The Consortium promotes a “supply chain quality” that starts from the integration of all professionals who work in the various stages of the production process, since quality must be guaranteed by the close collaboration between producers, packagers and distributors.
All the companies that have been authorized to use the CEQITALIA quality label for an Italian extra virgin or a line of Italian extra virgin olive oils scrupulously respect a production specification with stricter rules than the national and European legislation.
The specification is constantly updated and contains rules and indications for guaranteeing the parameters required by the CEQITALIA quality label, from the olives production to the oil storage on the store shelf, establishing what must be done and what must be avoided along the entire supply chain.
In particular, the Consortium to Guarantee Quality Extra Virgin Olive Oil: