Grufesa implements Food Safety Control Chain in all their acres

100% of the 440 hectares Grufesa has given over to strawberry plantations this campaign come under the Bayer Crop Science Food Chain Partnership project. The Moguer cooperative signed up to the initiative two years ago with a view to assuring the end consumer a product of unique quality that is safe, healthy and sustainable. Thanks to this monitoring system, Grufesa will meet the highest requirements for pest and disease control in crops, which means even more natural fruit from the consumer. Food Chain Partnership applies a series of directives in the plantations designed to control pests and diseases, which enables Grufesa not only to remain below the legally stipulated Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs), but also to fully comply with the most stringent standards set by European large-scale distribution. To this end, technicians from Bayer Crop Science, along with Grufesa’s Technical department, have developed a crop protection programme based on the introduction of new control guidelines to help choose the right products to ensure good, healthy crops from among the several active ingredients and zero residue treatments available on the market. As Grufesa Manager Carlos Cumbreras explains, Food Chain Partnership is “one of the programmes that come closest to a totally natural production process, and so meets one of the main demands of clients at practically all destinations, benefiting all stakeholders in the chain, including the environment.”  This programme is the nearest you can get to a fully biological production. As Grufesa will demonstrate during their participation at the next Fruit Logistica expo – they will be located in Hall 18, stand A- 02G – this programme is a differentiating element against competitors mainly from other points of origin.