1 / 12

Harmonized food legislation-a support tool for the food industry

Harmonized food legislation-a support tool for the food industry. K. Schebesta Beirut, 15 June 2006. The Composition of the Industry. Classification Economic profile Small companies- their role. Food Safety in Small Enterprises. To secure public health Opportunity for growth

francesca-key
Download Presentation

Harmonized food legislation-a support tool for the food industry

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Harmonized food legislation-a support tool for the food industry K. Schebesta Beirut, 15 June 2006

  2. The Composition of the Industry • Classification • Economic profile • Small companies- their role

  3. Food Safety in Small Enterprises • To secure public health • Opportunity for growth • To secure national supply

  4. Tracing the costs • Costs for consumers • Costs for government • Costs for industry

  5. Burdens • Change • Expertise • Time and money • Validation • Verification

  6. Benefits • Customer confidence • Reduced costs • Focus • Team building • Organisational development • Legal protection • Trading opportunities

  7. Prerequisites • Awareness • Reliable framework • Commitment • Support • Infrastructure

  8. Harmonisation why • Similar culture / one language • To meet requirements of international agreements and contracts • To lower the burden for exporters • Simplification of production • Simplification of labeling • Improved market access

  9. Results Benefits Burden

  10. UNIDO is ready to assist

  11. Thank You Karl Schebesta Industrial Development Officer Agro-Industrial and sectoral support Branch/ Food Processing Unit UNIDO Vienna International Centre P. O. Box 300 1400 Vienna Austria Tel. +43 1 26026 3490 Fax: +43 1 21346 3490 E mail K.Schebesta@unido.org

More Related