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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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