Workshop on European market access requirements for food sector

THE Ceylon Chamber of Commerce in association with the Centre for Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries (CBI), Netherlands is organising a workshop on European Market Access Requirements for the Food Sector from October 3 to 5, 2005, at the Trans Asia Hotel, Colombo.

The resource persons for the seminar are Alfons van Duijvenbode and Ir. J. A. M. (Hans) Klerken from CBI, Netherlands.

The objectives of this workshop are to review the present status of quality control in the food processing industry, assess the perception and awareness levels of modern quality concepts with special reference to HACCP, and to identify issues and constraints in the wider adoption of HACCP and to suggest strategies to address such issues.

CBI's mission is to contribute to the economic development of developing countries by strengthening the competitiveness of companies from those countries on the EU market. Training programmes are one of CBI's main tools in the field of capacity building.

They are aimed at two client groups: Business Support Organisations (BSOs) and Exporters. Through its knowledge of the markets and its long years of experience, CBI is able to provide guidance and market entry services to companies in gaining access to, maintaining and expanding market share on the EU markets.