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Trade Documentation
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How is grain sampled for export?
Export grain is sampled by superintendents during loading under contract rules such as GAFTA or ISO 24333. Mycotoxin control has its own…
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What is a GAFTA contract?
A GAFTA contract is a standard trade form from the Grain and Feed Trade Association, used for grain, feed and pulses. It…
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Sourcing Flour from Ukraine: Mill Checks, Documents and Logistics
A practical route for sourcing flour from Ukraine: how to qualify a mill, the laboratory and certification evidence that matters, the export…
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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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What is a phytosanitary certificate?
A phytosanitary certificate is an official document from the exporting country’s plant protection body confirming inspection to import rules.