Chile: SAG Biobío met with representatives of blueberry exporting plants

Published Aug 9, 2024

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The Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG) of Biobío has introduced an alternative certification process for forestry and agricultural export products, particularly blueberries, through Online Inspection. This procedure allows for quality and safety maintenance during the packaging process without the need for post-pallet sampling and inspection, enabling more efficient cold storage and palletization of processed fruit. The SAG is offering this service to establishments packaging certain fruits like blueberries, citrus, and pome fruits, among others, as long as they meet the required standards. The initiative aims to streamline the export process while maintaining the phytosanitary certification system, benefiting regions like Biobío that export to numerous markets.
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In order to publicize the alternative procedure for the certification process of forestry and agricultural export products corresponding to Online Inspection, the Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG) of Biobío organized an informative meeting with the Plant Managers and Technical Counterparts of the companies that export blueberries from the region. In this sense, the regional director (s) of the SAG, César Escobar, explained that "the online inspection seeks to facilitate the operation of the establishments, thus encouraging the process of forestry and agricultural exports from Chile." "The Service has this procedure to carry out the sampling and inspection of plant products during the packaging process, maintaining the quality and safety of the phytosanitary certification system for importing countries, through a SAG inspection team while the fruit is being processed, during the packaging process." He added that one of the benefits of this modality is that the processed ...
Source: MXfruit
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