As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, after the Ministry of Agriculture passed the Decision on the recognition of the ”proven quality” label for vegetables, the request for the recognition of the same label was submitted by the Association of Associations of Croatian Vegetable Growers.
The first producers who successfully completed the process of confirming the conformity of tomato production with the ”proven quality” label for vegetables are Belje plus d.o.o. and Fructus glasshouses d.o.o. and soon it will be possible to buy Croatian tomatoes with this label on the market.
Vegetable producers who use the ”proven quality – Croatia/dokazana kvaliteta – Hrvatska” label must ensure that these vegetables undergo a production process according to very precisely defined criteria in their specification, which includes care for environmental protection through the responsible use of fertilisers and pesticides, the use of the optimal time of harvesting those vegetables, the length of time spent in transport in order to preserve the nutritional value of the product, and the proper selection of the packaging that protects the vegetables from damage during their storage and transport.
It’s worth noting that the first sector that recognised the advantage of this system was the fruit production sector, and the request for recognition of the ”proven quality” label for fruit was submitted by the Croatian Fruit Association, and from October 2021, apples marked with this label could be bought on the market.
Another sector that has also recognised the advantage of this system is the consumption egg sector, and the request for the recognition of the ”proven quality” label for consumption eggs was submitted by the Poultry Science Association, and consumption eggs marked with this label have been available for purchase on the market since February 2022.
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