Viracopos International Airport in Campinas (SP) obtained the Good Distribution and Storage Practices Certificate (CBPDA) for cargo on Tuesday (24/09) with the aim of attracting more importers and exporters of medicines and pharmaceutical industry inputs. The document was issued by Anvisa (National Health Surveillance Agency) after an audit was carried out at the Cargo Terminal. The result was published in the Monday (23/09) edition of the Official Gazette of the Union (nº 184, section 1, page 266).
According to the Anvisa audit, Viracopos had 100% approval of the items assessed, as there were no non-conformities recorded in the process. Just like ISO 9001 and CEIV PHARMA Certification, CBPDA offers greater security to customers, ensuring effective processes and excellence in the provision of services.
“The Viracopos Cargo Terminal successfully ed the inspection carried out by Anvisa auditors for the Certification of Good Storage Practices for medicines and health products. This certification confirms the excellence in the services provided to customers, and will contribute to the airport’s commercial strategy of increasing its share in this market”, said Viracopos’ Commercial Director, Maria Fan.
Among the benefits for Viracopos are: greater visibility in foreign trade; increased flow of import and export cargo; compliance with Anvisa quality standards and competitive advantage.
With this, the concessionaire Aeroportos Brasil Viracopos, of the airport, obtained two certifications for the processes of Medicines and Health Products: 1) Certificate of Good Storage Practices for Medicines and Pharmaceutical Supplies and, 2) Certificate of Good Storage Practices for Health Products.
More than 50 procedures were verified during the Anvisa audit at the Cargo Terminal. Among the points verified in the Inspection Report are, for example: the availability of a generator or adequate contingency plan for situations of power outages; provision of segregated areas for different types of cargo; existence of cold rooms with different temperatures for storing health products; adequate training of employees in the area; performance of preventive maintenance on equipment; among other items.
CBPDA Certificate
The certificate may be requested by Customs Precincts (or Customs Precincts), which are areas demarcated by the competent customs authority, in the primary zone of organized airports and ports or in the secondary zone linked to them, so that movement, storage and customs clearance of goods coming from abroad, or destined for abroad, can take place there, under customs control by the Federal Revenue Service.
Every import or export must through a location controlled by the Federal Revenue Service to be cleared, called a Customs Area or Customs Area.
The storage of products subject to health surveillance must meet specific requirements to ensure their quality is maintained. Therefore, Customs Facilities that store this category of products are subject to inspection by Anvisa.
The CBPDA is not mandatory, however, the certificate can be requested by the company as a complement and provide greater security for the storage of medicines, pharmaceutical inputs and health products.
The validity of the CBPDA is 1 year from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette of the Union.
TECA Viracopos
In addition to the CBPDA, Viracopos is already recognized in the market for having other certificates to receive cargo from the pharmaceutical industry. At the end of 2022, Viracopos achieved international recertification CEIV-PHARMA, until 2025, which accredited the terminal to become one of the main airports in Latin America to import and export products from the pharmaceutical industry.
The CEIV-PHARMA (Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics) global certification, issued by IATA (International Air Transport Association), aims to help organizations and the entire air cargo supply chain achieve excellence in logistics. pharmaceutical products. With this certificate, Viracopos became recognized as a global operator of pharmaceutical product cargo.
Furthermore, the concessionaire Aeroportos Brasil Viracopos SA, of the airport, received in September 2022, maximum grade from the certifying body DNV GL in the ISO 9001:2015 Recertification for the scope of Infrastructure Management and Airport Services for Cargo Logistics (TECA) and enger Boarding and Unboarding. The recommendation is valid until 2025.
About TECA
The Viracopos Cargo Terminal (TECA) is one of the most important and busiest in Brazil and is the leader in imported cargo by air in the country. In addition to having a large and modern structure for moving, storing and releasing cargo, it is responsible for moving around 1/3 of all air cargo that arrives in Brazil.
In recognition of the improvements and investments made over the last few years, Viracopos was elected the Best Cargo Airport in the World in 2018 (in its category up to 400 thousand tons/year) and the Best in Latin America in 2016, both times at the Air Cargo Excellence Awards. The awards are held by Air Cargo World, one of the leading publications in the sector.
In 2024, Viracopos was elected Cargo Airport of the Year at the prestigious Air Cargo Week World Air Cargo Awards, held in Shanghai, China. This recognition reaffirms the airport's prominent position in the global logistics scenario, being the only Brazilian airport to be a finalist in the competition. The award is one of the most important in the air logistics sector, highlighting the work of airports, airlines, cargo agents and service providers.
