Quality and safety are monitored throughout the manufacturing process to ensure compliance with stringent specification requirements.
Finished product testing is conducted by an accredited independent NZ laboratory, covering a range of microbiological and chemical analysis to verify compliance with New Zealand and China OMAR requirements.
NZ Manufacture and Auditing
The New Zealand provenance of manufacture for this product has been independently verified. The product is manufactured at a facility in Auckland, New Zealand, by a company registered with the New Zealand Companies Office.
The facility operates in accordance with applicable New Zealand regulatory and legislative requirements and maintains the registrations and controls relevant to its manufacturing activities. These requirements help ensure products are produced, packed, stored and handled in a manner that supports food safety, quality and compliance.
Independent verification provides assurance that the facility’s food safety systems and practices are operating effectively and continue to meet applicable regulatory requirements, including:
National Programme 3 under the Food Act 2014
Applicable requirements of the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code
Applicable export and Overseas Market Access Requirements (OMARs), where relevant
These controls support the consistent manufacture of safe, high-quality products and help demonstrate compliance with New Zealand requirements and relevant requirements of the export markets in which the products are sold.
AsureQuality is a New Zealand Government-owned food assurance company, providing independent, impartial third-party auditing, testing, inspection, certification and verification services to the food and primary industries.
The AQ Assured™ Transparency Programme provides independent verification of supply chain and product attributes, enabling Licensees to demonstrate transparency and make verified claims in relation to products that have successfully completed the programme’s verification requirements.
QCFODE® is an official Licensee of the AQ Assured™ Transparency Programme.
The AQ Assured™ mark on pack signals that the product has successfully completed an independent verification assessment by AsureQuality against the requirements of the AQ Assured™ Transparency Programme.
AsureQuality and New Zealand Nutritional Sciences Alliance
Each retail pack features the AQ Assured™ and NZNSA marks, reflecting AsureQuality and the New Zealand Nutritional Sciences Alliance (NZNSA) working together to support QCFODE® in demonstrating the quality, safety and provenance of its New Zealand-manufactured products through trusted supply chain verification and tailored market assurance solutions.