Commitment to Quality

There are a number of organisations that Dengie are accredited with as part of our commitment to quality which are as follows:

ISO 9001

ISO 9001 is the internationally recognised standard for an organisation’s internal quality management. This version of the standard places greater emphasis on process management with expectations of continual process improvement.

FEMAS

The FEMAS scheme is a voluntary scheme developed in response to greater regulations affecting feed and food safety being introduced by the UK and the EU. FEMAS provides independent verification that a company is meeting its legal obligations under general food law Regulation (EC) No 178/2002.

From the beginning, the FEMAS feed materials scheme has been based on HACCP principles, an internationally recognised system of hazard analysis pioneered by space agency NASA. Over recent years HACCP has become a central requirement of Food and Feed safety legislation.

The scheme is audited and certified by an independent certification body, in accordance with the internationally recognised standard EN45011. This means that the certification body is itself independently assessed every year to ensure that the standard is implemented and administered consistently and fairly.

BETA NOPS

In 2009 the British Equestrian Trade Association introduced a code of practice relating to naturally occurring prohibited substances (NOPS). The aim of the code of practice is to identify those manufacturers who demonstrate due diligence in reducing the risk of contamination with NOPS. Due to the nature of some NOPS it is no longer possible to offer a guarantee that a product is free from them. Those companies that do are unlikely to be fully aware of the potential risks of contamination.

Dengie are approved under the NOPS scheme (FEMAS version).  If you require more information about NOPS then please contact us on 0845 345 5115 or click here to send us an e-mail.