Ministry of Rural Development: Fines over €56,000 imposed on organic product certification
Source: ProtoThema English
The Ministry of Rural Development and Food’s Appeals Review Committee has imposed fines exceeding €56,000 on Control and Certification Bodies (CCBs) for organic products, due to serious omissions and non-compliance identified by ELGO-DIMITRA during recent routine and emergency inspections.
The inspections were carried out following the order of Minister Kostas Tsiaras, after a meeting with Deputy Minister Giannis Andrianos and General Secretary Spyros Protopsaltis. They are continuing in full and are being intensified under ELGO-DIMITRA’s jurisdiction, with further penalties expected for violations, aiming to protect consumers and support compliant producers.
Specifically:
- A certification company was fined a total of €37,692.30 for:
- Insufficient investigation of detections of unauthorized substances,
- Inadequate evaluation of information in the EU OFIS system,
- Deficiencies in mass balance and traceability procedures.
- Another certification company received a fine of €18,922.85 for:
- Issuing certificates without performing the mandatory annual physical inspection,
- Inadequate management of non-compliant products.
The total amount of fines imposed is €56,615.15.
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