Order IMA No. 1.862 creating and regulating the certification for coffee under the Certifica Minas Programme.

This Order IMA creates and regulates the certification for coffee under the Certifica Minas Programme. The objectives of Certifica Minas are: Promote the improvement and advances of management processes of production systems; Promote the production of coffee in a socially fair, economically viable, environmentally sustainable and quality way, ensuring the health of consumers, producers and workers; Encourage organizations in the participating sectors of the production chain to adopt quality systems that contribute to the safety and reliability of the products offered to the various markets; Recognize the precepts established by national and international entities, such as the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA), National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA), National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology (INMETRO) and United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), collaborating in mutual understandings and promoting actions to support the sector; Establish a standard of procedures, certification norms and independent assessment throughout the State of Minas Gerais.