{"id":643,"date":"2017-01-26T23:56:10","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T22:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/?p=643"},"modified":"2017-01-27T11:35:09","modified_gmt":"2017-01-27T10:35:09","slug":"portugals-groquifar-highly-successful-in-promoting-cepa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/?p=643","title":{"rendered":"PORTUGAL’S GROQUIFAR HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL IN PROMOTING CEPA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

PORTUGAL’S GROQUIFAR HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL IN PROMOTING CEPA CERTIFIED, COMMITTING THE NATIONAL PEST MANAGEMENT INDUSTRY AND CATCHING THE ATTENTION OF THE CLIENT AND STAKEHOLDER COMMUNITIES<\/h2>\n

Groquifar, the Portuguese national association has been fully supportive of CEPA Certified, the new European standard for Pest Management services from the very beginning.<\/p>\n

Portuguese government representatives and Groquifar debating the merits of EN16636\/CEPA Certified, the new Professional Pest Management Service standard, at the National Launch event in Lisbon last November.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After the European CEN standard EN16636 and its CEPA Certified\u00ae auditing protocol were launched in March 2015, Groquifar was invited by the National Quality Institute [Instituto Portugu\u00eas da Qualidade], which is a Member of CEN, to organise and manage the working committee tasked with creating the Portuguese version of the standard.
\nThis Committee, CT 198, brought together both governmental and non-governmental entities, as well as big and small pest management companies and all the relevant Health, Environmental, Scientific, Food, Certification and Professional Qualification organisations.
\nIt was the first time that all the significant players of the public health and food industry sectors were seated at the same table, working for a common cause.
\nIn November 2015, benefitting from this positive climate of collaboration, Groquifar officially launched EN16636 and its CEPA Certified auditing protocol at the biggest Portuguese Food Safety Show in Lisbon (Business to Consumer and Business to Business).
\nThe first Certification Body in Portugal to be accredited and trained was Bureau Veritas Certification. All in all 15 auditors have been trained and more training sessions are to follow shortly. Today Groquifar works with 4 CEPA Certified endorsed CBs to service the Portuguese market. Collectively they have successfully certified 18 Portuguese pest management companies. This represents approximately 7% of the Pest Management companies operating in Portugal today. Not a bad result in just over a year for a small European country!
\nAs soon as some of Groquifar\u2019s members were successfully certified a CEPA Certified workshop event was organised during which the first two certified pest management companies in Portugal were invited to share their experiences. Last October, at Groquifar\u2019s National Convention, in which almost 300 delegates participated, EN16636\/CEPA Certified was starring once more. This time in a much applauded presentation by Ricardo Ferro, Executive Director of Bureau Veritas Certification Portugal.
\nIn early 2017 a still bigger event will be scheduled in collaboration with the Portuguese Quality Association (APQ) the main objective of which is to reach clients of Pest Management companies whilst creating awareness and recognition for EN16636\/CEPA Certified. To this event Groquifar will invite the national Restaurant and Hotel associations, relevant government authorities, local authorities, industry, universities and the Portuguese National Standards Institute.
\nGroquifar is looking forward to exchanging ideas and experiences with its European counterparts to further contribute to the success of this launch. Please contact our Secretariat if you think you can contribute a learning experience that will benefit all.
\n
\n<\/a>Catarina Carvalho:<\/p>\n

quimica@groquifar.pt
\n<\/a>www.groquifar.pt<\/a>
\n+351 912 569 290<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Back to top ^<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Contact Us<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\n

Roland Higgins<\/strong>, Director General CEPA Secretariat
\n37 Seringenstraat, 1950 Kraainem, Belgium
\nT: +32 2 731 32 81
\nM: +32 475 98 91 98
\nF: +32 2 731 58 43
\nroland@cepa-europe.org<\/a>
\nwww.cepa-europe.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Michel Tulkens<\/strong>, Strategy & Finance
\nT: +32 475 61 78 81, tulkens@mail.be<\/a><\/p>\n

Manfred Fickers<\/strong>, Administration
\nT: +32 479 97 68 33, manfred.fickers@telenet.be<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PORTUGAL’S GROQUIFAR HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL IN PROMOTING CEPA CERTIFIED, COMMITTING THE NATIONAL PEST MANAGEMENT INDUSTRY AND CATCHING THE ATTENTION OF THE CLIENT AND STAKEHOLDER COMMUNITIES Groquifar, the Portuguese national association has…Les mer…..PORTUGAL’S GROQUIFAR HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL IN PROMOTING CEPA<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":659,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"post_series":[],"class_list":["post-643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nyheter"],"yoast_head":"\nPORTUGAL'S GROQUIFAR HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL IN PROMOTING CEPA - Skadedyrbedriftenes Bransjeorganisasjon<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/?p=643\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"nb_NO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PORTUGAL'S GROQUIFAR HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL IN PROMOTING CEPA - Skadedyrbedriftenes Bransjeorganisasjon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PORTUGAL’S GROQUIFAR HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL IN PROMOTING CEPA CERTIFIED, COMMITTING THE NATIONAL PEST MANAGEMENT INDUSTRY AND CATCHING THE ATTENTION OF THE CLIENT AND STAKEHOLDER COMMUNITIES Groquifar, the Portuguese national association has…Les mer.....PORTUGAL’S GROQUIFAR HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL IN PROMOTING CEPA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/?p=643\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Skadedyrbedriftenes Bransjeorganisasjon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-01-26T22:56:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-01-27T10:35:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/xpic2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"334\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"290\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"J\u00f8rn Bratland\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Skrevet av\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"J\u00f8rn Bratland\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Ansl. lesetid\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutter\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skabra.no\\\/?p=643#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skabra.no\\\/?p=643\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"J\u00f8rn Bratland\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skabra.no\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1115bbcc0e428537041b555287e3ede1\"},\"headline\":\"PORTUGAL’S GROQUIFAR HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL IN PROMOTING CEPA\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-01-26T22:56:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-01-27T10:35:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skabra.no\\\/?p=643\"},\"wordCount\":541,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skabra.no\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skabra.no\\\/?p=643#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skabra.no\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/01\\\/xpic2.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Nyheter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"nb-NO\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skabra.no\\\/?p=643\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skabra.no\\\/?p=643\",\"name\":\"PORTUGAL'S GROQUIFAR HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL IN PROMOTING CEPA - Skadedyrbedriftenes Bransjeorganisasjon\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skabra.no\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skabra.no\\\/?p=643#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skabra.no\\\/?p=643#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skabra.no\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/01\\\/xpic2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-01-26T22:56:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-01-27T10:35:09+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"nb-NO\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skabra.no\\\/?p=643\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"nb-NO\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skabra.no\\\/?p=643#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skabra.no\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/01\\\/xpic2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skabra.no\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/01\\\/xpic2.jpg\",\"width\":334,\"height\":290},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skabra.no\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skabra.no\\\/\",\"name\":\"Skadedyrbedriftenes Bransjeorganisasjon\",\"description\":\"SKABRA setter milj\u00f8 og trygghet i fokus\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skabra.no\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skabra.no\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"nb-NO\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skabra.no\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Skadedyrbedriftenes Bransjeorganisasjon\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skabra.no\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"nb-NO\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skabra.no\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skabra.no\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/SkaBra_logo_RGB_125.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skabra.no\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/SkaBra_logo_RGB_125.png\",\"width\":125,\"height\":87,\"caption\":\"Skadedyrbedriftenes Bransjeorganisasjon\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skabra.no\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skabra.no\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1115bbcc0e428537041b555287e3ede1\",\"name\":\"J\u00f8rn Bratland\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"nb-NO\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/82258ee93b61ea883f248c4f2799702273c173b8c1ee5daefcfb7ac37f75e763?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/82258ee93b61ea883f248c4f2799702273c173b8c1ee5daefcfb7ac37f75e763?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/82258ee93b61ea883f248c4f2799702273c173b8c1ee5daefcfb7ac37f75e763?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"J\u00f8rn Bratland\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.skabra.no\\\/?author=5\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"PORTUGAL'S GROQUIFAR HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL IN PROMOTING CEPA - Skadedyrbedriftenes Bransjeorganisasjon","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/?p=643","og_locale":"nb_NO","og_type":"article","og_title":"PORTUGAL'S GROQUIFAR HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL IN PROMOTING CEPA - Skadedyrbedriftenes Bransjeorganisasjon","og_description":"PORTUGAL’S GROQUIFAR HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL IN PROMOTING CEPA CERTIFIED, COMMITTING THE NATIONAL PEST MANAGEMENT INDUSTRY AND CATCHING THE ATTENTION OF THE CLIENT AND STAKEHOLDER COMMUNITIES Groquifar, the Portuguese national association has…Les mer.....PORTUGAL’S GROQUIFAR HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL IN PROMOTING CEPA","og_url":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/?p=643","og_site_name":"Skadedyrbedriftenes Bransjeorganisasjon","article_published_time":"2017-01-26T22:56:10+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-01-27T10:35:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":334,"height":290,"url":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/xpic2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"J\u00f8rn Bratland","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Skrevet av":"J\u00f8rn Bratland","Ansl. lesetid":"3 minutter"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/?p=643#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/?p=643"},"author":{"name":"J\u00f8rn Bratland","@id":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/#\/schema\/person\/1115bbcc0e428537041b555287e3ede1"},"headline":"PORTUGAL’S GROQUIFAR HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL IN PROMOTING CEPA","datePublished":"2017-01-26T22:56:10+00:00","dateModified":"2017-01-27T10:35:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/?p=643"},"wordCount":541,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/?p=643#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/xpic2.jpg","articleSection":["Nyheter"],"inLanguage":"nb-NO"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/?p=643","url":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/?p=643","name":"PORTUGAL'S GROQUIFAR HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL IN PROMOTING CEPA - Skadedyrbedriftenes Bransjeorganisasjon","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/?p=643#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/?p=643#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/xpic2.jpg","datePublished":"2017-01-26T22:56:10+00:00","dateModified":"2017-01-27T10:35:09+00:00","inLanguage":"nb-NO","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/?p=643"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"nb-NO","@id":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/?p=643#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/xpic2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/xpic2.jpg","width":334,"height":290},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/","name":"Skadedyrbedriftenes Bransjeorganisasjon","description":"SKABRA setter milj\u00f8 og trygghet i fokus","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"nb-NO"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/#organization","name":"Skadedyrbedriftenes Bransjeorganisasjon","url":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"nb-NO","@id":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SkaBra_logo_RGB_125.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SkaBra_logo_RGB_125.png","width":125,"height":87,"caption":"Skadedyrbedriftenes Bransjeorganisasjon"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/#\/schema\/person\/1115bbcc0e428537041b555287e3ede1","name":"J\u00f8rn Bratland","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"nb-NO","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/82258ee93b61ea883f248c4f2799702273c173b8c1ee5daefcfb7ac37f75e763?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/82258ee93b61ea883f248c4f2799702273c173b8c1ee5daefcfb7ac37f75e763?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/82258ee93b61ea883f248c4f2799702273c173b8c1ee5daefcfb7ac37f75e763?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"J\u00f8rn Bratland"},"url":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/?author=5"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=643"},{"taxonomy":"post_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skabra.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpost_series&post=643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}