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Tanzanian Horticultural companies trained in Food Safety Management
- 05/09/2023
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Corp EN
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The Fit for Market Plus programme recently organised a four-day collective training session on “Principles of Food Safety Quality Management System and Traceability” in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania, specifically in Njombe, from the 22 to 25 August 2023. This training aimed to enhance the skill and capacities of the technical and compliance staff of horticultural companies, including farm managers, agronomists, production managers, harvesting managers, processing and packaging managers and quality and traceability managers in Food Safety Quality Management System… + -
COLEAD: a network and a toolbox
- 11/04/2023
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: ACP EN, News
The development of a sustainable global food system is crucial to meet the challenges of reducing poverty and inequality, ensuring food security for all and protecting our planet. COLEAD aims to contribute to the agricultural sector’s transition towards more sustainable agri-food systems adapted to local contexts. COLEAD is a network of companies, professional organisations, experts, private and public partners working in the agricultural and food sector, the world of development and the transmission of knowledge and expertise. In practice, through… + -
NExT Kenya reviews food safety culture
- 20/12/2022
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Kenya, News
In October, the NExT Kenya programme worked with AAA Growers, a Kenyan exporter of fresh fruits and vegetables, to facilitate an expert review of the food safety culture and assess upcoming food safety requirements. AAA Growers hopes to implement a pro-active approach to better understand food fraud, food defence and food safety culture. This will be done through specialist training on each topic and reviewing and updating the current plans and risks/vulnerabilities associated with primary production and post-harvest handling of… + -
Kenya: Support for the 2022 Fruit, Vegetables & Herbs Conference
- 20/12/2022
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Kenya, News
The 2022 Fruits, Vegetables & Herbs Conference and Exhibition took place in November 2022 at the Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi. The theme for this year’s conference was “Enhancing Productivity, Quality, Food Safety, and Market Access for Fruits, Vegetables & Herbs”. The main objective of the conference was to bring together stakeholders (both public and private) in the fruit, vegetables and herbs subsector to discuss challenges and opportunities, with an emphasis on promoting the competitiveness of Kenya’s fresh fruits, vegetables and… + -
The Fit For Market SPS programme support to strengthen the national SPS systems of Suriname
- 08/12/2022
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Caribbean
On 24 May 2022, the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries (Ministerie van Landbouw, Veeteelt en Visserij – LVV) of the Republic of Suriname, in collaboration with COLEACP and CAHFSA, organised a 1-day workshop in the capital Paramaribo entitled “Eggplant R-SAT Validation”. The workshop was attended by key representatives from the public and private horticulture sector. During the workshop, experts presented the results of the application of the R-SAT tool to the SPS control system and identified priority activities.… + -
COLEACP response to ‘Pesticides – sustainable use’ (updated EU rules)
- 28/10/2022
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: ACP EN, News
In September 2022, COLEACP responded to the public consultation on the Regulation of the European Parliament and of The Council on the sustainable use of plant protection products and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2115. In line with COLEACP programmes’ overall goal – to reduce poverty, improve food security and food safety, and ensure sustainable and inclusive growth by strengthening the agri-food export sector – the response focused on the adoption of the Regulation in the context of its potential impact on… + -
NExT Kenya: Training on ‘Key changes on BRCGS Food Safety’
- 28/10/2022
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Kenya, News
British Retail Consortium Global Standards (BRCGS) Food Safety Issue 9 was launched on 1 August 2022. To help COLEACP partner-beneficiary companies comply with the new issue, the NExT Kenya programme held a 1-day training on ‘Key changes on BRCGS Food Safety Issue 9’ at the Boma Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, in October 2022. The training aimed to update middle managers’ technical skills on the new issue of the BRCGS Food Safety standard in order to allow them to make the… + -
Suriname : market access support to SURIVIT for their processed products
- 28/10/2022
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Cassava, News, Suriname
Surivit, a Surinamese company specialising in fruit and cassava processing, produces cassava flour, baby porridge, cassava pancake mixes and cassava flakes both for local use in Suriname and for export markets. SURIVIT works with a total of 38 local outgrowers located all over the country, including the women’s cooperative Wi! Uma fu Sranan (WUFS – “We the women of Suriname”), an organisation that aims to improve the living standards of female producers. Since 2021, Surivit has worked to develop a… + -
Sierra Leone: Assessment and training for horticultural processing companies
- 30/07/2022
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Sierra Leone
The Fit For Market SPS programme, organised training on hygiene and food safety principles including Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) methodology for horticultural companies producing both fresh and processed goods in Sierra Leone. The objective was to support six processing companies to master the HACCP approach in their production units, and in parallel, build the capacity of local consultants to conduct assessments on food safety management systems. The training was carried out in three phases: an initial quick… + -
EU and GB MRL changes in 2022
- 22/07/2022
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: ACP EN
Changes to EU and GB pesticide maximum residue levels Following the departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union (EU), COLEACP’s monitoring of pesticide regulations now covers MRL changes in both the EU and Great Britan (GB), enabling us to keep COLEACP members and partner-beneficiaries up-to-date. Note that EU MRLs still apply in Northern Ireland (GB covers only England, Scotland and Wales). During the period April-June 2022, notifications of MRL changes were issued for the following: – flutianil (EU)… +
