Secal Israel (Shimshon Lab)

Secal Israel (Shimshon Lab), operating as Secal Israel Control Union Certifications (סקאל ישראל), is Israel's official representative of the international inspection and certification network Control Union Certifications, a global body with dozens of branches worldwide. Founded with a mandate to become Israel's leading inspection, certification, and attestation authority, the company serves hundreds of organizations across agriculture, food and beverage, sustainability, textiles, cosmetics, paper and packaging, energy, and specialty sectors including medical cannabis. Secal Israel issues internationally recognized certificates through streamlined, locally managed processes, combining international accreditation standards with deep knowledge of the Israeli regulatory and business environment.

Secal Israel's core competency lies in certification against a broad portfolio of internationally recognized standards, with the ability to combine multiple complementary schemes within a single audit. In the food safety domain, Secal is accredited to certify against the BRC Global Standard for Food Safety and FSSC 22000 (Food Safety System Certification) — two of the most widely demanded certification schemes by global retailers, foodservice companies, and branded manufacturers. The company is accredited under RVA (the Dutch Accreditation Council) to ISO/IEC 17021 for the FSSC 22000 and ISO 9001:2015 programs, and to ISO/IEC 17065 for BRC Food, ensuring that Secal-issued certificates carry full international accreditation recognition. For information security management, Secal issues ISO 27001 certification through SB Cert with corresponding accreditation.

The company's food quality and traceability portfolio also encompasses the QS Quality Scheme for Food (QS — Qualität und Sicherheit), a standard that monitors food quality across every stage of the supply chain from farm to retail. All supply chain participants in the QS program are traceable to source, and only fully verified products may carry the QS mark — providing 100% product-quality assurance to end buyers. ISO 9001:2015 quality management certification is available for manufacturers, processors, and service providers seeking globally recognized quality systems across any industry sector. These certification programs position Secal as a one-stop compliance destination for Israeli businesses entering demanding export markets.

Secal Israel is a major provider of agricultural and organic certification in the Israeli market. The company certifies farms and agribusinesses to Global G.A.P. (Good Agricultural Practices), the world's most widely implemented farm assurance standard, covering pesticide management, food safety, worker welfare, and environmental stewardship at the farm level. For organic produce, Secal administers the PPIS Organic Approval Standard (ishur organi PPIS), enabling Israeli growers and processors to access certified organic market channels under internationally accepted criteria. In the regulated cannabis sector, Secal provides certifications under the IMC-GAP standard (Israeli Medical Cannabis Good Agricultural Practices) and the CUMCS-GAP standard, supporting licensed medical cannabis cultivation operations in meeting Israel's stringent quality and safety frameworks.

Beyond food and agriculture, Secal Israel certifies organizations to a wide range of social, environmental, and industry-specific standards. In the paper and packaging sector, the company offers FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) chain-of-custody certification, verifying that wood-fiber products originate from responsibly managed forests — a mandatory credential for many international buyers. For the textile industry, Secal administers relevant textile standards ensuring supply-chain integrity, product quality, and worker safety compliance. Cosmetics sector certifications, social accountability standards (taknim sotzialiyim), and environmental responsibility frameworks (akhrayut svivatit) complete a portfolio that enables clients across sectors to demonstrate responsible and sustainable practices to international customers, regulators, and retail partners.

Secal Israel's hands-on inspection services extend beyond auditing and certification to physical commodity inspection and logistics oversight. The company conducts fresh produce cargo inspections at ports worldwide, providing quality inspection for fruits and vegetables, loading inspections, inventory monitoring and control, temperature monitoring, sampling, and pre-loading checks. All inspection activities are supported by the IMSOF proprietary inspection management platform, which provides real-time reporting, database management, and client-accessible dashboards for all inspected shipments. For the grains and fodder (dganim u'mispo) industry, Secal operates at Ashdod Port and Haifa Port in accordance with GAFTA and FOSFA international commodity trade protocols, providing discharge supervision, stock monitoring agreements (SMA), and collateral management agreements (CMA) for commodity finance purposes.

Secal Israel holds institutional approvals that reinforce its credibility with regulated-sector clients. The company is approved by the Israeli Ministry of Defense (MANHAR), the Ministry of Health, and the Ministry of Education (MILGAM), enabling its certificates to be accepted within public-sector procurement and regulated-industry supply chains. At the international level, Secal is recognized and approved by global multinationals including Unilever, Nestlé, Costco, and PepsiCo for food safety, social responsibility, and agricultural certifications — providing Israeli exporters direct entry into supply chains serving some of the world's largest food and consumer goods companies. Laboratory testing services (shrutei b'dikot ma'abada) are also offered as a complementary capability alongside the company's core inspection and certification work.

As the Israeli arm of a globally accredited network, Secal Israel combines fast local certificate issuance with international recognition — an important advantage for exporters working against tight shipping and trade-cycle deadlines. The company's training division offers HACCP basic courses, HACCP team leader courses, and internal auditor courses (kursei orkhe mivdakim pnimiyim), supporting food businesses in building in-house food safety management capability alongside formal third-party certification. With a comprehensive portfolio spanning food safety, agricultural compliance, organic and sustainability certification, textile and cosmetics quality, energy and commodity logistics, and professional training, Secal Israel is positioned as a full-service compliance and inspection partner for Israeli producers and exporters seeking credible global market access.