The Certification Service of the Regulatory Council for the “La Mancha Saffron” Designation of Origin Foundation is the monitoring structure which guarantees the origin of the product and that it has been produced according to the requisites established in the Terms and Conditions and in the Technical Quality Specifications.  Its operation is regulated by Regulation EN– 45011 “General criteria relating to the Certification Bodies who carry out Product Certification”.

The Certification Service, through its System, establishes the requisites which saffron suppliers must comply with (producers or packagers) if they are interested in providing saffron with the La Mancha Saffron Designation of Origin, as well as the certification procedure which guarantees that the supplier is capable of controlling the production process and the quality of the saffron produced and packaged as well as its origins (in the case of packagers), for the purposes of ensuring that the certifications granted in accordance with this system are fully valid and acceptable, both on a local level, as well as nationally and even internationally.

The Monitoring Body has a vigilance plan established which covers all the stages of the commercial life of the product and which includes periodic inspections of the premises and the taking of market samples for their analysis.  In the event that products are detected of a lower quality than that established, the opportune measures will be taken, obliging the issuer to remove the defective product batches from the market.

CONFORMITY MARK OF THE LA MANCHA SAFFRON DESIGNATION OF ORIGIN

An enumerated back label issued by the Monitoring Body guarantees that the saffron that carries the designation complies with the requisites established in the Terms and Conditions of the Foundation.

APPLICABLE REGULATIONS:

Regulation EN-45011

Technical Quality Specification