Our Certifications
In order to maximise its quality-based competitive strength in a global world, EKOL OFSET effectively implements and continuously improves its management systems to meet quality, HACCP, environment, and health and safety at work requirements. These systems are successfully managed by EKOL OFSET’s Quality Director, Food Codex Director, Health and Safety at Work Specialist, Environment Officer, and its 15-person Quality Control team.
EKOL OFSET’s mission is to add value not only for customers, but also for its employees and suppliers, and the historical development of the certification of its performance in fulfilling these responsibilities is presented below:
Following intense and painstaking work, the company received TS-EN-ISO 9001 Quality Management Certification in 1996, and Food Safety and Hygiene certification from AIB in 1997. In October 1999, the company was awarded a Certificate of Food Contact Material Registration, and also Manufacturing Certification by the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Agriculture and Village Affairs. Also in 2001, from CMI (Checkmate International) auditors, it received a certificate of compliance with Quality, Hygiene and Food Safety Systems requirements and also a certificate of compliance with United Kingdom and European standards and law on Packaging, Quality Management and Manufacturing Operations. In 2002, ITS (Intertek Testing Services) awarded the company the highest possible grade, A, in a report on Quality, Hygiene and Social Responsibility. In 2004, the company received BRC/IoP certification of compliance with British Retail Consortium and the Institute of Packaging standards on quality, HACCP and hygiene practices issued by NSF-CMI auditors. In 2013, the company’s environmentally friendly manufacturing practices received recognition from the TSE (Turkish Standards Institution) with TS-EN-ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems certification. Also in 2013, the company received FSC® (FSC® C119685) Certification and PEFC/54-31-00012 from the auditors BM TRADA. In 2016, the company received TS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety certification from the TSE, and in 2017 the company received ISO/IEC 27001 Information Security Management Systems certification from MSC.