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During participation in the QS scheme, livestock owners must carry out regular self-assessments. For this purpose, QS provides species-specific supporting documents in the form of self-assessment checklists that support scheme participants in carrying out self-assessment on their company.

In order to maintain a QS certification, regular checks are carried out on the scheme participants as part of audits. QS offers various documents for an optimal preparation for each audit.

If a company participates in the QS scheme for the first time or if its company key data changes, the so-called master data must be correctly stored or changed for QS. This is initiated via your own coordinator. A number of documents are available to support you in this process. This is because...

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.

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.