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Grupo Herdez receives fssc 22000 certification

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Mexico City, May 31, 2011 – Grupo Herdez, S.A.B. de C.V. (“Grupo Herdez” or “the Company”) (BMV: HERDEZ) today announced that the Barilla de México plant located in San Luis Potosí received the FSSC 22000 Certification (Food Safety System Certification), the highest international food safety certification.

This certification is based on the requirements of the ISO 22000:2005 norms and is backed by the International Commission of Agricultural and Food Industries (CIIA). Such certification was granted by Bureau Veritas Certification, and it is the first one awarded in Mexico.

“We are pleased to receive this certification, because the responsibility we have as food producers is to constantly improve processes and to ensure the health of our consumers by always favoring high quality products, the Company’s unwavering commitment”, said Salvador Badui, Techincal Director at Grupo Herdez.

The certification is a result of the Company’s efforts towards developing strict functionality schemes in its Quality Management System, thoroughly verifying the quality of the raw materials, the production processes and the storage and distribution conditions.

With this recognition, Grupo Herdez reinforces its quality and safety policy in the production, storage and distribution of its products under strict hygiene conditions that guarantee healthy foods for Mexican families as well as for consumers that have access to its products in other countries, such as United States and Canada.

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2020

  • 2020: In collaboration with La Costeña® and Sanfer®, we delivered 35,000 basic food baskets to benefit more than 175,000 Mexicans affected by the COVID-19 health contingency.

    We launched the first edition of Semillero Nutrisa®, a program to support Mexican women entrepreneurs to participate in a training and business development program.

  • 2021: We became the first consumer company in Latin America to partner with Google, a global technology giant, to accelerate our digital transformation. 

    We signed an agreement with the American company General Mills® to distribute their products in Mexico, with which we entered the categories of cereal bars and prepared dessert flours.


    We celebrated the 80th anniversary of Doña María® mole with the inauguration of Casa Doña María Pons, headquarters of Fundación Herdez® in San Luis Potosí.

    We were placed in the report “Mexican Companies for the 2030 Agenda in the Decade of Action” of the Global Compact, for the actions of the Saber Nutrir® program as a reference practice to achieve Zero Hunger, one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the UN.

  • 2022: We acquired Interdeli and Deli, Dips & Snacks, expanding our capabilities to new categories such as hummus, cheeses, and dips, integrating brands such as Libanius, Flaveur, Liguria, and Señor Cactus into our portfolio.

    For the first time in our history, we brought the best of Mexican cuisine to the United Kingdom with the Herdez® brand, through a joint alliance with McCormick & Company, Inc.

    We issued the first sustainability-linked bond in the food industry in Mexico, committing to reduce our water consumption per ton produced by 2030.

    We signed the United Nations Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPS), reaffirming our commitment to gender equality.

    We joined the UN’s CFO Coalition for the SDGs, which drives the transformation of corporate finance to achieve the goals of the 2030 Agenda.

    We joined the Pacto por la Comida of the BAMX Network, an initiative that promotes more sustainable food production and consumption systems, with the goal of reducing Food Loss and Waste in the industry.

  • 2023: We consolidated the integration of Chilim Balam® into the Impulse segment portfolio, with which we positioned ourselves in the candy and snack category in the retail model.

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