if the samples examined should be described in terms of length and are truly representative of the entire lot or fullness. Bananas are generally slightly to accessible portion. All portions of a lot or decidedly curved. The length is the overall load should receive the same attention in length of the fjnger measured along the sampling regardless of the diffjculty involved line of the outer curve from blossom end in reaching all layers or parts of a lot or to end of pulp. Measurement can best be load. Anytime the entire lot requested is accomplished with a fmexible ruler or by a not accessible for sampling, the inspection known fjnger span length or by marking and certifjcate must be restricted to the the overall length on a fmat surface, where it accessible portion. can be accurately measured to determine the length of the fjnger. • CHECKING Brands/Markings and labeling • CONDITION OF PACK • TEMPERATURE OF PRODUCT Due to the importance of the pulp temperature of fresh fruits and vegetables when in transit or at destination, it is essential BANANAS that the inspector accurately determine and report the INSPECTION temperature or range in temperatures on each lot.
It’s Shipping & Survey CITRUS INSPECTION Citrus are one of the • Tally count It is very important to make a survey of major fruits exporting • Weight control citruses and also to • Sampling in World. Most of this evaluate levels of pesticide residues • Sizing / calibration production is exported for in citrus fruits in the • Classifjcation in colors fresh consumption, where laboratory! • Detecting defects on the skin surface using wavelengths that consumers increasingly are outside the visible spectrum demand best quality. • Labeling and packaging control • Laboratory testing of pesticides residues: The use of pesticides is widespread in citrus fruits production for pre- and post-harvest protection and many chemical substances may be applied in order to control undesirable moulds or insects.
It’s Shipping & Survey BERRIES INSPECTION REPRESENTATIVE The importance of obtaining representative samples cannot be over emphasized. SAMPLING Accurate certifjcation is only possible if the samples that are examined are truly representative of the entire lot or accessible portion of the lot. All portions of the lot or accessible portion should receive the same attention in sampling. Shipments or lots of berries may be made up of berries from a number of fjelds, growers or days picking. This may result in berries that may vary in quality and/or condition from one location to another.
It’s Shipping & Survey DEFECTS • Brightness of strawberries is not a grade • Hail, Insect, Bird, Rodent Injury - When requirement and cannot be scored as a injury is slight, it should be overlooked, (QUALITY defect, although it is an important marketing otherwise it should be scored as damage or AND CONDITION) factor. serious damage based on the appearance of the individual berry. Presence of live • Bruises may appear as fmattened, sunken, insects, fruit fmies or larvae is always mushy and/or discolored areas. Berries, considered serious damage. which are soft from being overripe, should be scored for serious damage as “overripe” • Mold - the berries should be free from mold. and should not be combined with bruising. That means that any amount of mold on a berry should be scored as serious damage. • Calyxes/Cores • Moisture • Color • Overripe/Soft Berries • Dirt or Foreign Matter • Discoloration - may result from any one of a number of causes, such as disease or sunburn • Freezing or Frozen Berries BERRIES INSPECTION
It’s Shipping & Survey APPLES INSPECTION REPRESENTATIVE In order to be sure in quality CONDITION OF PACK TEMPERATURE of apples, it is important to OF PRODUCT SAMPLING When describing pack, obtain good representative report any liners or pads Inspectors would not samples. within the container, also normally determine or report Correct certifjcation can take report if apples are wrapped. temperatures at shipping place if samples taken are really point. However, when in representing the whole shipping transit or at destination, due lot/amount. All portions of a to the importance of the pulp lot or load should receive the temperature of fresh fruits accurate attention in sampling and vegetables it is essential regardless of the diffjculty that the inspector accurately involved in reaching all layers or determine and report the parts of a lot or load. temperature or range in temperatures on each lot.
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