Theland Farm Fortified Milk Powder for ages 50+ (800g)

The Farm

Farm Assurances

All animals are clearly identified through the National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) - Australia's system for identifying and tracking dairy cattle.

To ensure that all aspects of animal health and welfare are managed, farms must meet their obligations under Australian legislation including the Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines for Cattle (2014)

This includes:

• Providing the animals with access to fresh water and food.
• Providing a good environment with protection from extreme heat or cold.
• Performing health checks on the animals and having systems in place to rapidly treat any unhealthy animals.
• Providing conditions that ensure the animals can express normal patterns of behaviour.
• Providing a safe environment in which the animals are free from physical and mental suffering.

The milk is collected in accordance with the (FSANZ) Food Standards Australia and New Zealand which includes requirements for the efficient cooling of milk to maintain freshness and quality.

The fresh milk is transported to the drying facility in tankers which maintain the temperature of the chilled milk.

Records are kept to ensure traceability. This includes the tanker details, date and time of milk collection, temperature of milk, description and quantity of milk collected and delivery destination.

The fresh milk is heat treated (pasteurised) then concentrated to reduce the moisture content prior to spray drying into powder and packing into lined multiwalled bags.

The whole milk powder and skim milk powder are laboratory tested to ensure compliance to specification.

The milk powder is transported to the manufacturing facility where they are used as the base ingredients in the formulation.

The Manufacturer

Regulatory Assurances

The dairy manufacturer is registered with The Australian Government-Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWR) who are responsible for the export registration and ensuring ongoing compliance of dairy export establishments.

The factory must also comply with additional approvals and registrations required by the China Government.

This includes registration of the manufacturing facility as an approved exporter by The General Administration of Customs, People’s Republic of China (GACC).

The facility is registered and approved by Dairy Food Safety Victoria. (DFSV).

Regular audits are conducted which ensure ongoing compliance with legislation including:

• The Dairy Act 2000
• The Food Act 1984
• The Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code (FSANZ)

Once the product is manufactured the manufacturer is responsible for making a declaration of compliance statement for each shipment attesting that the product is:

• Eligible for export
• Fit-for-human consumption.
• Complies with the specific importing country requirements.

In accordance with The Export Control (Milk and Milk Products) Orders 2005 any water used within the factory must be potable.

Water potability standards are prepared by the National Health and Medical Research Council and activities must be undertaken to verify the quality of water against the Australia Drinking Water Guidelines.

Shipping

Shipping Assurances

The shipping company must ensure that the products are accompanied by all EAD (export accompanied documents) that are required by the importing country, including:• customs documents

• customs documents
• export permits
• health certificates
• certificates of laboratory testing analysis

All other documents that are required by the importing country must be completed and approved before the container is sealed and loaded on board the ship.

The product is shipped to China and is checked by China Customs on arrival.

China Customs check the import documentation to confirm all requirements have been met and may test the product again prior to releasing it into the country.

Once cleared by Customs the product is sent to the warehouse.

Retail

Retail Assurances

The product is distributed to customers from the warehouse.

The AQ Assured™ brand and QR code can be scanned to provide consumer confidence of the safety and quality measures undertaken throughout the supply chain.

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