Press Release                                                                                                            July 30, 2020

Alanar Fruit the first company in its sector to be awarded TSE COVID-19 Safe Production Certificate

Taking all possible measures since the day the COVID-19 pandemic started, Alanar Fruit have fully implemented these measures to prevent any negative situations related to the health and wellbeing of our employees, customers and business partners. As a result of the company’s commitment, Alanar Fruit Adana Agripark R&D Center, where infection prevention and control procedures determined by TSE are fully implemented, was awarded the “TSE COVID-19 Safe Production Certificate”.

Alanar Fruit, one of Turkey’s leading companies in agricultural production, has completely fulfilled all measures since the first moment of the Coronavirus outbreak in our country, preventing the negative impact that might have occurred on the health and wellbeing of its employees, customers and business partners. Alanar Fruit Adana Agripark R&D Center was selected as a pilot plant and an application was made to for the “COVID-19 Safe Production Certificate” of the Turkish Standards Institution (TSE) in order to determine, evaluate and control the competence of the measures taken by the company. The plant was thoroughly audited by TSE Auditors on a host of areas, including contact tracing and surveillance phases, greenhouses, laboratories, manufacturing process areas, pandemic trainings, locker rooms, traceability programs in cafeterias and service vehicles, administrative building offices, home-office practices, cleaning, sterilization and sanitation plans, waste management, as well as the control of measures taken by service providers.

Adana Agripark R&D Center, where infection prevention and control procedures determined by TSE are fully implemented, was awarded the “TSE COVID-19 Safe Production Certificate” without any irregularities and no additional time request. In accordance with the notification of TSE officials, Alanar Fruit is now only the 86th company in Turkey to be awarded the certificate. In the agricultural sector, Alanar Fruit is the first company to have the certificate, setting an example for all other companies in the sector.

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