Agro based value chains

By Caroline Makau More by this Author Food safety in the agro-processing and hospitality industry is crucial for continued consumer trust and good health. A number of measures must be put in place to ensure safety.Hygienic environmentA clean, orderly environment eliminates chance of cross contamination. Waste must be disposed off in the right manner using right methods.Involve suppliersThe agro-processing venture must put in place measures that provide transparency and ensure safe operation at the suppliers’ operations. For small-scale suppliers of produce like fruits and vegetables, dairy and meat products, who by nature mostly are farmers, the operator must build food safety training programme for either individuals or groups. Related Stories Tree tomato man shares secret to earn from fruit Brighter prospects for avocado farmers Value addition made easy Dairy chama with a difference Advertisement Inspect and audit the suppliers’ premises, … [Read more...] about Ways to ensure food safety in agro-processing

By Caroline Makau More by this Author 1. LOCATION AND PRODUCTION SITEFood processing plants should not be located where it is clear that there will be a threat to food safety.That is, the plants should be sited away from environmentally polluted areas, which can contaminate the final product.Avoid areas that are prone to flooding, those infested with pests and where wastes, either solid or liquid, cannot be removed effectively.2. EQUIPMENTThey should, therefore, be designed and constructed to ensure that where necessary, they can be adequately cleaned and disinfected to avoid the contamination of food. Related Stories Why I’ll never leave my sweet potatoes Hey, cassava offers sweet mandazi You can do so much with fruits for more value Food safety: the other side of a vet’s work Advertisement In addition, equipment used to cook, heat treat, cool, store or freeze food should be designed to achieve the required food temperatures as rapidly as necessary … [Read more...] about 10 things to consider when setting up a value addition business

The chemist chain Boots is being sold to the American retail company Walgreens in a £10bn deal that is delivering a huge pay-day for its private equity owners. The sale means the chain's owner, Alliance Boots, is being absorbed by a company that is twice its size with annual sales of more than £45bn. British favourites such as No7 lipsticks and Soltan sun lotion will be exported to the US, where shoppers will be able to pick them up alongside groceries in Walgreens' chain of almost 8,000 drugstores. Walgreens is initially buying a 45% stake in Alliance Boots for £4.3bn, but it intends to buy the remainder for another £6bn within three years. The deal is a coup for the firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and the Italian billionaire Stefano Pessina, who snatched Alliance Boots off the stock exchange in 2007 in a controversial £12.2bn takeover backed with £9bn of debt. At the time it was Europe's biggest ever private equity deal and KKR and Pessina were accused of … [Read more...] about Pharmacy chain Walgreen takes 45% stake in Alliance Boots

New Delhi: The Supreme Court-mandated anti-pollution authority EPCA on Monday said dirty fuel-based industries in Delhi and its suburbs will remain shut till the morning of November 13. The Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority also extended the ban on hot-mix plants and stone-crushers in Delhi-NCR till Wednesday morning. The apex court had on November 4 banned construction and demolition activities in the region till further orders. In a letter to the chief secretaries of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan, EPCA chief Bhure Lal said all coal and other fuel-based industries, which have not shifted to natural gas or agro-residue, will remain shut in Faridabad, Gurugram, Ghaziabad, Noida, Bahadurgarh, Bhiwadi, Greater Noida, Sonepat, Panipat till the morning of November 13. In Delhi, industries which have not yet shifted to piped natural gas, will not operate during the period. At a review meeting on Monday, India Meteorological Department officials … [Read more...] about Delhi Pollution: Dirty Fuel-Based Industries in National Capital and Suburbs to Remain Shut till Nov 13

Photo: PRWeb Photo: PRWeb Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 Photo: PRWeb Artemis Calls for Improved Foodborne Illness Prevention and Supply Chain Traceability 1  /  1 Back to Gallery Vegetable recall for possible listeria in U.S. and Canada highlights critical need for better food traceability from cultivation across the supply chain NEW YORK (PRWEB) November 11, 2019 Artemis, the leading enterprise Cultivation Management Platform (CMP), today called for improved foodborne illness prevention and urges increased adoption of compliance technology in the wake of the November 3 voluntary recall announcement for a series of vegetable products sold to select retailers in the United States and Canada due to potential contamination with Listeria … [Read more...] about Artemis Calls for Improved Foodborne Illness Prevention and Supply Chain Traceability