Aenormás Facilitates the access to 1.000 norms in the sector agroalimentario

Aenormás, the new on-line application set up by Aenor (Spanish Association of Normalisation and Certification) will facilitate the access to the organisations of the sector agroalimentario to a catalogue of 1.045 technical norms, at present in force, related with this sector. The norms contain the consensus of the market with regard to the best form to tackle important processes for the organisations, in which they play his competitiveness. They are resulted of the contribution of first experts in each matter. The norms have economic profits: they suppose 1% of the GDP of Spain and Germany. Aenor is the legally responsible entity of the development of the technical norms in Spain.

Aenormás Allows to the companies and entities of the sector agroalimentario find the norms that help them to guarantee the quality, hygiene and hygiene in all the alimentary chain, from the production, manufacturing, manipulation and packaging, until his arrival to the final consumer through the channels of distribution or services of catering and catering. The norms contribute to generate confidence in all the chain.

Exist numerous norms that help to increase the competitiveness, quality and alimentary hygiene; for example, the Norm JOINS-IN ISO 22000:2005 Systems of gestión of the inocuidad of the foods. Requirements for any organisation in the alimentary chain. This is one of the norms that more interest has woken up by the sector agroalimentario, when incorporating the principles of Analysis of Dangers and Critical points of Control (APPCC) and the stages of application developed by the Codex Alimentarius.

Another example stood out are the norms of Fruit and Vegetables that, based in the Family JOINS 155000, establish the requirements regarding alimentary hygiene (hygiene, cleaning or the fulfillment of the Maximum Limit of Waste); of respect to the environingingment, as well as the social appearances of the personnel involved and are recognised with the protocols of purchase of the big surfaces in Europe. Other fields in which the norms support his competitiveness are the ones of fishing extractiva, the aquaculture or the oils.

On the other hand, there are norms that fix the methods of analysis and essay. Between these, find the ones of determination of alérgenos alimentary, contaminantes procedural, biotixinas, organisms modified genetically, foods irradiados or microbial pollution. For example, the new Norm JOINS-ISO 17604:2013 ‘Microbiology of the foods for human and animal consumption. Taking of samples of channels for microbiological analysis', that comes collected in the Regulation 2073/2005.

Besides, the catalogue of norms JOINS also contains norms of the sector catering like final part of the alimentary chain. In this way, the 10 norms edited until the moment in this activity tackle relative subjects to the kitchens, transport, provision of the service in room or application of the principles APPCC.