Agricultural Collector

Are you an agricultural collector and/or a primary collector of soya beans interested in storing, buying and selling Donau Soja or Europe Soya beans?

Donau Soja and Europe Soya soya beans shall originate from farmers growing non-GM beans in the Donau Soja or Europe Soya region respectively.

General requirements (valid for all risk levels):

Directly commissioned inspection/certification

Collecting Declarations of Self-Commitment or signed shipping documents in compliance with R 01, and checking the quantities delivered for plausibility

Primary collectors: sending harvest declarations to quality@donausoja.org and their certification body using the following templates:

E

Sending remaining stock carry-over (by August 31) to their certification body

E

Obtaining retained samples from each storage unit (at least once per 100 tonnes)

E

Lot certification (+ notifications to the certification body)

E

Documentation (incoming and outgoing produce)

E

Possibility of group certification of suppling farmers and/or primary collectors

Download harvest declaration:

Donau Soja Harvest Declaration (EN) – 2024 Import File

Europe Soya Harvest Declaration (EN) – 2024 Import File

Additional requirements for agricultural collectors located in or accepting produce from production areas of medium or high GM- risk

Operating an in-house QM system to prevent GMO contamination

Conducting rapid GMO tests (Roundup Ready and LibertyLink)

Special forms of primary collection:

Primary processor acting as a primary collector

For more information please refer to the Donau Soja guidelines (R 02) or Europe Soya guidelines (R 02).