BS EN ISO 34101-1:2020 - Page 2

Sustainable and traceable cocoa. Requirements for cocoa sustainability management systems | Status: Withdrawn

1 Scope This document specifies high-level requirements for managementsystems for sustainable cocoa bean production, including post-harvest processes, if applicable, and traceability of the sustainably produced cocoa beans within the organization producing the cocoa beans.

NOTE 1 Post-harvest processes include pod-breaking, fermentation, drying, sorting, packing, transport and storage of cocoa beans.

Only organizations that fulfil both the cocoasustainabilitymanagementsystemrequirements of either this document or ISO 34101‑4:2019, Annex A or B, and the performancerequirements of ISO 34101‑2 can claim their cocoa beans have been sustainably produced.

NOTE 2 ISO 34101‑4 specifies the requirements for cocoasustainabilitymanagementsystems at entry and medium levels.