{"id":13533,"date":"2025-11-14T09:39:46","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T09:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insular.pt\/quem-somos\/politica-e-qualidade\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T15:05:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T15:05:22","slug":"politica-e-qualidade","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.insular.pt\/en\/about-us\/politica-e-qualidade\/","title":{"rendered":"Policy and Quality"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"13533\" class=\"elementor elementor-13533 elementor-12384\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e0fd5c7 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"e0fd5c7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4095bd9\" data-id=\"4095bd9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-165d8f6 e-flex e-con-boxed qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"165d8f6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba7899d elementor-widget elementor-widget-swissdelight_core_section_title\" data-id=\"ba7899d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"swissdelight_core_section_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-shortcode qodef-m qodef-section-title qodef-alignment--center qodef-appear-animation--enabled\">\n\t\t<span class=\"qodef-m-tagline\" >About us<\/span>\n\t<h1 class=\"qodef-m-title\" >\n\t\t\tThe Science <span class=\"qodef-subtitle-wrapper\">Behind<span class=\"qodef-m-subtitle\" >Quality<\/span><\/span>\t<\/h1>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24c04f1 e-flex e-con-boxed qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"24c04f1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f20a78d e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f20a78d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d9a591 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d9a591\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>At Insular, quality is a permanent concern, and all production processes are monitored daily by a sophisticated laboratory. 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