Foodplus GmbH - Farm Assurance in India - GLOBALGAP establishes Indian National Technical Working Group

Store this angel in big sizeMumbai, 7 th May 2008 – GLOBALGAP and QCI (Quality Council of India) active a Memorandum of Understanding to authorize the Indian National Technical Working Group (NTWG). The signing celebration was captivated and appear at the Food Forum India 2008 accident in Mumbai in the attendance of aliment business and retail leaders.

“Hosting the GLOBALGAP NTWG fits our role we accept been appointed during the Food Safety and Quality Year by the Indian Government, which includes the nation-wide advance of Good Agricultural Practices,” said Gridhar J. Gyani, Secretary General, QCI. “We will be the aboriginal acquaintance point in the country for GLOBALGAP. The NTWG will be chaired by Dr. Mangala Rai, Secretary, Dept of Agricultural Research & Education, Ministry of Agriculture and DG, ICAR.”

Dr. Kristian Moeller, Secretary GLOBALGAP said: “Now we can hotlink all-around accomplishing activities afterpiece to the needs of Indian producers, while at the aforementioned time we accretion able ascribe from Indian experts and added stakeholders with account to the differing acknowledged and structural altitude that abide actuality in India. Having the articulation of India on board, this is a above anniversary on the adventure appear all-around harmonization of acceptable agronomical convenance standards.” Prof. Dr. Bernd Hallier, Managing Director, EHI Retail Institute congratulated the images group, organizer of the Food Forum India (www.foodforumindia.com), for bringing the key stakeholders calm to accommodate the belvedere for initiating this process.

National Technical Working Groups are accustomed voluntarily by GLOBALGAP associates in countries area there is a charge for description of accomplishing of GLOBALGAP on a bounded scale. The guidelines developed by this growing amount of groups are accustomed by Sector Committees (SCs) and are appear on the GLOBALGAP website. The groups are accustomed and plan in abutting cooperation with the GLOBALGAP Secretariat and the SC and abutment the GLOBALGAP accomplishing and connected advance based on specific across needs.

Claudia Meifert

Public Relations

GLOBALGAP c/o FoodPLUS GmbH,
Spichernstr. 55, 50672 Koeln, Germany
Koeln HRB 35211, Managing Director Dr. Kristian Moeller
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The Global Partnership for Good Agricultural Practice

About Quality Council of India (QCI)

QCI was set up in 1997 as an chargeless anatomy by the Government of India accordingly with the Indian industry to authorize and accomplish the National Accreditation Structure for acquiescence appraisal bodies. Indian industry is represented in QCI by three arch industry associations ASSOCHAM, CII and FICCI, QCI is aswell assigned the assignment of ecology and administering the National Quality Campaign and to baby-sit able activity of the National Information and Enquiry Services (www.qcin.org).

About GLOBALGAP

GLOBALGAP (www.globalgap.org) is a clandestine area anatomy that sets autonomous standards for the acceptance of agronomical articles about the globe. The GLOBALGAP accepted is primarily advised to assure consumers about how aliment is produced on the acreage by minimising adverse ecology impacts of agriculture operations, abbreviation the use of actinic inputs and ensuring a amenable access to artisan bloom and assurance as able-bodied as abominable welfare.
Financial and acknowledged buying and albatross for GLOBALGAP is captivated by the EHI Retail Institute (www.ehi.org).