Last Update: 7 Jan 2022.
1.1 Compliance with the Quality Pork Charter Rules
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Ham & Cooked Pork / General Charter Rules
The charter participant shall be compliant with the requirements of the BMPA Quality Pork Charter rules.
The BMPA Quality Pork Charter underpins the Red Tractor Assurance or Quality Meat Scotland standards for pork and pork meat products, therefore as pork is used as the raw material for all products produced in the whole charter it is a requirement to hold certification for module 2 – BMPA Quality Assured Pork and also the products you produce are made with pork that is BQAP. Red Tractor Assurance are the license holders of the RTA logo
Participants in the manufacturing modules (3, 4 & 5) are not required to be certified against BQAP (Module 2) unless they are also operating as a cutting plant. However, they are required to use BQAP raw material.
Guidance
The charter participant shall be aware that where specific charter rules have been highlighted that these are auditable points within the scope of this pork module against which compliance shall be assessed by the service provider.
Evidence
Compliance with the specific auditable points of the BMPA Quality Pork Charter rules.