Anafric continues to add new collaborators, bringing them closer to the day-to-day needs of its members. Recently, Anafric has closed a collaboration agreement OCA Global Group, an international group dedicated to certification, inspection, testing and training activities. For José Friguls, president of the association, “it is another link in our chain of services, with which we want to cover all the needs of our members.”
Grupo OCA Global has different companies accredited as laboratories and inspection and certification bodies for multiple standards, being internationally recognized by ILAC (international organization for accreditation bodies), offering a wide range of services for all types of industries, sectors and companies
Its differential value is “providing a comprehensive solution to many of the needs of companies, but without losing the close and trusting relationship”, as explained by David Lao, General Director of Certification.
Certifications for all links in the meat industry
Its contribution to the meat industry is the certification of animal welfare, both Welfair and the B+ Animal Welfare Commitment, with more than 400 current certificates; authentication of all types of standards and guarantee marks, such as Spanish Chorizo and different IGP and DOP; certification of the main food safety standards such as IFS, BRC and ISO 22000; certification of companies in the meat sector in compliance with ISO 9001 (quality), ISO 14001 (environment), ISO 45001 (safety and health at work), among others and verification of regulations related to sustainability, such as the carbon, water footprint, life cycle analysis, sustainability report, energy saving certifications, etc.
David Lao explains that “OCA Global’s idea is that audits stop being a problem for the client and become an opportunity for improvement.”
With this important collaboration with Anafric, OCA Global hopes to “be able to reach those clients who do not yet know us with the help of an important player in the sector and with extensive and proven experience.”
On the other hand, from Anafric they insist that “the meat sector is experiencing a moment with important challenges. We already comply with local, Spanish and European regulations regarding sustainability or the environment but we have to take a step forward. And the certification of “All our processes by one of the leading international companies in this field provide us with security and confidence, both for institutions, suppliers and consumers”.
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