About the Product Integrity Portfolio
Horticulture Crisis Management Guidelines
Other resources
Useful links

The HAL Product Integrity portfolio has three main elements, namely management of a portfolio of projects, conducting a ‘help desk for horticulture QA’ and participation in or management of a number of related QA and supply chain initiatives. The overriding theme of the portfolio is to assure the integrity of horticultural products – food production and amenity – by managing processes and projects that reduce the likelihood and severity of food borne illness, residue violations and other causes of ‘out-of-spec’ product, and to have a mechanism to manage such an incident should it occur. As such, this portfolio carries a large responsibility for industry risk management and significant interaction with other HAL portfolios.

The portfolio recognises that safe food is, behind price and quality, the predominant credence attribute in the eyes of consumers  and that the necessary outcome from the portfolio is safe food and sound amenity products that meet customer and regulatory requirements.

Horticulture Crisis Management Guidelines

See below for useful  links from the HAL Product Integrity portfolio:

Coles Supermarkets
Woolworths
FreshSpecs
GS1 Australia
International Federation for produce Standards Global PLU Codes
Global Produce Traceability Initiative
Global Food Safety Initiative
GLOBALG.A.P.
SQF Institute
Guidelines for Environmental Assurance in Australian Horticulture
Nursery and Garden Industry Accreditation Programs (for nurseries and garden centres)
Freshcare
Food Standards Australia New Zealand
Codex Standards for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables and Codex Code of Hygienic Practice for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
National strategy for enhancing the safety and security of our food supply
By-product risk assessments and Vendor Declarations
Keep it Real Conference

Guidelines for on-farm food safety for fresh produce

Quality Assurance situation for Australian Horticulture (2005)