Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

socle commun

English translation:

common base

Added to glossary by Nikki Scott-Despaigne
Jun 12, 2002 22:35
22 yrs ago
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French term

socle commun de qualité agricole

French to English Marketing farm to fork, food safety standards
I am working on a short but tightly phrased document on food safety controls in the pork production chain. My client is one of X’s suppliers and the paper’s title is “Le socle commun de qualité agricole”, a phrase coined by the company X. All roads may lead to Rome but all traces of this phrase lead to the company in question. Talk about traceability!

It would appear logical that an English language version of this phrase exists but I cannot find one. Anything better than “common farm-quality standard”?

Here’s an example of what I’m talking about.

http://financier.companynews.fr/communiques/communique.asp?c...

« UN SOCLE COMMUN DE QUALITE AGRICOLE

Un socle commun de qualité agricole est élaboré dans les principales filières d'approvisionnement de McDonald's : boeuf, poulet, pommes de terre, salades, blé...Il s'agit de formaliser une liste de Bonnes Pratiques, au niveau de l'exploitation agricole, qui intègre les démarches déjà pratiquées par chaque filière de manière à ce que 5 principes fondamentaux garantissant la qualité du produit final, soient respectés :… »

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common base husbandry

common socle husbandry - if there is any interest in keeping the "socle" which is both French and English
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2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "In context, this one came closest. I suspect there is no ready-made phrase for this one, and that the solution lies in an ordinary translation of the heading. Thanks to all who helped."
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just an idea but could you do something with 'common ground' like 'common ground quality'or something of the kind ?
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common food standard at source

just an idea, peripherally obtained from thinking of MacDonalds on one hand and watching the waves on your logo (great!) on the other and focusing on nothing that just appeared on the horizon.
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8 hrs

voir ci-dessous

common quality platform for agro products
ou bien "range" à la place de platform vu qu'un certain nombre de produits sont mentionnés par la suite.
Juste une idée
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