Zenith Nurseries Incoming Raw Material QA Check List

• Document: RMIR, Version: 1 , Issue Date: 12/12/22

  Drawing

• Conducted on:

  Date

• Prepared by

  Jacob Barone

• Raw material inspected:

  Select Apollo Baby Iceberg Baby Red Batavia Bulls Blood Coarse Endive Cos Lettuce Escarole Fine Endive Green Mizuna Iceberg Lambs Lettuce Landcress Lollo Biondo Lollo Rosso Oak Lettuce Peashoots Radicchio Red Chard Red Multileaf Red Salanova Spinach Watercress Rocket

  • Apollo
  • Baby Iceberg
  • Baby Red Batavia
  • Bulls Blood
  • Coarse Endive
  • Cos Lettuce
  • Escarole
  • Fine Endive
  • Green Mizuna
  • Iceberg
  • Lambs Lettuce
  • Landcress
  • Lollo Biondo
  • Lollo Rosso
  • Oak Lettuce
  • Peashoots
  • Radicchio
  • Red Chard
  • Red Multileaf
  • Red Salanova
  • Spinach
  • Watercress
  • Rocket

• Arrival Date

  Date

• Country of origin:

  Select UK Italy Spain France Ireland Holland

  • UK
  • Italy
  • Spain
  • France
  • Ireland
  • Holland

• Supplier name:

• Harvest Date:

  Date

• Cut :

  1st cut

  2nd cut

• Variety

• Supplier/Zenith Trace Code Batch & Field Code

• The temperature on arrival - MAX - less or equal to 8°C

• Crate type

• Please take picture of traceability information

  Media

• Does traceability label include : Supplier name, Country of origin, Date of harvest, batch code, traceability code Grower & Growers Global Gap Number or Red Tractor Number ?

  Yes

  No

QUALITY-APPEARANCE

• Have leaves pale in colour or discolouration being noticed?

  No

  Yes

  N/A

• Has yellowing being noticed?

  No

  Yes

• Has bruising being noticed?

  No

  Yes

• Have wilted leaves being noticed? <br>

  No

  Yes

• Has physical damage being observed?

  No

  Yes

QUALITY DEFECTS

• Has excessive wetness being observed?

  No

  Yes

• Has breakdown being observed?

  No

  Yes

• Has Chill/ Frost Damage being observed?

  No

  Yes

• Has disease being observed?

  No

  Yes

• Has mould being observed?

  No

  Yes

AGE OF HARVEST

• Is harvest date more than 6 days?

CONTAMINATION- NO TOLLERANCE

• Has evident as visual, chemical odour or taint been noticed?

  No

  Yes

• Has serious foreign body being found?(Glass, hard/rigid plastic, metal)

  No

  Yes

NON-SERIOUS FOREIGN BODY

• Has non-serious foreign body being found? (Soft plastic, wood, stones)

  No

  Yes

• Have insects: Snails, Greenfly, Slugs, Caterpillar, Larvae forein body being found?

  No

  Yes

• Have weeds & Foreign Leaf being found?

  No

  Yes

• Has soiling being found?

  No

  Yes

ORGANOLEPTIC ASSESSENT

• Is aroma acceptable?

  Yes

  No

• Is flavour acceptable?

  Yes

  No

• Is texture acceptable?

  Yes

  No

• Has core/bolting being observed? (if applicable)

  No

  Yes

  N/A

DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS

• Crates inspection: Only clean plastic returnable trays. No wood, stapled cardboard or polystyrene outers may be used.

  Pass

  Fail

  N/A

• Pallets inspection:<br>All pallets in whole sound condition. No wood splinter observed. Pallets should be bound using shrink-wrap or plastic binding straps

  Pass

  Fail

  N/A

• Vehicle inspection:<br>Vehicle interior free from physical contamination hazards and free from strong odours.

  Pass

  Fail

  N/A

• Please take picture of the state of pallets and crates

  Media