Valenzuela food company gets DOLE's first safety seal

by: RHODELIA R. DIVINA

CALOOCAN CITY, June 21 (PIA) -- A food company in Valenzuela City is the recipient of the Department of Labor and Employment's first safety seal certification.

Labor Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III over the weekend personally awarded the labor department’s certification seal to CDO Foodsphere, Inc. at its headquarters in Valenzuela City.

CDO Foodsphere, Inc., with its CDO easy to cook homemade meals as its flagship brand, is the first manufacturing company in the Philippines to secure the safety certification.

The Safety Seal Certification Program is directed by the Inter-Agency Task Force Resolution No. 87 S. 2020 and manufacturing companies are under the issuing authority of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), along with establishments in the construction, utilities, information and communication, and warehousing industries.

Secretary Bello said that this confirms the company’s support of the government’s goal of safely reopening the economy.

“I commend and congratulate Foodsphere for taking the lead in securing the safety certification to confirm their compliance to minimum public health standards as mandated by the government,” Bello stated.

The labor secretary also emphasized that the seal will also build confidence that the company is committed to warranting the health and safety of its employees.

“Organizations with the safety seal certification can assure stakeholders, especially their workers, that they are safe and protected at their workplace,” Bello added.

CDO Chief Executive Officer Jerome D. Ong, for his part, thanked DOLE for recognizing their efforts in protecting their people and their products.

“In CDO, we only focused on three things to overcome the challenges of the pandemic–protecting the safety of the employees, maintaining a safe workplace, and promoting business mobility,” the CDO chief shared.

Secretary Bello expressed optimism that the undertaking will inspire other business organizations to secure their safety seal certification.

Also present during the ceremonial event were DOLE Undersecretary Renato Ebarle, Assistant Secretary Ma. Teresita S. Cucueco, and DOLE NCR Director Sarah Buena Mirasol. (PIA NCR)