Certificates
Certified quality
The Certified Quality mark was created by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries of the Andalusian Government for the promotion of agri-food and fishery products with differentiated quality and guarantee of their production under specific controls. The consumer gets the guarantee that the product attached to this label has been produced and / or elaborated under specific controls at the same time that the product is identified for its differentiated quality, endorsed by the Andalusian Government.
Certified Quality is the hallmark with which the Andalusian Government recognizes products with differentiated quality that are produced or elaborated under specific quality controls.
Protected Designation of Origin
Protected Designations of Origin (P.D.O.) constitutes the system used in Spain for the recognition of a differentiated quality, as a consequence of its own and differential characteristics, due to the geographical environment in which the raw materials are produced, the products are made, and the influence of the human factor that participates in them.
A P.D.O. is a rating granted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment that legally protects the food produced in a certain geographic area.
The producer who receives a P.D.O. agrees to follow the defined standards to maintain quality at high standards.
In addition, there must be a public body that regulates and monitors compliance with the regulations. And in the case of Spanish P.D.O.s, they are protected by European regulations.
Denomination of Origin Sierra Mágina
The Protected Designation of Origin for Olive Oil from the Sierra Mágina protects the olive grove that extends over 61,000 hectares in the Sierra Mágina region, being the largest denomination of origin in extension of those registered in the European Union.
The picual variety is absolutely predominant, as in the rest of the province of Jaén, with the Manzanillo de Jaén as the secondary variety authorized by the Denomination, based mainly in Campillo de Arenas and Cárcheles.
The Regulatory Council of the DO Sierra Mágina obtained its first provisional recognition by the Andalusian Government, in November 1995, and was subsequently ratified by the Ministry of Agriculture in 1997 and by the European Union in 1999. In 2004 a modification was approved of its Regulation, with an extension of the protected territory among other aspects, which was registered by the European Union in 2007.
The olive grove of the PDO Sierra Mágina occupies the central area of the south of the province of Jaén, covering 61,000 hectares in the region of Sierra Mágina. Most of it is a traditional olive grove located on slopes, with an average difference between 10-15%. The picual variety is absolutely predominant, as in the province of Jaén, and the Manzanillo de Jaén exists as a secondary variety authorized by the Denomination, based mainly in Campillo de Arenas and Cárcheles.
Integrated Production Andalusia
Decree 245/2003, of September 2, modified by Decree 7/2008 of January 15, regulates integrated production and its indication in agricultural products and their processed in the territorial area of the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, covering matters such as the procedure of inscription in the Registry of Integrated Production of Andalusia.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development makes available to the user the Procedure Manual for the management of the Integrated Production Registry in Andalusia, which sets out the requirements to be met by the Integrated Production operators and the Certification Entities officially accredited.
Certified ISO 22000
Implementing a food safety management system that complies with ISO 22000 shifts the company's focus from retroactive quality analysis to preventive thinking.
The ISO 22000 standard has been designed to be compatible and harmonized with other international management system standards, including ISO 9001. Therefore, it is ideal to integrate it with existing management systems and processes.
ISO 22000 is applicable to all organizations directly or indirectly involved in the food chain. This includes producers of packaging or detergents, providers of cleaning services, pest control, or industrial laundry services. It enables you to assess and demonstrate product compliance and control of food safety risks. The standard guarantees food security "from farm to fork" based on these key elements:
Interactive communication: An innovative and essential factor for risk management. A flow of information structured in all directions, internally and externally. Guarantees effective risk control.
Management system: Controlling the interaction between the elements of the system guarantees the efficiency and effectiveness of the system.
Prerequisite programs: Good Production Practices, Good Hygiene Practices, Good Agricultural Practices, including, for example, equipment and building maintenance programs and procedures, and pest control programs, are the pillars on which a HACCP system is based. (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points).
The HACCP principles:
The basic methodology to plan the safe production processes that are appropriate for each company, without unnecessary bureaucracy.
Certified FSSC 22000
Due to the growth of the world population, there is a greater need for food products
affordable, safe and of good quality.
To meet this need, the FSSC 22000 scheme offersto the food industry a platform that guarantees the reliability of brands. It is key in thismission the availability of the FSSC 22000 certification scheme for the management systems of thefood safety. This document contains the new version 5 of the FSSC 22000 Scheme
published in May 2019. The main factors that started the development of this version were
the following:
- The publication of the new ISO 22000: 2018 standard on June 19, 2018
- The 3-year transition period for the transition to the new ISO 22000: 2018 standard as
determines the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) with a maximum date
by June 29, 2021
- Enabling audits of integrated management systems for FSSC 22000 certification-
Quality
- Improving the Scheme prerequisites
- Compliance with the benchmarking requirements of the Global Initiative for
Food Safety (GFSI)
- Compliance with the relevant requirements of accreditation bodies
