PROCESS OF THE PROVIDING CERTIFICATION MARK

The producer has the right to use the Mongolian Noble Fibre Certification Mark in it’s products, in accordance with the following process:

  1. Fill out the application form of the Mongolian Noble Fibre Certification Mark and submit it to the Certification Office.
  2. The Certification Office examines the application, appoints an audit team, and
    notifies the producer the date of the audit .
  3. The Independent Audit Team shall conduct an audit of the applicant’s production quality control system, sustainable production, and the product whether meets or not the standard requirements.he Independent Audit Team shall conduct an audit of the applicant’s production quality control system, sustainable wool and cashmere production, or the products to be used for the Mongolian Kingfisher conformity mark meet the standard requirements.
  4. The audit team shall draw up an audit conclusion on the basis of the audit assessment and submit it to the Certification Office.
  5. The Certification Office shall present the audit conclusion to the meeting of the Technical Committee and the final decision shall be made by the Technical Committee.
  6. The Certification Office shall officially notify the producers about the decision of the Technical Committee and the producer will be able to use the MNF mark on its product undergoing certification.

The right to use “MNF” certification mark on the finished product , made by the dehaired cashmere, yak wool, camel wool is issued after the approval of the following process.

It is proved that the certified products with the MNF mark meet consumer consumption standards with a quality control system and are environmentally and socially responsible. To be certified the product and use the MNF mark, the producer may award the MNF mark if its product can meet the requirements by an audit test.

1. APPLICATION

The Producer should apply to the Certification Office under the Mongolian Wool and Cashmere Association. The Certification Office will review the application and appoint an audit team, and the applicant must submit the following documents with the application to the Certification Office.

  1. a document that to be certified the certain product
  2. a copy of the certificate of the organization
  3. a design of product label

2. AUDIT

The independent auditor, appointed by the Certification Office under the MWCA  shall audit the producer’s quality control system, product quality control, sustainable wool and cashmere production to draw the conclusions.

3. THE QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEM

In-process of an audit, it is testified whether the product is in control of the quality control system of the production process, in compliance with its operation and score on each auditor’s checklist and evaluate the average of the total points.

In-process of an audit, the product is evaluated by the average score of the auditors total points after it’s testified whether the product is in control of the quality control system in the production process, in compliance with its operation and scored on each auditor’s.

Scope of Quality Control System Audit:

  • Industry building and its environment
  • Quality and management standards used in the industry
  • Quality Control Laboratory
  • Tracebility
  • The results, conclusions and an internal quality control

The auditor shall examine the certain products which requested the use of the Mongolian Noble Fibre mark and shall transfer the product to an independent laboratory.

The auditor reports the indicator of the product based on the result of the laboratory examination on its report.

Indicate in the auditor’s report the laboratory’s conclusion based on whether the product’s specifications meet the standards.

4. RESOLUTION

Based on the auditor’s analyze the Technical Committee will make the final decision to grant, cancel or extend the MNF mark and the committee has the following composition.

  1. Ministry of food agriculture and light industry- 1 member
  2. Mongolian agency for standard metrology- 1 member
  3. Mongolian wool and cashmere association – 1 member
  4. Professional inspection agency – 1 member
  5. Ministry of environment and tourism – 1 member

The technical committee will make the decision by majority vote.

5. ISSUE A CERTIFICATE

Based on the auditor’s analyze and the decision of the Technical committee, the certification body will issue a certificate of conformity to the manufacturer for a period of one year.

The certificate of conformity shall contain the name of the certified product, the certificate number, the date, month and day and the validity period.

6. INSPECTION

The certification body will conduct a pre-trial inspection and the inspection shall be carried out as follows.

  1. Probable control will be performed in the quality control system of production and the manufacturer will be notified of the potential control at least 7 days in advance.
  2. The quality control of the product will take any product directly from the production on from the market and send it for analysis, without the obligation to notify the manufacturer in advance.

List of materials for obtaining a certificate of conformity

Obtaining list materials Export Import Inner product Inner service
1 Copy of requests, official letters, applications, and state registration certificates of citizens and legal entities + + + +
2 Copy of purchase and sale agreement + + + +
3 Declaration of product quantity and price + +
4 Test of results of accredited laboratories where the product has been tested + + +
5 Official approval that issued from professional organization /if necessary/; + + + +
6 Receipt of payment for certification service and work + + + +
7 Certificate of conformity issued by the competent authority of the exporting country +
8 Product address and label design + +
9 A copy of the certificate proving the introduction of appropriate practices /Meat production, supply, entities and organizations that operates for export/ + +