ICS Grower Group

An Internal Control System (ICS) is the part of a documented quality assurance system that allows an external certification body to delegate the periodic inspection of individual group members to an identified body or unit within the certified operators.

Importance of ICS Management

• To smoothen the process of Project implementation
• To maintain transparency in the system
• To assure the quality of the Produce

Requirements for Group Certification

• The Group shall have a registered legal entity and farmers in the group should be in close geographical proximity and similar production system
• The Group shall have a minimum of 25 members and maximum of 500 members.
• A minimum of 2 inspection shall be conducted annually by the internal inspectors before the inspection by external Certification Body.
• In order to implement the ICS effectively, the staff has to be appointed such as Quality Manager, Internal inspectors, Approval Manager, Field officers, Purchase officers, Warehouse Manager, Processing Manager
• An internal standard has to be prepared in local language
• Training has to be given to all the ICS Staff