Food Safety & Quality
At PSL Cashew, we believe that our long-term success depends on the trust and value we provide to our customers. Therefore, ensuring the safety and quality of our cashew nuts is our top business priority. To achieve this, our group and its global facilities are committed to product traceability and full vertical integration throughout the cashew nut supply chain.
Traceability
With the global presence of our facilities in Africa (Tanzania, Nigeria, Ivory Coast) and Asia (Cambodia, Vietnam), most of the cashew nuts processed and delivered by PSL Cashew are 100% traceable, which enhances the company’s commitment to fair trade practices. From cultivation to processing and delivery, PSL Cashew is fully involved in every stage of the supply chain as we work closely with the farmers, suppliers and workers; thus, we can ensure a clear origin of all our products. Hence, the traceability of our cashew nuts can be assured as the customers can easily check the products’ origin on our system, which helps build trust with our clients.
A fully vertical integration throughout the supply chain
Cultivation & Sourcing of the best quality ingredients
As we work closely with the farmers in every stage of the supply chain, PSL Cashew’s long-term success depends on the local farmers’ networks, from which supply the sufficient quantity of high-quality cashew nuts that meet the needs and requirements of our processing and manufacturing clients worldwide. For that reason, by providing training programs and helping the farmers access technology, we advise them on how to improve the yields, quality and quantity of cashew nuts as well as reduce post-harvest losses. In that way, the farmers can produce and supply a larger quantity and better quality of cashew nuts; thus, it would help them improve their income and living standards. Also, our PSL’s representatives work with the farmers and cooperatives to buy cashew nuts directly from them at the highest price and provide valuable services to the farmers, such as assistance in obtaining internationally recognized certifications. Therefore, our company aims to earn their loyalty as their preferred buyer and can offer differentiated products and solutions to the most discerning clients. Hence, it allows us to support the farmers to access the markets, ensure the quality of the raw materials and deliver true value to our clients from the cultivation and sourcing stages of the cashew nut value chain.
Processing
All of our facilities ensure that we prepare and process our cashew nuts to the best quality and safety standards. It means our facilities are built according to the precise prerequisites to guarantee that the materials, equipment and processing stages are designed for manufacturing products conformed to food safety standards. Furthermore, we carefully manage the flow of the materials and cashew nuts delivered in and out of the facilities to ensure that they are of the best quality and safety standards. PSL Cashew closely follows certified cleaning and sanitation practices at every step of the processing line, and our workforce is given training sessions to adhere to the principles of food hygiene and safety. Finally, before a batch of cashew nuts leaves our facilities, a quality test has to be passed to confirm that the products meet the requirements of food safety and quality assurance.
Packing and distribution
Packing plays a vital role in ensuring our cashew nuts are delivered to the customers in a safe condition with clear information about the products. Furthermore, it enhances the traceability of our cashew nuts so that our customers know exactly where they originated. PSL Cashew always makes sure that they reach their customers in optimum quality as they are stored and transported in the best conditions such as temperature, humidity, etc.
Moreover, we have provided and optimized transportation and logistics security solutions so that our clients can easily track shipments with our powerful universal tracking system.
