Exporting to Saudi Arabia? Let us guide you through the SFDA Food conformity assessment process, and the steps you need to take to get your food & beverage products certified for import into the country.
Cotecna has been accredited by The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) to ensure the compliance to the applicable standards of all regulated food products imported into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The conformity assessment programme aims to ensure safety and security of food and feed, safety and security of pesticides and ease commercial traffic flow while maintaining safety of food and reinforcement of consumers and clients confidence in food control authority
Step-by-Step Process
- The exporter / importer will have to fill out the Request of Certification (RFC) and Declaration of Conformity
- Once we receive your request, a dedicated and local coordinator will review your demand.
- Your coordinator will check all the necessary documentation and from that, define the scope of needs.
- When necessary and to comply with importing SFDA's regulations, your dedicated coordinator will guide you through the needed verifications and will schedule them (testing of samples, inspection and/or audit when required)
- After satisfactory results, Certificate of Conformity (COC) will be issued for the shipment request received.
Request a Certification
To learn more about the SFDA Food programme, or to get a product certificate for your exports, please send us a request.