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Trade Documentation
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Organic Pulses from Ukraine: Certification, Segregation and What the Audit Trail Has to Show
What organic certification of Ukrainian pulses actually involves, how the certificate of inspection works for imports, where contamination and commingling risk concentrate,…
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Who is legally responsible for a food label?
The food business operator under whose name or business name the food is marketed, and for food from outside the Union, the…
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How do you read a certificate of analysis?
Check that it identifies the lot you received, that the method and its accreditation status are named, that units and basis match…
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FOB vs CIF Pricing: What You Are Actually Comparing
FOB and CIF look like two points on the same scale and are not. Under Incoterms 2020 both are sea and inland…
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Cultivated vs Wild Mushrooms: Supply, Documentation and Where the Risk Sits
Cultivated mushrooms give consistency, continuity and traceability; wild ones give a flavour profile and a species range that cannot be farmed. This…
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What documents belong in a supplier approval pack?
A certificate, a specification, an allergen and origin statement, a traceability description, insurance and the commercial terms, as a minimum.
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How do you read a grain quality certificate?
Start at the bottom of the page rather than the top. The results matter less than who took the sample, how, and…
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What is a phytosanitary certificate?
A phytosanitary certificate is an official document, issued by the national plant protection organisation of the exporting country, stating that a consignment…
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Ukrainian Honey: Varieties, Quality Parameters and the Export Route
A buyer’s guide to Ukrainian honey. The four commercial monoflorals and how they differ, the composition criteria in Directive 2001/110/EC and what…
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Grain and Oilseed Export from Ukraine: Documentation and Certificates
The full documentary chain for a Ukrainian grain or oilseed consignment into the EU: phytosanitary certificate, fumigation record, quality and weight certificates,…