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Soybeans must meet sustainable cultivation requirements for delivery into the QS scheme. On the QS website, you can now find an extract of the criteria that QS sets for the sustainable production of soybeans. Standard owners who wish to be benchmarked via QS must fulfill these accordingly.

On May 2, QS revises Appendix 4.2 Recognized standards for soybean cultivation and Appendix 4.3 Recognized schemes for the add-on module QS Soy^plus for feed trade and production . For soybean cultivation (Annex 4.2), there are some new or extended recognitions of...

QS is now providing QS-recognized laboratories and certification bodies with their own logos for their corporate communication. Last year, QS already visually separated corporate communication from product communication with the introduction of a new company logo. The QS certification mark will...

QS revises the additional control plan Aflatoxin B1 with effect from April 11, 2024 (Annex 8.5 to the Guideline Feed Monitoring). Based on the available analysis results for aflatoxin B1, the risk of contamination with the mycotoxin for maize was changed for the following countries of origin:

Every month, new companies decide to participate in the QS scheme and thus give a signal to their customers that all their operational processes are checked by independent certification bodies.

The standard owner EFISC-GTP (European Feed and Food Ingredient Safety Certification Aisbl) and QS have signed an extension of the agreement on mutual recognition. As a result, QS is revising Annex 9.1 Recognized standards of the Feed Sector Guideline as of March 18, 2024.

QS revises the additional plan Aflatoxin B1 with effect from March 14, 2024 (Annex 8.5 to the Guideline Feed Monitoring) . Based on the available analysis results for aflatoxin B1 in maize, the risk classification of the country of origin Ukraine will be updated.

Every month, new companies decide to participate in the QS scheme and thus give a signal to their customers that all their operational processes are checked by independent certification bodies.

On February 6, the 18th meeting of laboratory managers for residue monitoring took place in Berlin. Over 100 participants from all over the world accepted the invitation from QS. The participants came not only from Germany, but also from Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, Croatia, Morocco, the...