Our services
Food safety compliance counseling
The food legislation consulting we offer at SAIA consists of up-to-date information on current legal provisions affecting your product, its labeling and advertising, your production and storage facilities, your transportation and control, as well as all published legislative changes. This is a simple way to limit the reading and interpretation of the various laws that are constantly being published to what is necessary.
The food company: responsible for compliance with current regulations
All companies that handle food or water for consumption, such as the agri-food industry, catering and mass catering, and food retail, need to stay up-to-date with current regulations to ensure compliance, as they are legally liable for any damages caused by non-compliance. Therefore, it is important for them to have advice on food legislation, either through their own means or with external support, through consultancies such as SAIA.
We help avoid sanctions
Penalties imposed on a food company for non-compliance with legal requirements can range from €5,000 to €600 million, and even include temporary or permanent closure of the premises, depending on the harm caused to health, the profit obtained, the intention behind the non-compliance, as well as the severity or recurrence of the violation.
Food legislation aims to protect consumers from:
Risks to your health
Unsafe food products can pose health risks.
Fraud, adulteration, etc.
Fraud and adulteration undermine the quality of these products.
Our clients choose us because...
We are leaders in knowledge of trends and legislation:
Working with SAIA means being at the forefront of discussions about new regulations and trends in food safety, as we collaborate with regulatory organizations. Among other things, we are coordinators of the Guide to Good Hygiene Practices in Restaurants and authors of the Prevention Guide within the framework of the Generalitat's Food Waste Prevention Plan.
We offer a highly personalized and adaptive approach:
We have been advising and training food companies on European, national, regional, and local regulations for over 20 years. Companies with very different needs, sizes, and types of operations cover everything from food safety to waste prevention, facilitating regulatory compliance and operational excellence.
We are committed to technology in food safety:
Our consulting also includes the proposal of appropriate software (licensed separately) to facilitate regulatory compliance, from inventory management and traceability to the monitoring of critical control parameters and the automation of records, so that the responsiveness of food companies to legislative changes and industry challenges increases exponentially.
Regulations applicable to food companies
The European "hygiene package"
The food legislation applicable to Spanish industries and food-related businesses is primarily issued by European bodies and is common to the rest of the European Union. The bulk of this legislation is often referred to as the "hygiene package," a legislative framework comprised of regulations and directives for food production and food safety within the EU, which emphasize both the safety of food products and adequate consumer information.
Highlights
Fully Compliant with Food Waste Legislation
At SAIA, we offer advice on food waste legislation, which is constantly evolving, and we provide our clients with prevention plans that allow them to identify critical points where this waste occurs, measure it, report it to the authorities, and minimize it, as required by law. In fact, we are the authors of the Guide for the Prevention of Food Waste in the Commercial Restaurant Sector and Central Kitchens of the Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan Government), so working with us guarantees effective compliance and innovative practices in food waste management.
