AADCP Program Stream: Quality Assurance for ASEAN Fruit and Vegetables ASEAN/AusAid funded

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AADCP Program StreamQuality Assurance for
ASEAN Fruit and Vegetables ASEAN/AusAid funded

• Summary presented at FAO-Thailand Workshop on GAP
  for fresh fruit and vegetables (14 September-15
  September 2005)
• Dr Robert Premier- Project Director

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Introduction

• Key ASEAN stakeholders were active in developing
  the original proposal, the ASEAN Secretariat
  noted that considerable time had elapsed since it
  was originally formulated (2001) and requested
  that a project design team visit the member
  countries and to meet with stakeholders to review
  and update the design as appropriate (2003).

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Tools used in Project Redesign

• In country visits
• Listening to key stake holders, mainly (but not
  only) ministries of Agriculture officers
• Look for latest initiatives that could impact on
  redesign
• Looking at infrastructure that could support
  program initiatives
• Level of training needed
• Questionnaire

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Message from stakeholders

• The need for a harmonised ASEAN standard in Good
  Agricultural Practices that cover all aspects of
  growing, harvesting, storage, packing and
  transport of horticultural products
• Special training for Cambodia, Laos PDR, Myanmar
  and Vietnam so that they can consider ASEAN GAP
  standard
• A better understanding of the process for export
  of horticultural produce, including postharvest
  and SPS requirements
• A better way to access/exchange information

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In summaryThe project consists of two major
outcomes

• Availability of an ASEAN GAP standard with
  training material available supported by pre
  training in the CMLV countries (outputs 2.1, 2.2,
  2.4, 2.5 and 2.6).
• The provision of a mechanism to share and
  exchange information that enhance the ability of
  the ASEAN countries to increase the quality of
  their horticultural exports through better
  postharvest practices, product standards and
  increase exports through a better understanding
  of GAP and SPS requirements for export (outputs
  1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and 2.3).

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ASEAN GAP

• 1- Code of recommended ASEAN specific practices
  for the farm production of fruit and vegetables
• 2- Implementation guidelines containing extra
  information to help people interpret and
  implement
• 3- Training material and uniform training
  resources

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ASEAN GAP

• A set of reference documents for ASEAN countries
  to use to develop their own QA systems or if they
  have QA systems in place a common reference
  document for their systems.
• A document for ASEAN to use as a voluntary
  standard but it can be expanded at a later date
  with guidelines for auditing and the creation of
  a uniform scheme across ASEAN in line with the
  2020 vision.

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ASEAN GAP Purpose

• Facilitate trade regionally and internationally
• Enhance harmonisation within ASEAN through having
  a common language for GAP
• Enhance the safety of fruit and vegetables for
  consumers
• Enhance the sustainability of natural resources

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ASEAN GAP Scope

• Commodities
• fresh fruit and vegetables includes herbs but
  not high risk products such as sprouts and
  minimally processed
• Objectives
• food safety, environmental management, produce
  quality, worker health and safety, sustainable
  food supply
• Production system
• conventional cultivation and protected cropping
  not organic or use of GMO

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ASEAN GAP food safety module

• Introduction
• Scope
• Food safety hazards and sources of contamination
• Chemicals used to control pests
• Non-pesticide chemicals
• Soil and growing medium
• Fertilisers and soil additives
• Water used during growing, harvest, postharvest
• Farm workers
• Animals and vermin
• Equipment, containers, material

• Packing and storage facilities and transport
  vehicles
• Controlling food safety hazards
• References
• Checklist of good agricultural practices
• Microbial risk categories

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ASEAN GAP environmental module

• Introduction
• Scope
• Environmental hazards and impacts
• Land and soil
• Water
• Nutrients
• Biodiversity
• Air
• Noise
• Waste
• Energy

• Controlling environmental hazards
• References
• Checklist of good agricultural practices

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ASEAN GAP worker health and safety module

• Introduction
• Scope
• Hazards to worker health, safety and welfare
• Chemicals (storage, application, disposal)
• Machinery and equipment
• Buildings and facilities
• Manual handling
• Farm and personal hygiene
• Environmental conditions (heat, UV, dust)
• Social exploitation

• Controlling hazards to worker health, safety, and
  welfare
• References
• Checklist of good agricultural practices

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ASEAN GAP Vision
The ASEAN GAP standard will be recognised
globally by retail customers and government
organisations
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ASEAN GAP makes sense

• Underpins existing GAP
• Provides the stimulus for ASEAN countries without
  GAP in place to start GAP implementation
• Will provide a pool of auditors across ASEAN that
  can audit against one standard
• International recognition of individual countries
  GAP through ASEAN GAP
• Facilitates intra ASEAN trading

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What has been completed?

• Outputs 1.1 to 1.3 completed
• Website www . APHnet . org
• User name fruit
• Password vegetable
• Compendium of ASEAN Quality standards
• Compendium of SPS requirements
• Information on ASEAN GAP development
• Discussion forum, notice board and information
• Also available on CD

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Training of CLMV countries completed (output 2.1
and 2.2)

• Workshops on food safety and quality (5 days in
  each country) held for train the trainer in
  Vietnam, Laos PDR, Cambodia and Myanmar.
• 3 QA kits and computers supplied to each country
• Presentation notes and CD containing presentation
  material supplied in 4 languages

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Workshop material

• Course introduction
• Global and regional forces driving demand for
  quality and food safety
• Supply chain requirements
• What is produce quality?
• Assessing produce quality
• How can quality be lost after harvest
• Food safety hazards
• Sources of contamination from food safety hazards

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• Field visit
• Good Agricultural practices to manage produce
  quality
• Good agricultural practices to manage food safety
• The development of ASEAN GAP
• Main points learnt during the course
• Training of farmers
• Course evaluation

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Output 2.4 and 2.5 (Development of ASEAN GAP)

• Two workshops held, one in Malaysia in 2004 and
  one in Thailand 2005
• Third workshop to finalize ASEAN GAP will be held
  in Singapore in November 2005
• Train the trainer workshops for ASEAN GAP will be
  held early next year

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