4.4.3

Principle 4: Socio-economic sustainability (productive, financial and market management

Criteria Guidance Evidence & Scoring Importance & Applicability
Criteria 4.4: Criteria 4.4: Traceability system is in place in line with market, certification and legal requirements


4.4.3

Upstream suppliers have systems in place that provide the required level of traceability.
  • 'upstream' means towards the source (origin) - this requirement is for traceability from OaS towards its suppliers (i.e. the traceability to the level of the wild collectors/pickers or the farmers)
  • total sales of certified or verified products (for farms) do not exceed the total production
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    DOCUMENTATION

    Records such as receipts, sales purchases, warehouse books, etc.


    INTERVIEWS

    Conversations with all relevant people at the organisation to determine if they are able to explain the system and show which records are required and kept for each stage.


    OBSERVATION

    Observation by walking through the facilities to check that what was explained is being practiced.

    Scoring guidance

    0 - No functioning traceability system in place
    1 - Score is not an option for this criterion
    2 - Traceability system with minimum country of cultivation or wild collection available
    3 - Traceability system that goes beyond country of cultivation or wild collection available

    		 Importance
    Critical


    Applicability
  • Cultivation & wild collection
  • OaS
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