SQNPI Certification

Production or integrated agriculture is a voluntary production system that assures the consumer that products are grown using agronomic techniques that respect the environment and human health.

INFORMATION

The National Quality System for Integrated Production (SQNPI) was established by Law no. 4 of 3 February 2011 (art. 2) with the aim of certifying agricultural and agro-industrial productions, obtained in accordance with the integrated production standard, which uses all means of production and defence of agricultural production from adversities, aimed at minimising the use of synthetic chemical substances and rationalising fertilisation, in compliance with ecological, economic and toxicological principles.

The companies that can adhere to the integrated production system either individually or in associated form (e.g. associations, consortia, cooperatives) are: producers, processors, packers and distributors in the case of products marketed in bulk. The technical document that companies can refer to is the IPR of their own region because with the Ministerial Decree of 8 May 2014 an ‘equivalence regime’ was established between the regional quality systems of integrated production and the SQNPI.

 

BENEFITS

  • Exploit new business opportunities;
  • Raising staff knowledge, competence and awareness.

ITER DI CERTIFICAZIONE

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Service Request
The company uses the national integrated production information system to join the SQNPI. By joining the system, the company must adopt the integrated production specification of the Region of the company’s operational headquarters. If the farm has land in two different Regions, it will adopt the specification of the Region where it has the largest amount of land. Once the application for certification has been made on the site, the system automatically sends the application for certification to ICEA, because at the time of the application the company is invited to choose the control body from those accredited.
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Preliminary Evaluation
ICEA assesses whether the initial application submitted on the site meets the requirements of the signed regional specification and all the measures the company intends to take to ensure compliance with the standard.
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Inspection Verification
ICEA performs the conformity checks foreseen by the regional control plans of integrated production. ICEA, using the services made available on the National Information System for Integrated Production, enters the results of the control activity.
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Issue of the Certificate of Conformity
ICEA, in the case of a positive outcome of the audit, certifies the conformity of the product lots whose production process has been found to comply with the SQNPI standard. The certification of the company’s status in the SQNPI scheme may last for several years.