Certifications


Certificate of Food Quality and Safety: IFS Food v8

ISO 14001: 2015 Environmental Management System

Halal Certification, certificate number: 660/1.6/M/36

Halal Consulting Certification, numbers: HC/EEHM-SD-C-19/017 and HC/EEH-MA-C-21/017

Extremadura Beef and Cow Regulatory Council

 

Mandatory Labelling Certificate for Navalcarne brand beef; registration number: CP/ CVC/020/00

Export Certificate Level 2 and Export Certificate Level 3

Cert. ES20/208783 Nº IRTA: 0720210004 and Cert. ES20/208782 Nº IRTA: 0720210005 Traceability. Cert. in Animal Welfare WelfairTM approved by IRTA and NEIKER based in European references Welfare Quality and AWIN®

Cert. ES20/208780 with IRTA certification number: 0720120001 Beef slaughtering. Cert. in Animal Welfare WelfairTM approved by IRTA and NEIKER based in European references Welfare Quality and AWIN®

 

Extremaduran Consejería de Medio Ambiente y Rural, Políticas Agrarias y Territorio acreditativo Certificate of Organic Production. Control Authority with code: ES-ECO-021-EX

Community of Madrid's Comité de Agricultura Ecológica (CAEM) Certificate of Organic Production. Control Authority with EU code: ES-ECO-023-MA

Carbon footprint registration, compensation and CO2 absorption projects for the Ministry for Ecological Transition

Socially Responsible, from the Social Responsibility Observatory of the Junta de Extremadura

 

 

COMMITMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT

El Encinar de Humienta keeps a high level of commitment to the environment, being a cornerstone in the policy of the company, together with the Quality and Food Safety Department.

The goal is to contribute to a sustainable growth, minimizing the environmental impact. To do so, El Encinar de Humienta carries out several environmental management practices, training all workers for an environmental culture, involvement and awareness.

We have authorized managers for removal, tratment and disposal of the generated waste.

Everything within the Environmental Management System (ES ISO 14001:2015)

Our plant also has water treatment facilities for polluting spill removal.

 

QUALITY AND ENVIRONMENT POLICY

Every person working in El Encinar de Humienta, S.A. has the commitment and obligation to contribute to the development of the company.

General Management, with the previous agreement of the different levels in the company, has decided to carry out the implementation of a Food and Environmental Safety System as a development and improvement strategy, to contemplate the quality and environment requirements established in the IIFS VERSION 7 and UNE-EN ISO 14001, WELFAIR CERTIFICATE (Animal Welfare), which most of our customers require.

Thus, this system has been developed to meet the requirements as well as legal and regulatory requirements that apply in the processes of cattle slaughtering, quartering, cutting and parts packomg, channels and refrigerated rooms, and their distribution.

With its effective implementation, we want to:

  • GUARANTEE FOOD SAFETY IN OUR PRODUCTS

  • FIGHT ALIMENTARY FRAUD.

  • BECOME A COMPANY OF REFERENCE IN OUR SECTOR.

  • AN ADAPTATION TO THE MARKET REQUIREMENTS.

  • AN IMPROVEMENT TO THE PRODUCTION PROCESSES.

  • ALL OUR CUSTOMERS SATISTACTION AND POLLUTION PREVENTION AND MINIMIZATION.

  • ONGOING IMPROVEMENTS.

  • RESPECT TO THE ENVIRONMENT. SEGREGATION AND WASTE RECYCLING IS A TOP PRIORITY AND SUSTAINABILITY OVER TIME, KEEPING WELL-BALANCED WITH RESOURCES IN OUR AREA.

  • DEVELOP ANIMAL WELFARE REQUIREMENTS IN ALL PROCESSES INVOLVED.

  • GARANTEE CUSTODY'S CHAIN.

  • The company has a total commitment with legal requirements, partners and associates to our product requirements (quality, safety, legality, specs and manufacturing).

  • The company is aware of its ethical and social responsability and of the importante of its workers' welfare.

  • COMPLIANCE TO THE APPLICABLE LAW IN RECRUITMENT, EMPLOYMENT, HEALTH AND SAFETY IN THE WORKPLACE, SCHEDULES AND FEES.

Management follows the implementation of the Quality, Food Safety and Environment System, and expressed his personal commitment to its successful achievement.

The company has full commitment to compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, the partners and customers requirements (safety, environment, legality, specifications and production method) and it's totally commited to customer satisfaction, taking care on cultural, religious and tradicional respect (adopts a Halal policy) as well as other requirements acquired on a voluntary basis.

The hope is a consistent approach to Quality and Environment Objectives, in order to achieve the goals set at any given time. Everyone must help in the development, implementation and improvement of the system efficiency.

Download our document on quality and environment policy here.

 

QUALITY AND FOOD SAFETY COMMITMENT

Quality and Food Safety are the basic pillars on which the company policy is based. El Encinar de Humienta offers high-quality, certified meat with the maximum food safety, being a distinguishing feature among our customers.

The Encinar de Humienta offers tailored to the needs of every customer, looking to keep a high level of satisfaction.

The implemented Quality and Food Safety System ensures an ongoing monitoring of our products, microbiological and organoleptic analysis and daily parameters measuring (pH, temperature, etc.), register control and a well defined traceability system, tracking from start to end of the chain and being able to identify any deviation and immediately acting against it.

All integrated under the Food Safety System International Food Standard (IFS) Version 7.

El Encinar de Humienta, according to the IFS standard, ensures maximum food safety in their products, minimizing any risk. It also has a security system (Food Defense) to avoid any kind of sabotage that could compromise the security of them.

All products served are free of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)

 

EXPORT

On March 1, 2016 RD 993/2014, of 28 November was passed, approving the procedure and requirements of the official veterinary export certification. Starting that date, food companies exporting to foreign countries that have different requirements to those of the European Union, must have the certificate of ASE (Autocontrol Specific System), and the demading level according to the country they want to export to.

El Encinar de Humienta has deployed an Autocontrol system for export, guaranteeing its customers the correct procedure and traceability control, mandatory to export to foreign countries.

We are certified with level 3 in Almaraz and level 2 in Madrid.

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OPTIONAL LABELLING

El Encinar de Humienta has a specification for the optional labelling for the Navalcarne meat brand.

The Navalcarne brand distinguishes beef sold by El Encinar de Humienta and its main feature is meat production from bovine animals which have been fed with vegetal origin food, with vitamins and minerals, at least three months before slaughter.

 

RITUAL RELIGIOUS SLAUGHTER

El Encinar de Humienta, in addition to conventional slaughter, has a box for the ritual religious slaughter.

The plant is licensed by the General Direction of Public Health, part of the Extremadura Health Service of the Junta de Extremadura, to the ritual religious slaighter, encompassing the Halal and Kosher rites

We also have the slaughtering and butchering Halal beef Halal Certificate by the certification entity, Halal Institute.