AIFE is a supply chain association that has represented professional producers and processors of dried fodder for 60 years:
• 90% of the Italian supply chain;
• 1,000,000 tons / year equal to 10% of the Italian forage production;
• Harvesting area: 90,000 hectares (10% of the national area of alfalfa – Istat data);
• Production areas: Emilia-Romagna, Marche, Veneto, Lombardy, Lazio, Umbria, Abruzzo and Tuscany;
• Processing plants: about 50;
• Average number of stakeholders: 13,000 of which 900 employees, 8,000 farmers, 4,000 subcontractors and suppliers;
• 6 Italian ports involved with all maritime navigation allied businesses;
• Turnover of 250 million euros.
The Quality of AIFE Members’ products:
• integrated and controlled supply chain;
• health standards of products and traceability of the supply chain;
• low environmental impact crop in marginal areas of the territory.
In the fields: no use of water resources, crop rotation, GMO-free product.
Processing and transformation phase: elimination of foreign bodies (metals, stones, soil), sanitization of the product by means of a minimum temperature of 100°C supplied by natural gas, exemption from molds and anomalous fermentations, stabilization of the product, validated HACCP system by the Italian Ministry of Health.
Storage and conservation phase: storage in suitable premises as per health regulations; final analytical control for product classification; conservation control with temperature monitoring.
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