Accreditations

Founded in 1946 by a group of scientists, farmers and nutritionists, the Soil Association was built on a layer of foundations – to observe the connections from farming, to manufacturing to finished product – to ensure environmental, animal and human health. More recently the Soil Association has become the UK’s leading membership charity for healthy, humane and sustainable food, farming and land use, certifying 70% of organic products in the UK.

The Soil Assocation carefully examine each and every stage of the supply chain, from farming to finished product. With this in mind, we were keen to join forces with them as we believe it demonstrates the high quality processes we have in place for processing these ingredients ourselves.

To discover more about the Soil Association, please visit their website at https://www.soilassociation.org/  SALSA is widely recognised as the leading food safety certification scheme for the UK’s smaller food and drink businesses. Approval certification is only granted to suppliers who are able to demonstrate to a SALSA auditor, that they are able to produce and supply safe and legal food and are committed to continually meeting the requirements of the SALSA standard.

The SALSA Standard includes a dedicated and comprehensive section for HACCP (Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Point), requiring that all hazards to product safety and legality are identified, analysed and assessed for risk. A documented HACCP system, based on Codex Alimentarius HACCP principles, must be in place and regularly reviewed. Alongside HACCP, the scope of the SALSA audit standard includes, but is not limited to; supplier approval, product safety, traceability, good manufacturing practices (GMP).

A copy of the Standard can be downloaded free from the SALSA website at https://www.salsafood.co.uk