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Membership of Associations

Quality & Standards

To maintain safety and quality,

the Group stays current with new

regulations, industry best practices

and marketplace conditions and

the Group’s businesses consistently

strive to improve and refine their

requirements and standards

throughout the entire supply chain.

Each business has also developed

and documented policies and

procedures that the business should

exercise over specified processes. The

Food Division’s

production facilities,

suppliers of ingredients and packaging

materials are required to comply with

stringent international standards and

regulations, government regulations

and company policies, procedures,

controls, and good manufacturing

practices applicable to their

operations. To ensure compliance with

these requirements, we are subject to

regular audits and inspections.

This includes (but not limited to)

audits conducted by government

and regulatory authorities such the

National Fisheries Authority of Papua

New Guinea and annual audits

performed by independent third-

party organisations for the British

Retail Consortium, International

Feature Standard Food, Dolphin

Safe, Good Manufacturing Practice,

Marine Stewardship Council (“MSC”),

Kosher Certification & Supervision),

Hazard Analysis Critical Control

Points (“HACCP”) and Halal (JAKIM)

accreditations. IFC is also subjected

to the BSCI Code of Conduct, which is

based mainly on the conventions of the

International Labour Organization.

IFC’s production plant in PNG has

received the MSC Chain of Custody

certification - an indication that IFC

has complied with international

best practice in each step of the

manufacturing process. To obtain

the Chain of Custody certification,

IFC had to pass an independent

audit that was conducted by an

accredited certification body and will

undergo annual surveillance audits to

demonstrate that it continues to meet

the MSC standard which include:

• a randomly chosen batch

reconciliation or traceability test

to measure the input and output

of fish quantities as MSC fish are

processed;

• proper labelling;

• storage of MSC-certified fish; and

• accurate and reliable record-

keeping.

Malaysian Employers Federation

Fishing Industry Association

Incorporated Society of Planters

Chemical Industry Council of Malaysia

(Committee Member)

Association of Malaysian Hauliers

(Honorary Treasurer)

Lae Chamber Of Commerce

Association of Plantation Investor of

Malaysia in Indonesia, APIMI

Malaysian Association of PNG

University Technology of Papua New

Guinea (Board Member)

Gabungan Pengusaha Kelapa Sawit

Indonesia, GAPKI

Tuna Process Association – (Secretary)

Palm Oil Refiners Association of Malaysia

Selangor Freight Forwarders and Logistics

Association

Morobe Football Association

In FYE2020, FAD-free catch was 98.1%

of tuna purchased (FYE2019: 88.85%).

Ultimately, IFC endeavours to have its

tuna source and products to be 100%

FAD-free.

A concern with using FAD is the impact

on all other non-tuna marine life which

becomes attached to the FAD and gets

trapped in the net. By-catch can include

many unintended haulages such as

juvenile fish. In FYE2020, our by-catch

reduced to 0.18% of the total fish

bought from 0.5% recorded last year.

Product Information & Product

Labelling

Product information and labelling

requirements are stringent in the

jurisdictions where we operate and

include disclosures on the date of

manufacture and expiry, ingredients,

components of food additives (if

any), nutritional information and

instructions for storage. Relaying

product information to our customers

makes it easier for them to make

more informed decisions and product

comparisons. During the year under

review, there were no incidents of

fines/penalties imposed on the Group

due to the non-compliance of any

product labelling regulation.

Sustainability : Governance

Annual Report 2020

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