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Corporate - 12/06/09 Egyptian Wheat Import In a recent incident SGS has been asked by the Egyptian prosecuting authorities to assist in validating a document purporting to be an SGS certificate which was used to import a wheat cargo into Egypt. SGS has not inspected this shipment, which had been certified at loading by Control Union, a competitor of SGS. SGS was able to provide to the Egyptian authorities with evidence that this document was grossly fabricated. As the leader in inspection, verification, testing and certification services, SGS is unfortunately sometimes the victim of fraudsters and forgerers, who attempt to mis-use its name and reputation by fabricating false certificates. SGS views all such attempts very seriously and takes adeaquate preventing measures to protect its brand and reputation. These include the use of a high security paper with embedded features, which allows SGS to easily detect fake documents. "You can try to forge our document, but you will get caught" said Jeff Newell, EVP for Agricultural Services. SGS is fully cooperating with the authorities in charge of the enquiry and will assist in the prosecution of whomever is found responsible for the fraud. For further information, please contact: |
