RAINFOREST ALLIANCE
POLICY:Supply Chain Shortage Exception for Orange
Juice Certificate Holders
Document SA-P-SD-35
Version 1
EnglishBinding from May 27, 2024
Published on May 27, 2024

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Expires byRainforest Alliance Policy: Supply Chain Shortage
Exception for Orange Juice Certificate Holders

May 27, 2024

December 31, 2025

Linked toSA-S-SD-1 Rainforest Alliance 2020 Sustainable Agriculture Standard, Farm Requirements
SA-S-SD-2 Rainforest Alliance 2020 Sustainable Agriculture Standard, Supply Chain Requirements
SA-R-GA-1 Rainforest Alliance 2020 Certification and Auditing Rules
RA-P-SE-20-V1.2 Rainforest Alliance Labeling & Trademarks Policy

Replaces-Applicable to
Farm and Supply Chain Certificate Holders in the orange juice supply chain in all regions
Policies are binding. Policies complement and/or supersede related rules or requirements for the parties they areapplicable to.
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Certification and Traceability Exception
An exception to the Rainforest Alliance Standard mass balance and temporary supply shortagerules has been granted to orange juice certificate holders. Details on the scope of the exception
are below.

1. Outline of Exception – Mass Balance
Due to concerns about a potential shortage of supply, actors within the orange juice supply chain
are exempted from implementing requirement 2.3.1 below which only allows volumes to beconverted for a process that can occur in reality. The exception specifically allows the conversionof mass balance volumes of frozen Concentrated Orange Juice (FCOJ) to Not From Concentratejuice (NFC).

ORANGE JUICE SUPPLY CHAIN ACTORS ARE EXEMPTED FROM THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS
2.3.1

Volumes are only converted for a process that can occur in reality; product conversion
cannot go backwards to a previous product.

2. Outline of Exception – Temporary Shortage Policy
Rainforest Alliance recognizes the current challenges in the orange juice market and accept that
there may be circumstances where shortages may occur which go beyond our current definitionof a temporary shortage (less than 6 months). We will therefore consider requests for temporary
supply shortage that go beyond the 6-month time period up through the 2025 harvest season.
More information on our temporary supply shortage policy can be found in our Rainforest AllianceLabelling and Trademarks Policy.

3. Implications of the Exception
Online reporting for mass balance credits (including conversion of FCOJ to NFC) shall be done asoutlined in the Traceability chapter of the supply chain requirements and will continue as usual
but with an appropriate conversion factor. For example, to convert FCOJ (66 Brix) to NFC (11 Brix),
use a conversion ratio of 6. In this example, this means 1 kg FCOJ can convert to 6 kg NFC. Where
the Brix is unknown or unclear, we advise using a conversion ratio of 5.5. The online traceability
system has been updated to support this exception.

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