Today more than ever, food products regularly cross national boundaries at every stage of the supply chain. ISO International Standards create confidence in the products we eat or drink by ensuring the world uses the same recipe when it comes to food quality, safety and efficiency. ISO’s standards provide a platform for developing practical tools through common understanding and cooperation with all stakeholders on board – from agricultural producers, to food manufacturers, laboratories, regulators, consumers, etc. Out of more than 19 500 ISO International Standards, some 1 000 are specifically dedicated to food, and deal with subjects as diverse as agricultural machinery, logistics, transportation, manufacturing, labelling, packaging and storage.
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Paul Bulcke has been Chief Executive Officer of Nestlé S.A., since April 2008. According to Mr. Bulcke, “ISO has a specific role to play as a truly global, multi-stakeholder, export-driven, consensus-based standardization organization: it enables us to work efficiently.”
Seah Kian Peng is the Chief Executive Officer (Singapore) of NTUC Fairprice Co-operative. He is also a Member of Parliament for Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency, and the Chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC) for the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports. Mr. Seah has been with NTUC FairPrice since January 2001. During this period, he has worked with the team to transform Fair-Price into a multi-format retailer, and increased its market share and social impact whilst strengthening NTUC FairPrice’s brand equity. The current turnover of FairPrice is in excess of SGD (Sinaporean Dollar) 2.2 billion, with a staff strength of over 8 000 employees.
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Food industry companies across Rwanda are participating in a series of training seminars to encourage implementation of, and certification to, ISO 22000:2005, Food safety management systems – Requirements for any organization in the food chain. Launched in March 2010, the training programme, conducted by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in collaboration with the Rwanda Bureau of Standards (RBS), aims at helping local enterprises upgrade to ISO 22000, in a move to help promote exports of Rwandan food products.
