The Food Quality and Safety Policy of SILICIUM ESPAÑA LABORATORIOS, S.L. has the fundamental purpose of ensuring that all its food supplements are safe, wholesome, and of high quality, complying with applicable legal, regulatory, and contractual requirements, as well as the needs and expectations of customers, consumers, and society in general. Food safety is a strategic commitment of Management and an individual responsibility of all members of the organization.
For this reason, we direct our actions to:
• ENSURE THE FOOD SAFETY AND QUALITY OF THE PRODUCTS stored and distributed, ensuring that the necessary conditions are maintained to preserve their safety, integrity, and conformity throughout all activities included in the scope of the FSMS.
• COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE LEGAL, REGULATORY, STANDARD, AND CONTRACTUAL REQUIREMENTS applicable to food supplements, both in Spain and in the destination markets, maintaining active monitoring of legislation and other relevant requirements.
• ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN, AND CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE THE FSMS, in accordance with the requirements of ISO 22000, ISO 22002-5, and the FSSC 22000 scheme in its current versions, ensuring its relevance, suitability, and effectiveness.
• PROVIDE A REFERENCE FRAMEWORK for establishing, monitoring, and reviewing the FSMS objectives, aligned with this policy and with the organization's strategic direction.
• PROMOTE A FOOD SAFETY CULTURE AT ALL LEVELS OF THE ORGANIZATION, encouraging participation, awareness, communication, and individual responsibility in relation to product safety, quality, and conformity.
• ENSURE THE COMPETENCE OF PERSONNEL PERFORMING ACTIVITIES THAT AFFECT FOOD SAFETY, through training, development, awareness, and evaluation of the effectiveness of the actions undertaken.
• MAINTAIN EFFECTIVE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION, that ensures the timely, truthful, and traceable transmission of information related to food safety, customer requirements, legal and regulatory requirements, incidents, and any other information relevant to the FSMS.
• PREVENT, IDENTIFY, AND MITIGATE VULNERABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH FOOD FRAUD, establishing risk-proportionate measures and strengthening control over suppliers, products, and the supply chain.
• PREVENT INTENTIONAL ACTS THAT MAY COMPROMISE PRODUCT SAFETY OR INTEGRITY, through the application of food defense measures appropriate to the activity, the facilities, and the identified risks.
• PROMOTE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION through the delivery of products and services that meet established requirements, with an approach based on continuous improvement and process effectiveness.
• PROMOTE RESPONSIBLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, including the prevention and reduction of food waste, inventory optimization, and the minimization of avoidable losses, without compromising food safety under any circumstances.
• INTEGRATE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CRITERIA into the organization's management, to the extent that they are applicable to its activities and contribute to the system's resilience, sustainability, and improvement.
Management commits to reviewing this policy periodically, at least once a year, as well as ensuring that it is communicated, understood, applied, and kept available to personnel and relevant interested parties.
This Food Quality and Safety Policy is available for public consultation at the organization's facilities and through the communication channels defined by SILICIUM ESPAÑA LABORATORIOS, S.L.