The third edition of Qualimen and Frozen closed its doors with the project goals

The President of the Government of Aragon, Marcelino Iglesias, chaired the opening ceremony of the banquet, along with Minister of agriculture and food, Gonzalo Arguilé, the President of Feria de Zaragoza, Manuel Teruel, and the director of the trade fair institution, José Antonio Vicente, among other personalities from the economic and political life of the community. The Advisor, Gonzalo Arguilé, confirmed that the celebration of Qualimen and Frozen occurs at a time of "global crisis", but to "show the strength of the agri-food sector". As explained above, both Spain and Aragon are "two solid feet" and "specialists in creating food". He also noted the fair appointment as "a serious power" that has achieved a high level of internationalization and stressed that it is a good platform to publicize the products to the public at large and to the exporters.

The holding of the contest of closures of Aragon, organized by the Association of cafes and bars took place in the framework of Qualimen and which was attended by a total of eleven schools of the three Aragonese provinces. Finally, first prize went to El Torico Gourmet, in Teruel, with a lid made ravioli with Eggplant filled with small hands of pig and ham from Teruel D.O. with foie from Santa Eulalia to the plate and duck with carrion truffle cream.

Feria de Zaragoza was also the setting for the coming-out of C´alial, brand of food of Aragon. In the presentation, the President of Adepaca - the Association for the development and promotion of products of quality food-, Julian Cidraque, explained that the new corporate image is intended to "continue with the efforts to make progress and achieve better results". This is, as it has been explained, for products covered under this brand name that serves as a dynamic and differentiating feature of the rest of standard products. "Are foods that make the difference", he stressed Cidraque. The President of the cattle of Aragon, Alfonso barriers, confirmed that with this new name "are going to achieve a product star and only" and it has been pointed out that the aim is to "give health through our products, which are excellent".

The Association of industries of food of Aragon (AIAA) welcomed also "" the results achieved by companies Aragonese in the celebration of the Qualimen fair, as he said in a statement, but had an impact in that "in the future be must continue to improve the professionalization of the contest". The entity also recognizes the "effort" made by the Government of Aragon and fair of Zaragoza in their organization, although it considered that "it is necessary to deepen" to increase the number of professional, national and international visitors, in future editions.