• NExT Kenya: Training on ‘Key changes on BRCGS Food Safety’

    • 28/10/2022
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Kenya, News
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    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… +
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  • The Fit For Market programme technical support towards HACCP system certification of Spices Rwanda Ltd

    • 30/08/2022
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: Ghana, Rwanda
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    Company background Spices Rwanda Ltd is a whole dried chilli business in Rwamagana District, Eastern Province, Rwanda. The company was registered by the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) in August 2017 under Tax Identification No. 107358351. Spices Rwanda Ltd works with different suppliers who produce raw chillies which they then sell to the company. The suppliers follow set instructions provided by Spices Rwanda Ltd to produce safe products that meet the specifications set by the company. The chillies are grown, harvested,… +
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  • Sierra Leone: Assessment and training for horticultural processing companies

    • 30/07/2022
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: Sierra Leone
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    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… +
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  • International Food Safety Day 2021 : promotion of companies from the Innovations sessions

    • 07/06/2021
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Africa, Benin, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Mali, News, Rwanda, Uganda
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    CELEBRATE WITH PAFO AND COLEACP AFRICAN MSMEs CONTRIBUTING TO SAFE AND HEALTHY FOOD FOR ALL NOW AND TOMORROW! Micro, Small and Medium Size Enterprises (MSMEs) are responsible for producing a large share of the food consumed in Africa. They provide employment, offer opportunities for job creation and very importantly, contribute to food and nutrition security of local consumers and communities. Therefore, ensuring safe and quality food is essential. Despite many technical and financial challenges, many MSMEs have succeeded, through perseverance… +
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  • Developing Good Practice Guides

    • 17/12/2020
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Benin, Guinea, Kenya, Togo, Uganda, Uncategorized
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    During 2021 COLEACP will be providing a team of expert consultants to support national/regional initiatives to develop Good Practice Guides for horticultural value chains. A Good Practice Guide is intended to help all the different actors working in a particular horticultural sector to produce their crops and products under the best sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) conditions. The Guides will harmonise specifications with international SPS standards and the adoption of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), Good Plant Protection Practices (GPP) and Good… +
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  • USTAKO achieves HACCP certificate

    • 12/11/2020
    • Posted by: Emmanuel Bourcelet
    • Category: Mali, Mangoes, News
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    Last April, the Unité de Transformation de Fruits et Légumes Tako Sylla (USTAKO), a Malian company exporting dried mangoes, received support from COLEACP’s Fit For Market programme for a review of its food safety management system and capacity building of its technical staff on HACCP principles. This support enabled the company to prepare for the renewal of its HACCP certification, which it obtained in September following the certification audit. Congratulations to USTAKO for obtaining its new certificate.… +
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  • Training for Africado on HACCP methodology

    • 29/09/2020
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: Avocados, News, Tanzania
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    As part of COLEACP’s Fit For Market programme, a Kenyan expert provided remote training to Africado, one of the biggest avocado producers in the north of Tanzania. The 5-day training on HACCP methodology, within the Food Safety and Hygiene theme, involved live-streamed sessions as well as regular homework for participants.… +
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