CERTIFICATIONS, A WINNING STRATEGY.



For several years, the MONTI company has embarked on the path of voluntary certifications with the aim of standardizing all production processes and thus obtaining constant quality and a level of self-control that is always efficient.
The certifications are a great protection for the customer and above all a protection for the company which will thus have an irrelevant margin of production error. The whole process from purchase to production to finish with the sale is mapped and controlled, always in its entirety.

CERTIFICATIONS, A WINNING STRATEGY.



For several years, the MONTI company has embarked on the path of voluntary certifications with the aim of standardizing all production processes and thus obtaining constant quality and a level of self-control that is always efficient.
The certifications are a great protection for the customer and above all a protection for the company which will thus have an irrelevant margin of production error. The whole process from purchase to production to finish with the sale is mapped and controlled, always in its entirety.

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Fisheries Standard is a standard ensuring that a fishery is well managed and responsibly harvested to sustain the target fishery and the surrounding marine environment. Certification to this standard demonstrates commitment to sustainable practices and results in recognition in the market. Fish products with the MSC (MSC Environmental Standard for Sustainable Fishing) eco-label come from fishing areas that comply with sustainability criteria and governed through advanced management programs. Consumers and retailers are attentive to the issue of sustainability also for fish products and in particular they require guarantees that the management of fishing areas does not cause environmental and social problems linked to the excessive exploitation of resources. The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard offers companies in the seafood sector a tool to confirm their use of sustainable practices, through the evaluations of an independent third party. The certification therefore allows fishing companies to be accredited on the market and to be able to guarantee consumers and retailers that their products come from activities managed with sustainability criteria. The MSC has defined two standards, the first linked to the activity of FISHING and the second linked to the Chain of Custody activity which concerns the processing and marketing activities (CoC). This MSC standard for sustainable FISHING only supports fish products that are caught and not farmed and can be used to certify fisheries for marine and freshwater species. The MSC Standard for Fisheries was designed to assess whether a type of fishery is well managed and sustainable. It was developed in collaboration with scientists, the fishing industry and conservation groups. It reflects the most up-to-date understanding of internationally accepted fisheries science and best practice management.

The IFS (International Food Standard) was developed by the operators of the large-scale retail trade in France, Germany and Italy with the aim of managing the processes and limiting the risk of accidents. Today it represents an international standard for the verification of private label food products of the distributor, retailer and wholesaler. Also adopted by the main Italian trade associations, this standard is applied at all stages of the production and processing chain of raw materials from agriculture and farms. The requirements imposed by this standard refer to quality management systems, the HACCP methodology and a set of GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice), GLP (Good Laboratory Practice) and GHP (Good Hygiene Practice) requirements. The goal is to ensure compliance with both the quality and safety requirements of food and that of the laws governing the sector. IFS meets the criteria of the Global Food Safety Initiative issued by CIES - The Food Business Forum, the global organization in which CEOs and senior executives from around 400 retailers (with nearly 200,000 points of sale) and producers of all sizes participate.

ISO 22005 incorporates the Italian standards UNI 10939: 01 relating to the "Traceability system in the agri-food supply chains" and UNI 11020: 02 relating to the "traceability system in agri-food companies" which applies to the entire agri-food sector, including feed production. This standard is the international reference document for the certification of agri-food traceability systems. The implementation of traceability systems in companies and in agri-food chains is an indispensable tool for responding to mandatory obligations, enhancing particular product characteristics (such as the origin/territoriality and the peculiar characteristics of the ingredients) and satisfying the customer's expectations (intended both as a large-scale retail trade and as a final consumer).

ACCREDIA is the sole national accreditation body appointed by the Italian government, i.e. the only one recognized in Italy to certify that the certification and inspection bodies, test laboratories (also for food safety) and calibration ones have the skills to evaluate and compare the compliance of products, processes and systems with the reference standards. ACCREDIA operates under the supervision of the Ministry of Economic Development and performs a public authority service, as accreditation is carried out in the public interest and is an effective tool for qualifying the products and services that circulate on all markets.