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New regulations
in international food trade currently include more and more requirements
in relation to food quality and safety (food security).
The World Trade Organization (WTO), which governs international
trade, has taken into account this aspect (concept) of food security
in the trade of agricultural and food products through agreements
related to health and phyto-sanitary measures (SPS).
The European Union has also considerably stiffened its exigencies
with regard to food security this last decade and issued numerous
regulations and directives imposing stringent sanitary quality
requirements on a number of agricultural and food products.
These new constraints on sanitary quality and security require
for developing countries, of which a number are important exporters
of agricultural and food products, to undertake actions aimed
to ensure high quality products throughout all the channels of
production and processing (good agricultural practice, HACCP
procedure, in-house control, quality assurance, certification,
traceability).
Failure to rapidly put in place these measures, a number of
developing countries run the risk of losing their main export
markets, particularly in European Union.
 Our services
Experagro has a recognized
know-how and track record for mastering and managing agricultural
and food products’ quality in developing countries. Therefore,
we are able to use our expertise and assist governments (Ministries)
as well as economic operators (producers, processors, exporters…)
in those countries.
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Assistance
in putting in place a legislative, regulation and
normative framework in the field of sanitary and
commercial quality of agricultural and food products.
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Assistance in putting in place
control and inspection services for imports and exports.
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Assistance
in creating and strengthening control
structures (laboratories).
• Strengthening
of laboratories in equipments
• Training
of technical staff
• Putting
in place quality procedures (ISO 17025
accreditation).
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Assistance
in putting in place good agricultural practices on
major agricultural production businesses.
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Support for
the development of businesses in agricultural production
and processing.
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Support for
the development of ‘’ bio ‘’ products’ businesses
(biological agriculture).
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Assistance in putting in
place HACCP procedures at the levels of industrial
agricultural production
units, and agricultural and food processing units
as well.
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Support in putting in place
regulation requirements in relation to product
traceability.
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Assistance in putting in
place or strengthening control plans at the level
of industrial units for
production and processing of agricultural and food
products.
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Assistance for creating
or strengthening control laboratories within industrial
units (production
control).
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Assistance in putting in
place quality procedures (product certification,
quality label).
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To accomplish these missions, Experagro provides a complete range
of services:
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Expert and
audit missions,
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Project design
and monitoring,
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Engineering
(laboratory design and strengthening),
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Training
(seminars, conferences and professional training),
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Regulation,
standardisation…watch
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Experagro can also help you search for necessary
funding (bilateral or multilateral) with major donors (World
Bank, African Development Bank, European Union…).
Our competence
Our competence relies on a multidisciplinary team of experts
covering the whole field of product quality from farm production
to distribution (agronomists, veterinarians, biochemists, chemists,
analysts, quality experts…).
This competence can also be found in our good knowledge of problems
specific to major channels of agricultural and food production
and processing in developing countries (Africa & Asia):
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Agricultural productions
(cereals, oilseeds, coffee, cocoa, fruits and vegetables…)
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Fishing products
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Animal products (meats,
milk…)
Our assets
- A multidisciplinary
team of independent experts covering the whole field of agricultural
and food products’ quality management.
- A holistic expertise
integrating all the parameters involved in product quality
management (conformity to the international
trade requirements).
- A good track record
in strengthening quality control capabilities in developing
countries through implementation of a number of
projects in Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Morocco,
Senegal, Togo…) and in Asia (Thailand, Vietnam…).
- A laboratories’ network, which includes a number of those in developing countries.
- A high level of
availability enabling us to intervene as soon as possible at
any point in the world.
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