ISO – International Organisation for Standardisation: Vion implements the DIN EN ISO 9001:2015 as quality management system. The cornerstones of this standard are: customer satisfaction, continuous improvement of the production processes and products, and a risk-based approach.

For more information, go to www.iso.org. 

The BRC Food (Worldwide Food Safety Standard) and IFS Food (International Featured Standards Food) standards have been developed to specify food safety by means of quality-related and operational criteria. All Vion production companies have implemented the BRC and/or IFS standard and are certified under these standards. In this way, Vion guarantees a uniform quality standard in all production companies, based on a reliable test system. The BRC Food and IFS Food are standards for food-processing companies. Both standards include the following themes: 

• Commitment of senior management/corporate responsibility 
• An HACCP plan 
• A quality-oriented management system 
• Conditional programmes 
• Measurements, analyses, improvements 

For more information about IFS Food, the requirements and the assessment criteria, go to www.ifs-certification.com. For more information about BRC Food, the requirements and the assessment criteria, go to www.brcglobalstandards.com.   

IKB Pork has been developed as a benchmark for the responsible production of pork. Spearheads are quality, animal welfare and food safety.

For more information, go to www.ikbvarken.nl. 

QS (Qualität und Sicherheit, or Quality and Safety) is a quality system for meat and meat products in Germany. From food producers and livestock farmers to retail – all steps in the production process are regularly inspected by independent certifying bodies.

For more information, go to www.q-s.de/en/.  

Vion markets meat from animals reared in companies that implement the animal welfare standards of the Dutch Society for the Protection of Animals. These standards are determined for individual animal species and relate, among other things, to more living space and extra play material. All companies in the chain are checked and certified to guarantee that meat with the BLK logo in supermarkets actually comes from animals reared in a BLK company.

For more information, go to www.beterleven.dierenbescherming.nl/english . 

Vion markets organic meat that meets the criteria of EC Regulation EC 1804/1999. This regulation contains the requirements for livestock farmers (including animal welfare and feed requirements), farmers (for the production of animal feed and plant-based ingredients for finished products) and all processors in the chain. These requirements are checked by an independent certifying body. In the Netherlands, this is SKAL. You can find the certificates and audit reports on the pages of the individual Vion locations, in so far they are bio-certified. 

GQ-Bayern makes additional requirements of product quality and defines clear conditions for production and handling, all of which are monitored for compliance by authorised, private certification bodies under government supervision.

For more information go to www.gq-bayern.de

Thanks to this voluntary label, consumers can see at a glance where a product’s main ingredients come from and where they have been processed. The Regionalfenster thus makes it easier to recognize and consciously purchase regional products.

For more information go to www.regionalfenster.de

The two-tier animal welfare label “Für Mehr Tierschutz” (For More Animal Welfare) identifies products that are subject to strict requirements backed by a comprehensive animal welfare label system. It covers the entire chain from husbandry to processing.

For more information go to www.tierschutzlabel.info