CNTA Trained to a treintena of companies of all the country to export to EE UU
25 October 2011
In the edition of this year, 36 pertinent technicians of a treintena of Spanish companies answered to the announcement of this program of training, compulsory for the industries agroalimentarias that wished to export his products acidified or of low acidity to EE UU.
Like novelty, CNTA added this year a specific day that celebrated the past Friday, devoted to the export to EE UU of products cárnicos.
During 4 days, 36 technicians of industries related with the sectors of transformed vegetal, ready dishes, fish, juice, dairy and meat; they assisted to more than 8 daily hours of training, after which examined of each one of the thematic areas studied to be able to obtain the accreditation BPCS. A demanding program of training that, if they approve it, will concede them an indispensable key to open the doors of the export to EE UU to his companies.
The formalities to export products agroalimentarios to EE UU are complicated by the numerous requirements that marks the American rule controlled by the FDA (Food and Drug AdministrationI). In addition to having technicians that have obtained the degree of the course BPCS, given by an organisation/organization recognised/recognized by the American agency (in this case the University of Clemson), the company has to register like such in front of this organism and has to register and validate his plants of production and his processes of manufacture of products of low acidity and acidified.
In the case of the companies of the sector cárnico, the situation is still more demanding and governs by the reglamentación established by the USDA (at present only allows to 13 Spanish companies export his products to EE UU). For this reason, CNTA added a specific day of export for this sector, that celebrated the past Friday 20 October in his installations and in which it spoke of the concrete requirements for the products cárnicos.
With everything, CNTA contabilizó the past year the register in front of the FDA of 104 new products directed to the American market. This figure supposes 34 registers more regarding the figures of 2009 and contabilizan in the total of 600 national files and international that CNTA has transacted successfully from the year 2000, what consolidates the position of CNTA like entity of reference in front of the FDA regarding management and tramitación of files of export of alimentary products to the American market.
