TY  - JOUR
T1  - SPS Compliance in Fresh Produce Supply Chains: An Integrated Approach for
Food Quality and Safety Assurance
AU - Mazhar, Muhammad Sohail AU - Ali, Saqib AU - Bajwa, Babar Ehsan 
JO  - Journal of Food Technology
VL  - 15
IS  - 3
SP  - 7
EP  - 16
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1684-8462
DO  - jftech.2017.7.16
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jftech.2017.7.16
KW  - value chain
KW  -safety
KW  -quality
KW  -produce
KW  -fresh
KW  -Compliance
KW  -SPS
AB  - In recent years, the concept of food quality and safety has been intensively traded and the
consumer’s level of conscious towards ‘safe’ consumption of fresh produce has risen. Accordingly, the
sources of supply of fresh produce and the chains through where the high value horticultural commodities are
handled and processed have attempted to improve their production, handling and processing systems to match
with the demands of their deserving markets and consumers. In this context, capacity building of the fresh
produce supply chain stakeholders in the developing countries which are the source of fresh produce for rest
of world becomes an area of prime importance. Phytosanitary risk management program is being implemented
in Pakistan, since, 2014. The program, among other research and development chapters, include capacity
building of the national plant protection organizations alongside improving the capacity of research, academia,
development sectors and the fresh produce industry in the area of Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary (SPS)
compliance in fresh produce supply chains. A group of master trainers was developed by organizing a walk the
chain learning experience in a well-structured horticultural industry in South Africa. The master trainers
developed a training manual and generated learning guides and conducted follow on stakeholder’s trainings
in whole-of-the-chain context for hundreds of the industry participants. The training program has been
acknowledged by the beneficiaries as a complete package for orientation of the fresh produce supply chains,
from the point of production to the point of retail, to cater the food compliant of the current food quality and
safety requirements. An assessment is being conducted to evaluate the environmental, social and economical
impact of the training program for development of future investment priorities in the area.
ER  -