The Nutrace early warning and rapid alert system, first introduced in 2008, was fully implemented and then extended during 2009. It has become more than a way of alerting quality colleagues to an incident with a raw material or feed additive and is being used as an effective way of communicating on quality and safety.

Experience has shown us that this communication and information sharing is very useful and so a simpler system is being developed to make it more user-friendly for non-experts. At the same time, coverage is being expanded to record all incidents in Nutreco companies and not only those relating to product quality and safety.

This development is, again, a cooperation between the Nutrace and HSEQ teams.

As an incidental effect of the improved communication provided by the rapid alert system, the quality and safety managers throughout Nutreco are becoming a cohesive and mutually supportive community, further contributing to higher quality and greater safety in Nutreco products.