WELCOME TO THE AGRICHAIN CENTRE

The AgriChain Centre offers value adding Food Safety, Post Harvest, Biosecurity, Phytosanitary Certification and Knowledge services to businesses and organisations at all points of the food value chain.We are a New Zealand based business with offices on Auckland’s North Shore, as well as in South Auckland, and Christchurch. We work with local as well as international clients to deliver sustainable, pragmatic and value adding solutions.

INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION AGENCY

We are an Independent Verification Agency (IVA) for the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), authorised to provide Phytosanitary Certification Services.

PROJECTS

Project Management is a discipline in its own right and not something to be done in a spare ten minutes between finishing one task and starting the next.

INDUSTRY SERVICES

Our services include achieving the Impossible in the areas of: Fruit Survey, Mystery Shopping, Sampling Programmes, and Food Safety & Biosecurity Advice




Sustainability

Sustainability is a globally relevant topic that impacts on every aspect of every business, and needs to be implemented within a strategic context.

Book an Inspection

To book an inspection, please read our Pre-Inspection Service Request & Service Level Agreement Terms before filling in this IVA Booking form.

Knowledge

The challenge with knowledge is that we do not necessarily know what we do not know! How do we then find out what it is that we do need to know?

THE AGRICHAIN CENTRE HAS ITS ORIGIN IN THE PRODUCE INDUSTRY

The company’s founders, Anne-Marie Arts and Hans Maurer have strong horticultural and produce based backgrounds. The company’s involvement in the Independent Verification (IVA), Survey, Project Management, Food Safety and Biosecurity sectors evolved from the founding shareholders’ understanding of the fresh produce industry’s business needs in these areas.

The produce industry is a rapidly evolving business. The horticulture industry strategy articulates its vision of being a $10 billion industry. Achieving this goal will require vision, discipline, an action orientation and superior marketing skills.

THE PRODUCE INDUSTRY

UNITED FRESH TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUP

The AgriChain Centre has had a long association with United Fresh, the pan industry association of the New Zealand produce industry. It goes back to 1992 when Hans Maurer was a founding member of the organisation. Since 2008 Hans has been the Knowledge Representative on the organisation’s Executive Committee.

UNITED FRESH TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUP

The AgriChain Centre has had a long association with United Fresh, the pan industry association of the New Zealand produce industry. It goes back to 1992 when Hans Maurer was a founding member of the organisation. Since 2008 Hans has been the Knowledge Representative on the organisation’s Executive Committee.
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FRESH FACTS

The goal of Fresh Facts: to gather relevant produce industry data, and present it in a consolidated and easy to understand format, that assists stakeholder to improve their knowledge of our industry, and, hopefully, to contribute towards fact-based decision making across the industry.

FRESH FACTS

The goal of Fresh Facts: to gather relevant produce industry data, and present it in a consolidated and easy to understand format, that assists stakeholder to improve their knowledge of our industry, and, hopefully, to contribute towards fact-based decision making across the industry.
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