Cairo – Mubasher: Intertek, a UK-based company that offers quality assurance services, has been awarded a contract by the Egyptian National Food Safety Authority (NFSA) to provide certification services for exports of food and food contact materials to the North African nation.
Under the contract, the company will verify food products and food contact materials in the exporting countries to ensure they comply with food laws and regulations in Egypt, according to a statement on Monday.
Thomas Kordick, Global Business Line Leader, Government and Trade Services, Intertek, said: “Having introduced the very first programme of this type, our Conformity Assessment Programme, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia more than 20 years ago, Intertek has the experience and expertise to provide the NFSA, and exporters to Egypt, with a rapid and excellent service."
To achieve fast track customs clearance, exporters of food products and food contact materials to Egypt will be asked to provide a certificate of inspection, obtained from Intertek.
Intertek has a network of over 1,000 laboratories and offices and more than 46,000 people in above 100 countries.
