Certifications
ASSOCIATIONS & COMPLIANCE
Melita Honey holds a number of important certifications, that allow us to produce and process honey to many specifications including Organic, Halal, and Kosher requirements, adhering to the very highest global standards of food safety management. We are also a member of the Unique Manuka Factor Honey Association, an industry group who seek to supply only the finest New Zealand Mānuka honey to customers around the world.
SQF Stands for “Safe Quality Foods”.
It’s one of the GFSI-benchmarked certification programs, which are recognized worldwide, and are required by many retailers and food manufacturers in order for them to purchase your company’s products.
RMP stands for risk management programme, and is set by the Ministry of Primary Industries. An RMP is documents written by the business to ensure we are complying with food safety requirements, and allows us to export and produce honey. It is made up of a set of procedures to ensure we have identified hazards, how the hazards are controlled, monitoring and record keeping. At Melita Honey our certification is audited by a third party, AsureQuality.
Melita Honey is a certified brand with the UMF association. UMF® stands for Unique Mānuka factor, which is recognised globally, for its independent quality standard for Mānuka Honey. Each manuka honey product that carries the UMF trademark, must pass stringent Unique Mānuka Factor Honey Association (UMFHA) quality, grading and rating tests.
Organic Hives, Organic extraction, Organic processing / packing certifications.
At Melita Honey we are organically certified, that includes organic hives, honey and the ability to pack organic honey. An Organic certification means gives customers confidence that the product has been produced.
Melita Honey is kosher certified and are audited by The Kosher Kiwi Licensing Authority, headed by Rabbis N. Friedler and A. Tal.
Melita Honey is Halal certified, and are audited by The Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand
Melita Honey is a part of the FernMark Licence program. This programme supports authentication and country-of-origin for our product.