CDO Foodsphere is First to Receive Safety Seal from DOLE

Food Company, CDO Foodsphere Inc. becomes the first manufacturing company in the country to receive the Safety Seal certification from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). This was personally awarded to them by Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III last June 18 at the company’s office in Brgy. Paso de Blas, Valenzuela City.

“More than being compliant to the minimum health standards and having an active process for contact tracing, Foodsphere has been consistently compliant with labor laws and guidelines in the past three years. It has maintained industrial peace and has looked after the welfare of its employees,” said DOLE Secretary Bello.

The Safety Seal was placed at the main entrance of the company and was witnessed by the officers of the Department of Labor & Employment Central and regional offices as well as Paso de Blas Barangay Captain Lucy Nolasco. Also present are CDO Foodsphere President and CEO Jerome D. Ong, Sr. Vice President Dra. Charmaine Ong-Castro and Vice President Jason D. Ong.

“We are grateful to be the very first manufacturing company to receive the Safety Seal from the Department of Labor and Employment. It is a privilege to have Secretary Bello award this to us,” said Jerome Ong. “This is an affirmation and an encouragement to our employees on our joint efforts to keep our workplace safe for all of them.  We have been proactively and continuously adapting to the evolving guidelines and protocols.”

The awarding of the Safety Seal coincides with the company’s 46th anniversary last June. The company is now one of the largest food manufacturing companies in the country today and owns some of the biggest and most well-loved brands in the market such as San Marino, Highlands, Danes Cheese and the CDO brand. The company also bagged the 2020 ASEAN Business Award distinction for Large Family Business Category last year.