A focus on safety
Quality and food safety are our watchwords
Rigorous selection of raw materials
The Evialis group’s quality and food safety policy hinges on a general approach that includes transparency, continuous improvement and employee involvement. As an expert in animal nutrition and health and a key link in the food chain, the group’s focus in this respect can be seen by the importance it gives to its responsibility to customers and consumers.
Upstream of production, the group has set up a whole range of efficient procedures to ensure the quality of its supplies:
- selection and analysis of raw materials prior to supplier listing,
- assessment and classification of suppliers using the “Amperage” method (the French acronym for raw materials, purchasing, risk assessment, action and management of results),
- tests on imported products as soon as they are received in the port.
A controlled industrial process
EVIALIS carries out 1 million tests every year to guarantee the quality of its raw materials and finished products. These are carried out under the supervision of LAREAL, the group’s analytical and food research laboratory. Some of the tests are carried out in the regional laboratories integrated in the group’s main industrial sites and equipped to conduct a fast-track analysis of the main raw materials and finished product characteristics.
In the plants, each step of the industrial process involves a number of checks conducted by highly skilled teams of quality coordinators. Hazard Analysis Control of Critical Point (H.A.C.C.P.), a method based on an in-depth analysis of the production process and its environment, was brought into general use in all group production plants in France in 1997.
Full traceability
Traceability of production at each factory is guaranteed by computerised industrial process management. As part of the traceability process, finished product samples are taken and kept for at least 6 months in the samples library of the source industrial plant. A detailed logistics system has also been set up to optimise safety during deliveries which, for example, includes compartment management in delivery trucks.
