The presentation of the Digital Passport and the related new symbol will be curated by officials of the State Printing Office Annalisa Griffo – Head of the Agrifood Market Unit of IPZS and by Greta Ferro – Account Manager of IPZS.
The Modica PGI Chocolate Digital Passport , composed of a personalized and unique secure mark and a digital system of specific information, allows the consumer to recognize the authenticity and safety of the product, its traceability and its history.
The Secure Mark enhances each bar of Modica PGI Chocolate and guarantees its authenticity and identity, being in fact a small banknote created by Poligrafico with advanced security design and printing technologies, including the use of watermarked paper, security graphics, guilloche, fibrils and special inks. The mark is equipped with a unique coding system to allow the traceability and tracking of the individual product specimen along the entire supply chain, while supporting verification and control activities.
With the new version of the digital passport , based on the use of a unique QR Code inside the stamp, the consumer experience will be significantly improved. Information, data and characteristics that guarantee the uniqueness of a certified product will be accessible by directly framing the stamp with the smartphone.
Nicola Conterno – Technical Manager of Plant Products of CSQA and Raimondo Catzeddu – Product Manager of Cioccolato di Modica IGP, of CSQA, will present the new Control Plan for Modica PGI Chocolate. CSQA is a publicly controlled certification body, active in the sectors of Agri-food and Packaging, Sustainability, Life Sciences-Health and Health, IT Security, Services, Forests and Ecosystem Services. CSQA is the control body chosen by the Consortium at the time of submitting the request for recognition, then appointed by decree of the Ministry of Agriculture ICQRF department with DM n. 15861 of 31/10/2018.
The control tool for the production of PGI Modica Chocolate is represented by the Control Plan which regulates all the technical requirements that must be observed by the producers of PGI Modica Chocolate in the preparation of the product: Access to the Control and Certification System; Recognition Procedures; Use of the Dops 4.0 Portal; Documentary Controls; Ordinary and extraordinary Inspection Controls; Organoleptic, Chemical, Physical Controls on the Product; Application of the Digital Passport.
The following have been invited to participate: regional and local public institutions; bodies responsible for controlling production with DOP and IGP designations; Presidents and Directors of Sicilian Protection Consortia. A Director of the ICQRF (Central Inspectorate for Quality and Fraud Repression) will be present.
The new Digital Passport and the new Control Plan for Modica PGI chocolate will be presented the day before by representatives of the State Printing Office and CSQA to the Consortium companies.
Source: Consortium for the Protection of Modica PGI Chocolate