Fruits
At Max Mark, quality is not left to chance. It is monitored, measured, verified, and continuously improved through a robust Quality Audit Framework that ensures every product we export meets the highest global standards for safety, freshness, and consistency. Our approach to Quality Audit extends far beyond routine inspections, it is a full operational discipline designed to build trust and guarantee reliability across every shipment.
A Multi Layered Audit Framework
Quality auditing at Max Mark operates on three aligned levels: internal audits, process audits, and third party compliance audits. Each level provides a different lens of evaluation, ensuring that no step of our supply chain is overlooked.
- Internal Audits: Ensuring Daily Compliance
Our in house audit team conducts routine inspections across farms, packhouses, cold rooms, and loading areas. These audits verify:
Adherence to Good Agricultural Practices (GAP)
Compliance with hygiene and sanitation protocols
Documentation accuracy across logs and operational checklists
Equipment calibration and maintenance
Cold Chain integrity from initial cooling to dispatch
Personnel training and PPE compliance
Internal audits allow us to identify operational gaps in real time and implement immediate corrective actions.
- Process Audits: Verifying System Strength and Consistency
These audits examine the effectiveness of entire operational systems, rather than individual tasks. They assess:
Efficiency of harvest and post-harvest workflows
Accuracy of grading and sizing
Effectiveness of packing and export preparation
Safety and performance of residue-testing protocols
Communication between QA, production, and logistics teams
Compliance with EU food safety and market-access requirements
Process audits help us optimize performance, reduce risk, and enhance end to end consistency.
- Third Party Audits: Global Standards, Independently Verified
Max Mark undergoes regular certification and compliance audits by accredited international bodies. These include standards such as:
GlobalG.A.P.
HACCP
ISO 22000 (Food Safety Management)
BRCGS (where applicable)
These independent verifications ensure that our systems align fully with the expectations of European, Gulf, and Asian markets.
Audit Components That Protect Every Shipment
Food Safety Controls
Residue testing, microbiological analysis, and hygiene inspections ensure that all products meet global import requirements.
Traceability Verification
Every audit checks the accuracy of our traceability system, ensuring that every batch can be traced back to its farm of origin, harvest date, handling team, and packing line.
Cold Chain Auditing
Temperature logs, cooling protocols, container inspections, and pre shipment verifications are reviewed to ensure Cold Chain continuity.
Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA)
Each audit ends with documented findings, assigned responsibilities, improvement deadlines, and follow-up verification. This ensures issues are not only corrected, but prevented from recurring.
Performance Scoring & Continuous Improvement
Departments are evaluated using a structured scoring system that tracks compliance, speed, accuracy, and risk levels. Results inform training programs and operational upgrades.
Why Quality Auditing Matters?
In global fresh produce markets, the real competitive advantage is not price, it is reliability, consistency, and transparency. Quality audits protect our customers from risk, reinforce product integrity, and ensure long-term confidence in every shipment that leaves our facilities.
Audits also strengthen our ability to comply with continuously evolving regulations across the EU, GCC, and Asian markets, ensuring uninterrupted access and sustainable growth.
Our Commitment
At Max Mark, Quality Audit is more than a compliance requirement, it is a philosophy.
We believe that disciplined auditing is what transforms operational standards into measurable, dependable excellence.
Every shipment we export carries the weight of our promise:
Verified quality. Documented safety. Global reliability.