This signifies the end of the regular monthly working meetings to compile the standards, and efforts will now shift to piloting the standard and working out a framework for the standard to be managed.
NCSI Americas, in association with Costco and the Washington Horticultural Association, was the first organization to pilot the standard at a pre-farm gate level. This pilot was conducted October 15, 2010, on one of Bluebird Inc. orchards. Having previously gone through a GlobalGAP audit the week before, the site was well prepared and the audit went very smoothly. Several recommendations have been made to alter the standard.
NCSI Americas is also pleased to announce, in association with Costco and the Washington Horticultural Association, that an additional pilot of the standard will be ran of the post-farm gate section at one of Bluebird's packing facilities. The pilot is planned to run November 5, 2010 and will be led by Brett Holman.
Our thanks go out to everyone involved in the process, and especially to Larry Blakely at Bluebird for allowing us to test the standard out with them multiple times.
Full details will be available shortly, courtesy of United Fresh.
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