What does chain liability mean for meat processing?
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In meat processing you often work with posted and foreign workers, and the full dossier — Limosa or exemption, A1, Dimona, permits, residence proof — then has to be in order per worker. ChainSafe keeps that dossier and lets you share a signed compliance declaration that everyone in the chain verifies in one click.
Meat processing leans heavily on subcontracting and on posted and foreign workers. The proof of compliance — Limosa or documented exemption, A1 with validity dates, Dimona, permits, residence proof — often lives scattered across mailboxes and is hard to demonstrate per client.
With a signed compliance declaration you record compliance with your obligations once, share it up and down the chain — straight to your partner’s VAT number or as a pdf on your own letterhead with the verification link built in — and every recipient checks it in one click. Paper can be forged; the verification page cannot. ChainSafe promises no protection against penalties, but makes your diligence demonstrable and documented.
- Take the free self-test and find out in a few minutes whether chain liability applies to you.
- For the legislation itself, see chain-liability.be.