{"id":5002,"date":"2021-05-19T13:45:39","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T13:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costafood.com\/?p=5002"},"modified":"2021-05-21T13:53:47","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T13:53:47","slug":"piensos-costa-awarded-the-aenor-certification-for-the-production-of-animals-free-of-antibiotics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/costafood.com\/piensos-costa-awarded-the-aenor-certification-for-the-production-of-animals-free-of-antibiotics\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Piensos Costa awarded the AENOR certification for the Production of Animals Free of Antibiotics"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>By means of a number of tests, this certification guarantees that the animals have been raised without antibiotics at all stages in their growth from weaning<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>This achievement is added to other certifications that support the commitment of the Costa Food Group meat holding to animal welfare and consumer care<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/costafood.com\/piensos-costa\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Piensos Costa<\/a>, which belongs to the <a href=\"https:\/\/costafood.com\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Costa Food Group<\/a> meat holding of Grupo Empresarial Costa, has recently obtained the AENOR <strong>certification for the Production of Animals Free of Antibiotics<\/strong> for several of its farms and feed factories. This accreditation certifies that <strong>all health guarantees in the production process are met, for the animals to be raised free of antibiotics at all stages of growth from weaning<\/strong>: \u201cThis indicates that we do not give antibiotics to animals either orally or by injection and that we conduct in-depth analyses, both of the meat and in the feed and water to check that there is no trace that could affect human consumption\u201d, stated the Quality Control team from <a href=\"https:\/\/costafood.com\/piensos-costa\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Piensos Costa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This certification adds to other previously obtained certification, such as the Welfair&#x2122; certificate for Animal Welfare, also awarded by AENOR, or the Interporc Animal Welfare Spain (IAWS) certificate for animal welfare and biosecurity.<\/p>\n<p>\u00abAll of these certifications <strong>support our firm commitment to sustainability and caring for people<\/strong>. We were the first white pork meat producers in Spain to obtain the AENOR Animal Welfare certification. Now, with the Antibiotic-Free Animal Production certification, we strengthen our commitment to good livestock practices and to offering the consumer a quality product, which is 100% natural, and in which our farmers and our technical team, whose work has been crucial in obtaining the certificate, play a fundamental role\u201d, explains Jorge Costa, CEO of Grupo Empresarial Costa.<\/p>\n<p>In addition,<strong> two other important certifications for the Group have also been renewed: the IFS (International Featured Standards) seal for international quality and the BCR Global Standard for Food Safety<\/strong>. Both represent a global food guarantee and provide companies with an international endorsement in terms of quality, safety and food responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>The new PLA accreditation also ensures the traceability of the raw material throughout the process and that there is no cross-contamination in any of the phases. With this, Costa Food Group increases its portfolio of certifications, which consolidates it as a sector leader in food quality and safety, responsible, effective and environmentally sustainable work, animal care, and respect for people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By means of a number of tests, this certification guarantees that the animals have been raised without antibiotics at all stages in their growth from weaning<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13,14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/costafood.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5002"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/costafood.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/costafood.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/costafood.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/costafood.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5002"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/costafood.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5010,"href":"https:\/\/costafood.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5002\/revisions\/5010"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/costafood.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/costafood.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/costafood.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/costafood.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}