Kenya: Stiffer quality checks for fresh produce exporters
Dried Common Pea
Published May 5, 2023
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Farmers, transporters and exporters who fail to comply with new fresh produce procedures risk being excluded from the export market.
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Farmers, transporters and exporters who fail to comply with new fresh produce procedures risk being excluded from the export market following a new guide to ensure compliance with sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) requirements at the regional and international levels. The National Horticulture Taskforce (NHT) has launched Good Agricultural Practice Guides for avocados, beans and peas that compel exporters to comply with the standards demanded by destination markets to avoid bans. This is amid rising levels of interception tied to the harvest of immature crops, storage and transportation, disease and pest controls and hygiene, restricting access to the export markets and reducing the country’s competitiveness. Read: Fresh produce exporters lose customs levy war “At every stage for every operator from the producer to the transporter to the person who consolidates to the market, there's a procedure in which we are advising on how to attain these (requirements) religiously as ...
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