Fruit and vegetables are SAFE!
22 November 2024
Rest assured, dear consumers: whether you eat fruit and vegetables bought from your retailer, supermarket, hypermarket or company restaurant, your food safety is guaranteed!
In France today, it’s safe to say that fruit and vegetables are healthy everywhere! Stop false rumours! No matter what certain media or lobbyists say.
In fact, quality and traceability are everybody’s business, whether it’s the retail or catering sector. No distribution channel would make an irresponsible purchase in this area.
There are also certifications, such as Fel Partenariat for example, which may not be well known to the general public, but are very much present throughout the marketing chain, from producer to distributor.
Why do we at Lagache consider it important to be Fel Partenariat certified?
Because we think of the end consumer first and foremost. We owe them a health guarantee; it’s a public health issue. Consumers need to feel safe when they buy and consume. We must and we are able to provide information on the cultural itinerary of products and be able to trace them, from the producer to the point where they are displayed on the shelves or in the catering trade. When we select our producers, we choose those who are committed to similar approaches.
Fel Partenariat is based on 4 essential pillars and guarantees the sanitary quality of F&V:
– Traceability and management of non-compliant batches
– Approval by checking the intrinsic quality of the F&V, i.e. compliance with marketing standards and labelling.
– Hygiene: by implementing good practice and the HACCP approach, a system for identifying, assessing and controlling food hygiene hazards.
– Health safety: verification of F&V health compliance (pesticides, contaminants, additives) and consumer risk assessment.
Like the majority of players in this market, we all follow these 4 imponderables rigorously and scrupulously, and carry out very regular checks by independent laboratories.
So this festive season, put your trust in the profession! Enjoy your fruit and vegetables with peace of mind!
