Food Safety

Assessing Company Management and Performance on Recall/Ban Traceability and Disclosure

KPI	Protein Scope	Operational Scope	Sub-KPIs and Best Practice Criteria
Food safety system	All proteins	Feed, Farm, Slaughter, Processing	Certifications • The company discloses that all owned and supplier facilities are certified under GFSI standards. Performance • The company discloses the frequency of food safety audits and the corrective action rates associated with non-conformances at its facilities.
Product recalls and market bans	All proteins	Feed, Farm, Slaughter, Processing	Product recall systems • The company describes its approach to product recalls, discloses the number of recalls during the reporting year, and outlines preventive actions taken to avoid future recalls. Performance • The company discloses information on market bans during the reporting year, including the number, location, reasons, and responses.

KPI

Protein Scope

Operational Scope

Sub-KPIs and Best Practice Criteria

Food safety system

All proteins

Feed,

Farm,

Slaughter,

Processing

Certifications

• The company discloses that all owned and supplier facilities are certified under GFSI standards.

Performance

• The company discloses the frequency of food safety audits and the corrective action rates associated with non-conformances at its facilities.

Product recalls and market bans

All proteins

Feed,

Farm,

Slaughter,

Processing

Product recall systems

• The company describes its approach to product recalls, discloses the number of recalls during the reporting year, and outlines preventive actions taken to avoid future recalls.

Performance

• The company discloses information on market bans during the reporting year, including the number, location, reasons, and responses.

Note: There were no changes between the 2023 and 2024 iterations of the methodology.

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