Harmonisation Workshop Presentations & Pictures

Tuesday, 20 April

The role of UNECE in developing standards for international trade
Mr. Serguei Malanitchev, Chief, Agricultural Quality Standards Unit, UNECE
Focus on: how UNECE develops agricultural quality standards, links to other standards organizations, why should Africa adopt UNECE standards

Implementation of international standards in South Africa
Mr. Alex Serumula, Food Safety and Quality Assurance Directorate, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, South Africa
Focus on: how South Africa monitors, interprets and implements requirements of international standards to ensure compliance

Practical application of standards by PPECB
Mr. Dean Martin, Executive, Value Added Services, PPECB
Focus on: PPECB integrated model on implementation of quality, cold chain, foodsafety and phytosanitary requirements

South Africa GAP: Food safety requirements
Mr. Nigel Alexander, PPECB, South Africa
Focus on: SAGAP and how it relates to GlobalGAP as a global food safety sytem

Session 2. TECHNICAL SESSIONS

Room 1/Group 1 - Citrus fruit (oranges, lemons, grapefruit, easy peelers)
Facilitators: Cyril Julius, Jurgens Bence and Dawie van Niekerk

Room 2/Group 2 - Apples
Faciltators: Mat Kersten and Evelyn Ferreira

Room 3/Group 3 - Table grapes
Faciltators: Ian Hewett and Francois Smit

Room 4/Group 4 - Vegetables (sweet peppers, onions)
Facilitators: Ulrike Bickelmann and Leon Barnard

Room 1/Group 4 - Citrus fruit (oranges, lemons, grapefruit, easy peelers)
Room 2/Group 1 - Apples
Room 3/Group 2 - Table grapes
Room 4/Group 3 - Vegetables (sweet peppers, onions)

Modern fresh produce marketing in Africa
Mr. Patrick Maphahlele, Joburg Market, South Africa
Focus on: Development initiatives on fresh produce marketing and quality within the African continent

Post Harvest and Research & Development
Mr. Mduduzi Ngobo, PPECB, South Africa
Focus on: The importance of Research and Development and Post Harvest management of fresh fruits and vegetables

Farmers’ production challenges for export
Mr. Mphangeli Mpukane, emerging farmer, South Africa
Focus on: Overcoming the challenges to supply and meet requirements of export markets

Wednesday 21 April 2010

Table grapes production, packing and exporting chain
Mr. Gerhard de Kock, Grape Alliance Marketing (Pty) Ltd, table grape producer/packer/ exporter
Focus on: how produce are grown and packed to meet international standards and requirements on quality and food safety

Growing and packing citrus fruit to meet requirements of export markets
Mr. Jaco Smit, Capespan, South Africa
Focus on: how citrus are grown, packed and treated to ensure compliance with quality, sanitary and phytosanitary requirements (IPPC)

Presentation of standards for the practical sessions
   Standards for citrus fruit and apples: Room 1 for Groups 3 and 4 - Part 1
   Standards for citrus fruit and apples: Room 1 for Groups 3 and 4 - Part 2
   Standards for citrus fruit and apples: Room 1 for Groups 3 and 4 - Citrus
   Standards for table grapes and vegetables: Room 4 for Groups 1 and 2 - SweetPeppers
   Standards for table grapes and vegetables: Room 4 for Groups 1 and 2 - Onions
   Standards for table grapes and vegetables: Room 4 for Groups 1 and 2 - Table Grapes

Session 5. TECHNICAL SESSIONS

11:15

Delegates move to breakaway rooms 1 to 4 as per schedule
   Room 1/Group 3 - Citrus fruit (oranges, lemons, grapefruit, easy peelers)
   Room 2/Group 4 - Apples
   Room 3/Group 1 - Table grapes
   Room 4/Group 2 - Vegetables (sweet peppers, onions)

12:15

Delegates move to breakaway rooms 1 to 4 as per schedule
   Room 1/Group 4 - Citrus fruit (oranges, lemons, grapefruit, easy peelers)
   Room 2/Group 3 - Apples
   Room 3/Group 2 - Table grapes
   Room 4/Group 1 - Vegetables (sweet peppers, onions)

New EU regulation on marketing standards
Dr. Ulrike Bickelmann, Head of Section, Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung, Germany
Focus on: EU legislation, how quality standards are enforced in EU countries, impact of the new EU regulation on developing countries trade

Quality problems detected by the inspection service of the Netherlands at the point of entry
Mr. Mat Kersten, KCB, Netherlands
Focus on: how KCB controls quality of imported produce and most common quality defects found at the point of import (particularly for the products discussed at the workshop)

National quality inspection service in the United Kingdom
Mr. Ian Hewett, Inspections Delivery Manager, Rural Payments Agency, United Kingdom
Focus on: how DEFRA controls quality of imported produce by means of a risk-based system

Wrap-up of key findings during technical sessions, conclusions of the workshop
Dr. Ulrike Bickelmann, UNECE and Mr. Shawn Coetzee, PPECB