Food agricultural Product Quality Development and Control Project

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Food agricultural Product Quality Development and
Control Project

• Serge Charron, agr.
• Project Field Manager
• Faculty of veterinary medicine
• Université de Montreal

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Objective of the presentation

• Do a short presentation of our Institution
• Present how our Institution get involved in
  bi-lateral international project in food safety
• Present the historic of the project

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Objective of the presentation

• Present the technical components of FAPQDCP
  project
• Present the strategy and methodology regarding
  building capacity and knowledge transfer to
  Vietnam

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Our InstitutionUniversity of Montréal
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Our InstitutionUniversity of Montréal

• 1st in QUÉBEC, University of Montréal with his
  affiliated institution, HEC Montréal and
  Polytechnic School, is the first institution for
  higher education and research

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Our InstitutionUniversity of Montréal

• 2nd in Canada, U of M has the second largest
  for the number of student and is in third place
  in importance for research as ranked by Research
  Infosource Canada

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Our InstitutionUniversity of Montréal

• Over 55,000 students, 10,000 employees
• More than 5,000 foreign students enrolled last
  year
• www.umontreal.ca/english/overview/overview.html

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University of MontréalFaculty of veterinary
medicine

• Saint-Hyancinthe

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University of MontréalFaculty of veterinary
medicine

• Founded in 1886
• Accredited by the American Association of
  Veterinary Medical Colleges and the American
  Veterinary Medical Association

• 400 students in first cycle
• More than 100 students in 2nd and 3rd cycles

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University of MontréalFaculty of veterinary
medicine

• Three Departments
• Veterinary biomedicine
• Pathology and microbiology
• Clinical Sciences
• 22 Research units
• www.medvet.umontreal.ca/RetD/UnitesRecherche.html
• University Veterinary Hospital Center

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FVM Research Chair in Food Safety
Research chair in meat safety was founded in 1999
and is financially supported by the agri-food
industry
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FVM Research Chair in Food Safety

• Objectives
• Improved efficiency of detection and control of
  pathogenic bacteria in animals
• Develop and validate new diagnostic tools to
  detect pathogenic bacteria in animals and meat
  products
• Develop HACCP based tools to control all the
  different risk related to food

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FVM Research Chair in Food Safety

• Over the last 10 years the FVM has developed
  recognized expertise in HACCP training for
  several commodities both at production and
  processing
• Continuous work in HACCP has permitted links and
  networking of FVM with both private and public
  sectors in activities related to food safety

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Involvement of the FVM Research Chair in Food
Safety in CANADA

• Canada is among the largest pork meat exporter in
  the world in volume and value
• In the province of Quebec, 50 of the meat from
  the 7,8 millions pork produced in 2008 is exported

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Involvement of the FVM Research Chair in Food
Safety in CANADA

• High quality pork meat product on highly
  lucrative markets (USA, Japan, Korea, Australia
  and others)
• In 2008 the total value of the pork meat exported
  from the province of Quebec was 1,161 billions
  CAD

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Involvement of the FVM Research Chair in Food
Safety in CANADA

• FVM has work closely with the meat industry
  Pork producers association, meat
  packers/processors and exporters to develop tools
  and programs in order to keep the Canadian pork
  industry in the world leading position

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Involvement of the FVM Research Chair in Food
Safety in CANADA

• In partnership with the industry stakeholders,
  several quality control programs have been
  developed and implemented such as
• Development of HACCP base quality assurance
  program for the pork production (Canadian Quality
  Assurance program for pork, CQATM)
  www.cqa-aqc.com/home_e.cfm

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Involvement of the FVM Research Chair in Food
Safety in CANADA

• Identification of contamination sources at farm
  level and at slaughter (Salmonella surveillance
  and control program)
• Other research projects with poultry industry
• Development of diagnostic tools for salmonella
  detection
• Development of new vaccines
• Control strategies to reduce food borne pathogens
  (Salmonella, Campylobacter)

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FOOD AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS QUALITY DEVELOPMENT
CONTROL PROJECT
Funded by
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Historic of the project

• Name of project Food agricultural products
  quality development control project
• Donor Canadian International Development Agency
  CIDA)
• MOU signed date 27th June 2005
• Beginning of activities April 2007
• Approval of Project Document March 2008
• Approval of Project Implementation Plan April
  2008
• Approval of Annual Work Plan and Budget May 2008
• Nomination of the Vietnamese Project Director
  June 2008

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Historic of the project

• Total budget 17 million CND
• Implemented time 5 years
• Leading Ministry Ministry of Agriculture and
  Rural Development (MARD NAFIQAD)
• Associated Ministries Ministry of Health and
  Ministry of Science and Technology
• Canadian coordinating agency (CCA) University of
  Montreal

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Project strategy and approach

• Three Components
• Development and implementation of Quality and
  Safety Programs
• Development and implementation of Quality and
  Safety Control
• Improvement of Marketability of safe agricultural
  products
• Project management

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Component 1 Development and implementation of
Quality and Safety Programs
Safety
Quality
DEVELOPMENT OF GENERIC HACCP model for each
PRODUCTION TYPE and at each PRODUCTION LEVELS
Identification of CCPs
Phytosanitary disease prevention and control
Development of Good Management Practices (GMPs)
minimizing environmental impacts
Development of HACCP based Good Productions
Practices (GPPs)
Seed seedling Fertilization IPM Water management
Pesticide managementGMPs
VietGap and SOPs
Sustainable development no negative
environmental impacts
Validation in Pilot Projects
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Component 1 Development and implementation of
Quality and Safety Programs
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Component 2 Development and implementation of
Quality and Safety Control

• Main activities for Component 2
• Establishment of a surveillance system
• Development of an enabling environment for Food
  Safety and Quality
• Improvement and implementation of conformity
  assessment for audit and inspection
• Development of appropriate framework for control
  and certification of agricultural food product
• Upgrading of laboratories to support chemical and
  microbiological analysis related to food safety

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Component 3 Improvement of Marketability of safe
agricultural products

• Main activities for Component 3
• Communication plan to increase public awareness
  about Food Quality and Safety
• Survey about food safety expectations of
  consumers and the food processing industry
• Validation of branding strategy and new quality
  standards to consumers and food industry
  stakeholders
• Development of marketing plan for safe
  agricultural products
• Marketing plan for Pilot Projects

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Project objectives

• Improve the quality, safety and marketability
  of food products

GPPs (GAPs) HACCP based
Regulations /inspection
Testing/Labs
Revised GAPs GPPs
Audit/Certification
Progressive implementation through SOPs from farm
to table approach
Marketability
Validation of all tools through Pilot Projects
for each commodity
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Methodology

• HACCP based Hazard analysis , critical control
  points (internationally recognized)
• Building expertise in Vietnam in food safety,
  quality and marketability
• Priority to control hazards at their origin
  Farm level
• Work on the whole value chain from farm to the
  table
• Validation through pilot projects

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Building expertise in Vietnam in food safety is
the first priority of FAQDCP

• For each Component and sub-component, technical
  committee regrouping Canadian and Vietnamese
  experts are formed
• Component 1 TC Pork, TC Fruit/Vegetable, TC
  Poultry
• Component 2 TC Legal Frame Work on Food Safety,
  TC on Inspection/Audit/Certification, TC
  Laboratories
• Component 3 TC Marketing, TC Communication

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Building expertise in Vietnam in food safety is
the first priority of FAQDCP

• Vietnamese experts come form relevant Ministries,
  Departments, Laboratories Research Institutes,
  Universities and private sectors
• Canadian experts provided by CCA come from
  University of Montreal but also from Canadian
  Food Inspection Agency, Provincial Agricultural
  Research Center, Public and Private Centers of
  Expertise, Consultants with broad international
  development experiences, University other than
  UofM

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Building expertise in Vietnam in food safety is
the first priority of FAQDCP

• Training
• In technical committees
• Workshops
• Study tours in Canada (Horticulture, Pork,
  Laboratories and Management)
• Technical training in Canada and in Vietnam
  (labs)
• Graduates studies (M Sc.) in Canada (Risk
  analysis, bio-chemistry, Marketing)

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Conclusion

• Food safety control is a complex issue in any
  country
• Specific socio-economic situation in Vietnam
  makes it even more complex
• Development and implementation of food quality
  and safety programs/control takes time and should
  be progressive
• Improvement will be progressive and over a long
  period of time following the general improvement
  of the socio-economic situation

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Thank you!