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Agro-Processing
- Authored By PAQI (Pan African Quality Infrastructure)
- 7 Chapters
- 73 Student Enrolled
Course Overview
Primary Interest:
- SME’s in the Agriculture and Food Sector dealing with Agro-processing and having an interest in exporting their product to a wider African Market and even globally
Secondary:
- Regulators
- Trade agencies
- Support partners
Needs-based on Primary audience
- Desire to understand Agro-processing controls, Packaging and Labelling Requirements
- Benchmarking to align their systems to regional and internationally acceptable norms
- Competition
- Protection of Consumers and the Public
- Efficiency and cost management
- Reduction of food losses in the value chain through use of appropriate packaging.
CONTEXT
Why offer the training:
- To facilitate intra-Africa trade
- Opportunity to educate and influence change
- Understand the challenges that impact the acceptability of product, trade and competitiveness / and solutions thereof
- Enhance quality and safety products
MODULE DESCRIPTION
Agro-processing with a focus on Packaging and Labelling
- Quality System Requirements
- Components of a Quality Standard
- Packaging and Labelling
- Packaging and Labelling Standards
- Global Trends and Challenges
Course Curriculum
Primary Interest:
• SME’s in the Agriculture and Food Sector dealing with Agro-processing and having an interest in exporting their product to a wider African Market and even globally
Packaging plays an important role in containing, protecting and preserving food from farm to fork and hence an essential component to Agro-processing. Researchers have shown that the use of appropriate packaging contributes to reducing food losses and waste, and maintenance of product quality and safety. Packaging fulfils a broad spectrum of requirements all being related to the preservation of food quality and the proper presentation and handling of the food item
The Quality components of Agro-produce as provided by Pons and Sirvardiere are related to:Produce Characteristics
Hygiene quality and safety, Nutritional quality for food, Organoleptic quality for food, Service Characteristics, Convenience (easy to use), Conservation, Psychosocial or subjective characteristics, Satisfaction, pleasure
The growing concern for quality products has resulted in quality assurance and safety programs, addressed to assure and certify the attributes of a product, through normative documentation covering its production and processing.
Food packaging lies at the very heart of the modern food industry and very few foods are sold unpackaged. Good packaging prevents waste and ensures that the food retains its desired quality throughout its shelf life. While food packaging is an integral component of food industry and helps to store food and beverages in hygienic manner, it can at times be a cause of concern for food safety.
Globally, food and beverage companies face a dynamic future with constant challenges to reduce costs, procure effective services, manage volatility, and find novel ways to keep consumers engaged and loyal. Despite gaining grounds in the field of primary packaging, flexible packaging companies have to endure various challenges in their operations
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