Department of Inspection

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The objective of our inspection regime is to demonstrate confidence that standards have been met. We are responsible for validating to our partners and customers that merchandise, products, producers, and marketing comply with standards. These standards define the inspection and documentation regime for validating compliance that our inspectors must implement, as a requirement, before accepting and placing food stocks into inventory.

Our Quality Management System aims to continuously and consistently ensure effective and efficient fulfillment of tasks and responsibilities. The international standards that establish guidelines for implementation in our organization could be defined, in general terms, as the activity entrusted with establishing order in the repetitive activities carried out in this area.

The modern organic farming movement developed in the early 20th century. Experts in this field advanced farming strategies that replaced chemical and synthetic materials and emphasized a holistic approach to growing crops and raising livestock. In 1990, the United States Congress passed the Organic Foods Production Act to create the National Organic Program (NOP) and a national standard for organic production. Anyone representing and selling agricultural products as organic must comply with these regulations. At this point, the Department of Inspection steps in to certify compliance with the terms and conditions of the NOP organic certification program.

Official and recognized inspection and certification systems are of fundamental importance and are widely used as a means of food control. Consumer confidence in the quality of their food supply depends in part on how they perceive the effectiveness of food control measures. Food inspection can take place at any stage of the production and distribution process. It is at this stage that the Inspection Department intervenes.

Biosecurity refers to the measures and tools that can be adopted to reduce the risk of contracting a zoonosis or transmitting an infectious disease between plantations by carrying pathogens on hands, clothing, footwear, vehicles, or equipment. Adequate and effective biosecurity is very important in workplaces where animals are in close contact.

If we fail to protect livestock and businesses, we can be responsible for the spread of diseases among animals by carrying potentially harmful pathogens on clothing, boots, vehicles, and equipment, causing a devastating impact on animal welfare. Our Inspection Department, as a health agent, is responsible for preventing the transmission of infectious diseases, assuming the role and responsibility for the production of healthy food and public health by applying daily Personal Biosecurity measures.

The main task of the Industrial Inspection Unit is to conduct on-site inspections at chemical facilities declared by States Parties pursuant to Article VI of the Chemical Weapons Convention, in order to verify that the activities carried out at these facilities involving listed chemicals and non-scheduled defined organic chemicals are consistent with activities not prohibited by the Convention.

Its objective is to prevent the resurgence and proliferation of chemical weapons by conducting inspections with a high level of competence and in the most resource-efficient manner possible, fully aligning with one of the Organization's main objectives.

Our Industrial Inspection Unit team aims to promote a culture of learning within the Inspection Corps Division by developing, updating, and continuously improving technical capabilities to ensure the appropriate level of expertise to conduct industrial inspections.