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SERVICES PROVIDED

1. Complete (Consultancy + certification (Guidance how to choose certifying body and which body is competitive & Qualitative) services for “Establishing and implementing” the Management System custom development for Company compliance with the ISO 9001: 2015/ISO 14001: 2004, HACCP, ISO 22000, BRC, FSSC 22000, TS16949,GMP leading to certification.

2.Complete consultancy for achieving NABL Accreditation.

3.Conducting Awareness Programmes and auditor trainings (Accredited internal and Lead Auditor) with specialization on Food Safety.

4.In house training programmes on Internal Quality Auditing and standard awareness.

5.Assistance at the time of Management System Certification, Initial & Surveillance audits.

6.Consultation for product certification like ISI, Agmark etc.

7.Consultation for food based Laboratory set up and assistance in project implementation.

8. Providing annual maintenance for all mentioned standards for system improvement and regular verifications.

Our service will also include providing guidance to your staff in the implementation and maintenance of the QMS/EMS/HACCP/FSMS/NABL/OHSAS/TS/GMP/SA/BRC including full understanding of the system.

SERVICES

  • ISI-Mark
  • CE Marking
  • BSCI
  • FDA
  • HALLMARK
  • AGMARK
  • CCC Mark
  • ROHS Certification
  • GMP

ISI-MARK

Certification for ISI mark is given by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), the National Standards Body of India, involved in the development of technical standards (popularly known as Indian Standards), product quality and management system certifications and consumer affairs. It resolves to be the leader in all matters concerning Standardization, Certification and Quality.

The applicant has the option to choose any of the following two procedures for grant of BIS licence:

  • i) Normal Procedure – In the normal procedure, the applicant is required to submit the filled in application along with required documents and requisite fee to the nearest BIS branch office. Subsequently, after recording of the application, a preliminary factory evaluation is carried out by BIS officer to ascertain the capability of the applicant/manufacturer to produce goods according to the relevant Indian Standard and to verify the availability of complete testing facility and competent technical personnel. Samples are tested in the factory and also drawn for independent testing. Grant of licence is considered by BIS provided the samples pass during independent testing, preliminary evaluation is satisfactory and the applicant agrees to operate the defined Scheme of Testing & Inspection and pay the prescribed marking fee.
  • ii) Simplified Procedure – In the simplified procedure, applicant is required to furnish the test report(s) of the sample(s) got tested by him in the BIS approved laboratories, along with the application. If the test report(s) and other documents are found satisfactory, a verification visit is carried out by BIS. The licence is granted thereafter if the verification report is found satisfactory. The applicant also has the option to get the documents and other details as specified in the application, certified by a Chartered Engineer and submit the same to BIS.
    • Note 1: Simplified procedure is available for all products except certain items under mandatory certification like gas cylinders, valves, regulators, cement, etc.
    • Note 2: If any licence granted as per simplified procedure is cancelled in the event of failure of verification samples, the fresh application shall only be considered as per normal procedure.
    • Note 3: All India first licence for any product shall be granted as per normal procedure only.
    • Note 4: There is a separate scheme for Foreign Manufacturers and Indian Importers

CE Marking

CE Marking is a process that applies to a wide variety of products and one which manufacturers located in the EU or importers of goods into the EU must complete. The CE mark is affixed to the product as the final stage of this process and is effectively a statement from the manufacturer (or importer) that the process has been successfully completed and that the product meets the essential requirements of the relevant CE marking Directives.

What are the benefits of CE Marking?

The CE Marking is a kind of trade passport for the European marketplace: it allows the manufacturer to freely circulate their product throughout the 18 countries of the European Economic Area (EEA).

There is only one set of requirements and procedures to comply with in designing and manufacturing a product for the entire EEA. Various conflicting national regulations are eliminated. As a result, the product no longer needs to be adapted to the specific requirements of the different member states of the EEA.

In addition, it may be considered a benefit that by implementing the requirements, the product will be safer for the user and this may also reduce damage and liability claims.

The CE Marking is required only for the following types of products:

  • Toys
  • Machinery
  • Electrical equipment
  • Personal protective equipment
  • Pressure equipment
  • Medical devices
  • Active implantable medical devices
  • In vitro diagnostics
  • Radio and Telecommunications terminal equipment
  • Simple pressure vessels
  • Gas appliances
  • Lifts
  • Recreational craft
  • Equipment and protective systems for use in explosive atmospheres
  • Non-automatic weighing instruments
  • Cableways
  • Construction products
  • Explosives for civil use
  • New hot water boilers

Business Social Compliance Initiative BSCI

What is BSCI ?

The Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI) is a global business-driven platform for the improvement of social compliance in the global supply chain. It offers companies a comprehensive monitoring and qualification system covering all products sourced from any country. Its system is regulated by the BSCI Code of Conduct, which is implemented by its members through a combination of external monitoring and collaborative capacity building activities that ensure sustainable improvement in labour practices.

The Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI) was officially launched on 30 November 2004. It represents a co-ordinated effort by the European retail industry to implement a harmonized code of conduct and improve working conditions in supplier countries on a voluntary basis. The driving force behind the BSCI is the Brussels -based Foreign Trade Association (FTA), which is the association for European commerce lobbying particularly on foreign trade issues.

What are the benefits of the BSCI?

The BSCI is not a certification system and therefore does not issue a certificate. The BSCI provides a specific process with uniform management instruments for Members, suppliers, auditors and qualifiers. This approach ensures uniform audit procedures and evaluation and therefore comparability of the results. If I do not get a certificate what do I receive as proof of the audit? The cover page of the audit report outlining the results and the validity of the audit can be displayed in the factory premises and be used as proof of the audit.

Which products are covered by the BSCI?

Audits within the BSCI can be conducted in any production facility worldwide. The type of articles covered by the BSCI varies widely. There are quite a number of department stores as members, who sell all sorts of soft goods, clothing, home textiles, small appliances, toys, and accessories. There are also members that focus on one particular product group, for example clothing stores, shoe retailers, baby products, or sports goods. For the implementation of the BSCI in the food industry, the BSCI has developed a special module for the primary production (farms).

BSCI Social Requirements

  • Management Practice.
  • Documentation.
  • Working Time.
  • Remuneration.
  • Child labour/Young Labour.
  • Forced Labour/Discrepancy Measures/Prison Labour.
  • Freedom of Association and Collective Bargain.
  • No Discrimination.
  • Working Conditions.
  • Health and Social Facilities.
  • Occupational Safety and Health.
  • Dormitories.
  • Environment.

BSCI Best Practices for Industry

The BSCI currently recognizes SA8000 as its best practice. Some points of crucial important are as follows:

  • Policy Establishment.
  • Proper Planning and Implementation.
  • Management Review.

FDA

FDA is the federal agency responsible for ensuring that foods are safe, wholesome and sanitary; human and veterinary drugs, biological products, and medical devices are safe and effective; cosmetics are safe; and electronic products that emit radiation are safe. FDA also ensures that these products are honestly, accurately and informatively represented to the public.

FDA is Applicable on following products:

  • Food & Beverages
  • Cosmetics
  • Drugs
  • The US Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act 2002 (the Bioterrorism Act) requires domestic and foreign facilities that manufacture, process, pack or hold food for human or animal consumption in the United States to receive a FDA registration number by December 12, 2003. This act also requires that the FDA receives a prior notice of food imported into the United States so that fda certification is not refused. A Fda prior notice is an advance notification to the FDA that food is being imported into the US. The prior notice includes information usually provided by foreign companies to the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) when they send food to the US. FDA will now use this data in advance of the arrival of the food product to assess and evaluate the information and decide whether to inspect the imported food

    HALLMARK

    What is Hallmarking?

    Hallmarking is the accurate determination and official recording of the proportionate content of precious metal in gold. Hallmarks are thus official marks used in many countries as a guarantee of purity or fineness of gold jewelry.

    What are the objectives behind instituting Hallmarking Scheme?

    To protect consumer against victimization due to irregular gold quality, develop India as a leading gold market centre in the World and to develop export competitiveness.

    What are the benefits to Customer?

    Provide third party assurance and satisfaction that customer gets right purity of gold for the given price (value for money).

    How will the jewelers benefits?

    It will provide clear indication of his capability, strong evidence of commitment to quality and assurance of consistency in purity and quality of gold jewelry.

    Who operates the Hallmarking Scheme?

    It is a voluntary scheme being operated by BIS under the BIS Act 1986. As per this scheme the licence is granted to a jeweler for certification of purity of gold jewelry in accordance with IS 1417.BIS is operating the scheme through its network of Regional/ Branch Offices all over the country. A licensee jeweler has to go to get the jewelry hallmarked through any of the recognized Assaying and hallmarking centres.

    What is the procedure for Grant of Recognition to Hallmarking Centers?

    The recognition of the Hallmarking Centre is done by BIS after ensuring that the Hallmarking Centre follows BIS guidelines which are in line with international norms for sampling and testing and also have adequate Test Facilities as per IS 1418, trained and competent manpower.

    Necessary Requirement For Hallmark certification

    • Memorandum of Article / Partnership Deed / Proprietorship firm
    • Last Property Tax receipt / ownership of property/ Copy of rented property/ Colored Photograph of the Shop # Location Map (Illustrative only) of Premises from some nearest prominent landmark
    • Sales Tax / VAT registration copy
    • Copy of the PAN /Copy of Income tax Returns for last two years

    APPLICATION FOR LICENCE TO USE THE HALLMARK

    • Full Name of Firm :
    • Office
    • Factory/Sales Outlet
    • Management : Name & Address Designation Seal of Firm.
    • Contact Person, Tel. , Fax No. & E mail address, if any.
    • Correspondence Address.
    • The application is made to use the BIS Hallmark on :

      • Product :
      • Variety :
      • Indian Standard : IS
      • Present Sale (Sale per Annum) or Present Installed Capacity (Production per Annum)

      Any other BIS Licence held, if yes

      • Licence No. :
      • Product :
      • IS No. :
      • Details of Previous Cancellation/ Convictions, if any, under BIS Act.

        I hereby accept Certification Fees and Hallmarking Charges as detailed in HM/PF 311.1, December 2005 and Scheme for Certification of Gold Jewelry/Artifacts for fineness marking.

        AGMARK

        Agmark Registration is available for following products: -

        Hides, skins, Goat Hair, Animal Casings, Bristles, Wool, Raw meat (chilled and frozen), Handpicked selected groundnuts, Cashew Kernels, Ambadi seeds, Rape and mustard seeds, Taramira seeds, Groundnuts, Walnuts, Vegetable oil cakes, Ghee, Vanaspati Creamery butter, Essential oils, Vegetable oils, Tobacco, Bura, Sugarcane, Gur (Jaggery), Lac, Arecanuts, Myrobalans, Tendu (Bidiwrapper Leaves), Senna Leaves and pods. Tapioca products (Animals feed) Table Eggs, Honey, Seed less Tarmarind, Daried Edible Mushrooms, Saffron, Sheekakai powder, Kangra Tea, Agar Agar, Papain, Rice, Wheat Atta, Puhes, Cercals, Besan (Gramflour), Basmati Rice (Export), Suji and Maida, Grapes, Apples, Alphonso Mangoes-Export, Plants, Alphonso Mangoes Homeconsumption, Canned, Bottled fruits and fruit products citrus, Table potatoes, William Pears, Kanchan (Bathua), Mangoes, Home consumption, Seed potatoes, Table potatoes Table potatoes (Export), Water chestnuts. Coconuts, Curry Powder, Chillies, Cardamom, Coriander, Garlic, Ginger, Onions, Chillies powder, Poppy seeds, Turmeric, Pennel, Fenugreek and Clery seeds Cumin seeds, Pepper, Ajowain Seeds, (Whole), Sannhemp, Palmyra Fibres, Cotton, Aloe Fibres, Jute.and other products.

        Requirement for Application Proceedings

        • Copy of test report(s), duly authenticated, from independent FPO recognized laboratory.
        • Document authenticating enterprise of the firm, such as Registration by Company Registrar OR State Authority or Memorandum of Article in case Applicant Firm is a Limited Company OR Partnership Deed in case the applicant firm is under Partnership.
        • Following Document are Necessary for Agmark Certification

          • D.D. Of rs.1000 for Govt. Fee
          • Application Form
          • Affidavits
          • Offices / Factory Map
          • Partnerships / Memorandum of Company
          • Three Years S.t.,C.s.t.,Pan Number in the Name of Company
          • List of Machinery
          • Pollution Certificate for N.o.c. Certificate
          • Declaration of Fpo Grade Certificate By Mfg. Company
          • Agreements /order Copy for Providing Goods By Mfg. Company
          • Bank Reference for A / C Number Of company
          • Specimen Copy of Work Done
          • Export Licence No. with True Copy
          • Company Regstration Certificate
          • Trademark Registration No.
          • Sample of the product(in pouch of 500gm.1kg.
          • Total gross product in K.g.(for last year)
          • CCC Marking

            CCC stands for China Compulsory Certification. Its sign is as follows:-

            CCC Mark

            The CCC mark is the new compulsory Safety & Quality mark for many products sold on the Chinese market. CCC Mark became effective on the May 1, 2002. It is the result of the recent integration of China's two compulsory inspection systems (one to check contents of products for import and export, and the other for quality control) into a single procedure. The new CCC mark replaces the two old marks, namely CCIB and CCEE used in the two old inspection systems.

            ROHS Certification

            In late 2002 the European Parliament approved two directives related to the reduction of electrical and electronic waste, namely the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directives. The WEEE Directive aims to regulate the reuse, recycling and recovery of waste electrical and electronic equipment; the ultimate goal is to prevent the disposal of this waste.

            In the RoHS Directive, the use of the aforementioned substances in most electrical and electronic equipment will be banned or severely restricted. The RoHS Directive calls for the elimination of these substances from most electronic equipment starting 1 July 2006.

            RoHS, also known as Lead-Free, stands for Restriction of Hazardous Substances. RoHS Directive 2002/95/EC restricts the use of six hazardous materials found in electrical and electronic products. All applicable products in the EU market after July 1, 2006 must pass RoHS compliance. RoHS impacts the entire electronics industry.

            Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS)

            In addition, it may be considered a benefit that by implementing the requirements, the product will be safer for the user and this may also reduce damage and liability claims.

            The Reduction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) regulations set limits for the following substances:

            • Lead
            • Mercury
            • Cadmium
            • Hexavalent Chromium
            • Polybrominated Biphenyls (PBB)
            • Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDE)

            To certify to the above compliances, these substances must not be intentionally added to the product AND cannot exceed the following maximum allowable levels as a trace substance:

            0.1% (1,000 ppm) for: Lead*, Mercury, Hexavalent Chromium, PBB and PBDE

            0.01% (100 ppm) for: Cadmium

            Lead as an alloying element in copper alloys is allowed up to 4.0% (40,000 ppm); in steel up to 0.35% (3,500 ppm) is allowed; in aluminum alloys up to 0.40% (4,000 ppm) is allowed.

            GMP/ WHO GMP (Good Manufacturing Process)

            Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) is a term that is recognized worldwide for the control and management of manufacturing, testing and overall quality control of food and pharmaceutical products.

            GMP takes quality assurance approach, which ensures that products are consistently produced and controlled to the quality standards appropriate to their intended use and as required by the marketing authorization. GMP is aimed primarily at diminishing the risks inherent in any Pharmaceutical or Food production.

            GMP addresses issues including documentation, record keeping, personnel qualifications, sanitation, cleanliness, equipment verification, process validation, and complaint handling. Most GMP requirements are very general and open- ended, allowing each manufacturer to decide individually how to best implement the necessary controls. This provides much flexibility, but also requires that the manufacturer interpret the requirements in a manner which makes sense for each individual business

            An important part of GMP, "documentation" of every aspect of the process, activities, and operations involved with manufacture. If the documentation showing how the product was made and tested is not correct and in order, then the product does not meet the required specification and is considered contaminated (adulterated in the US).

            Additionally, GMP requires that all manufacturing and testing equipment has been qualified as suitable for use, and that all operational methodologies and procedures, such as manufacturing, cleaning, and analytical testing, utilized in the drug or food manufacturing process have been validated to demonstrate that they can perform their purported functions.

            The quality approach of GMP ensures manufacturing, enabling companies to minimize or eliminate instances of contamination, mixups, and errors. This in turn, protects the consumer from purchasing a product, which is not effective or even dangerous. Failure of firms to comply with GMP regulations can result in very serious consequences including recall, seizure, fines, and jail time.

            It is believed that GMP is a good business tool, which will help to refine both compliance and performance of the Company. GMP requirements are largely common sense practices, which will help companies better itself as it moves toward a quality approach using continuous improvement.

            GMP is also sometimes referred to as "cGMP". The "current," methodologies of manufacture, testing, design and control. The Manufacturers must employ technologies and systems, which are up-to-date. Systems and equipment used to prevent contamination, mixups, and errors are adequate by today's standards.

            Thus, Good Manufacturing Practices -GMP, when certified of an organization, is an authorisation and certification of Companies product & process that quality standards are adequate, up to date and controlled for the intended use by the consumer.

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