A quality charter & an organic label

Arkopharma Laboratories implemented a supplier approval system and defined control Plans, that is:

• Specifications which mention our requirements and must be signed by our suppliers.
• Defined procedures and control techniques via systematic inspection or a monitoring plan.
• Checks for pesticides, chemical characteristics, residues, in accordance with a defined control plan adapted to the material and/or the finished product.

Arkopharma Laboratories have ISO Standard 22000 certification. Thus, at each annual Audit by the certifying body, Arkopharma:

• demonstrates its capacity to implement, evaluate and continually improve its food safety management system.
• provides evidence of its control of hazards in order to guarantee the safety of its products.
• commits to developing actions to improve its system.
• provides evidence of the communication of appropriate information at all levels of the food chain relative to questions of safety associated with its products.
• provides evidence of compliance with regulations and the efficacy of its regulatory watch.

For this, Arkopharma Laboratories uses the HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) system and a supply traceability system extending to the point that products are marketed.

In order to guarantee the quality of the raw materials and finished products, Arkopharma Laboratories establishes requirements derived from the current regulatory texts or the HACCP approach.

Raw material requirements are guaranteed by the suppliers (specifications) and may be subject to a control plan on reception in our laboratories (in accordance with a monitoring plan).

Forty years of expertise of a French pharmaceutical laboratory in compliance with standards and rigorous controls.

As a pharmaceutical laboratory, Arkopharma Laboratories is regularly inspected by the ANSM (French National Agency for Medicines and Health Products Safety), which awards a certificate attesting compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP):

Defined Quality Process with customer satisfaction at its heart

• Management of modifications
• Management of complaints
• Management of non-conformities
• Management of vigilances
• Defined audit procedure
• Ensured data traceability

 To find out more about our control laboratories, visit “Quality, at the heart of our processes.”

• Investment in a production method that is respectful of Nature and People.
• Choice of a quality supply chain, with players committed at all stages of the chain.
• Compliance with current regulations from the source to the final product.
• Development of actions that make it possible to identify risks, improve control plans and practices in order to limit and prevent possible contamination, sustained or inadvertent, of organic products.
• Promotion of sector assets, anticipation of consumer expectations, participation in the structuring of the French organic sector and the creation of relevant networks through its membership in Synabio, Syndicat National des Entreprises Bio (National Union of Organic Businesses).

The commitment of Arkopharma Laboratories is expressed through our participation in SECURBIO®, a communal tool for monitoring the sanitary quality of organic products.

• European regulations, a guarantee of transparency and standardization for consumers.
• All players and activities (production, processing, distribution) are inspected at least once a year by certifying bodies approved by public authorities.
• The certification bodies ensure that the rules governing the production, processing and distribution of organic products are respected by all players.
• Ecocert is the certifying body that carries out annual audits and inspections at Arkopharma - Certification body Code: FR-BIO-01.

Organic foods are produced from ingredients grown without synthetic chemical products and without GMOs (genetically modified organisms). They do not contain flavour enhancers, colourings, or synthetic chemical flavours.

The use of additives is very strictly limited and most are of agricultural or natural origin. Ionizing treatments are banned.

According to a study performed by Etudes Génération, “there was much less pesticide residues in the organic foods analyzed than in the conventional foods.” The absence of pesticide residues guarantees additional safety and distances the consumer from the secondary risks and effects of pesticides: some pesticides are suspected of being carcinogenic or of being capable of disrupting the endocrine system.

This global system of agricultural management and food production combines:

• The best environmental practices
• A high degree of biodiversity
• The preservation of natural resources
• The application of high animal welfare standards
• Offers solutions in response to climate change

The European logo has the objective of helping consumers to identify organic products. Its presence on the labelling guarantees compliance with European Union organic farming regulations. It is mandatory on all pre-packaged organic food products in the European Union.

The wording “certified by FR-BIO-XX” indicates the code of the certification body that inspected the product. The last line indicates the origin of the agricultural raw material(s).

The national and private logos can be used in addition (optional).