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Status Report on Quality and Food Safety Practices at Cashew
Processing UnitsProcessing Units
(Synopsis )
1. The Past
• The pioneering initiative for ensuring
conformity to quality specifications of cashew
kernels exported from India took place in
h h1963-64 when Cashew Export Promotion
Council introduced voluntary pre shipmentCouncil introduced voluntary pre-shipment
inspection and quality control of cashewinspection and quality control of cashew
kernels exported from India.
A mile stone in the history of qualityA mile stone in the history of quality control of export food products.p p
The Export (Quality Control Inspection ) Act 1963 was a land mark legislation which brought in mandatory qualitywhich brought in mandatory quality control and pre-shipment inspection for notified export commodities .
• Export Inspection Council of India
established by Ministry of Commerce (GOI)
set up Export Inspection Agencies in Delhi ,
K lk t M b i Ch i & K hi tKolkata , Mumbai , Chennai & Kochi to carry
out pre-shipment inspection and qualityout pre-shipment inspection and quality
control of notified commodities .control of notified commodities .
Th C t l G t i i• The Central Government in exercise
f th d (E t Q litof the powers under (Export Quality
C t l d I ti ) A t tifi dControl and Inspection) Act notified
h k l t b bj t tcashew kernels to be subject to
Q lit C t l d i ti iQuality Control and inspection prior
t t f 1966to export wef 1966.
C t t thi th h f• Consequent to this ,the scheme of pre
shipment inspection and certification beingshipment inspection and certification being
operated by CEPC was taken over by Export p y y p
Inspection Council of India .
• The specifications for cashew kernels were
notified by EIC through publication in the
gazette of India.
• During the period of operation of the g p pmandatory pre-shipment inspection of cashew kernels EIC of India introducedcashew kernels EIC of India introduced various improvements like minimum requirements of processing units , hygiene and sanitation standards approval ofand sanitation standards , approval of packing unit for exports , training for workers, supervisors and quality personnel , in process quality control scheme and, in process quality control scheme and quality management system.
2 0 The present2.0 The present
• In 1994 , subsequent to the policy of
liberalization GOI withdrew from the
fi ld f d t lit t l dfield of mandatory quality control and
pre-shipment inspection with a view topre-shipment inspection with a view to
avoid bureaucratic delays which y
hampered exports.
• Private Inspection Agencies entered into• Private Inspection Agencies entered into
the space to attend to pre shipmentthe space to attend to pre-shipment
inspection and quality certification ofinspection and quality certification of
shipment lots upon nomination fromshipment lots upon nomination from
buyers.buyers.
• Food import regulations in the importing
countries such as USA , EU , Japan and
Australia became more and more
stringent with the objective of ensuring
of food safety for the consumers .
Th WTO t d SPS• The WTO agreement and SPS
l bregulations became important
landmarks in ensuring food safety of
consumers the world over.
• USA started insisting upon FDA
registration of food processing units
and also implementation of HACCP inand also implementation of HACCP in
h f d bl hthe food processing establishments
to qualify for export to USA.
• The Food Safety Modernization Act
which is the latest initiative of the USA is
a multipronged legislation ensuring food
safety, traceability and security
throughout the food chain until the
product reaches the consumer.
A f d i t bli h t ti t USA i• A food processing establishment exporting to USA is
required to implement steps to ensure allergen
programme , periodic third party audit of the quality
management system , recalls and traceability
programme , food security programme , personnel p g , y p g , p
hygiene programme, transportation and storage ,
equipment and sanitation, manufacturing process
control customer complaints finished productscontrol , customer complaints , finished products
monitoring, foreign material control etc.
• In pursuance of the Bio terrorism Act USA is• In pursuance of the Bio-terrorism Act USA is
insisting upon C-TPAT which requires the shipper g p q pp
to ensure Container Inspection & Security/
Container seal security/In-transit security
P d l it /P l it /Ph i lProcedural security/Personnel security/Physical
Access Control/Physical security InformationAccess Control/Physical security Information
Technology Security/Security Training and Threat
Awareness Program.
• The emerging international scenarioThe emerging international scenario
would invite more stringent regulationswould invite more stringent regulations
in tandem with food safety & securityin tandem with food safety & security
threats .
• The Food Safety Standards Act isThe Food Safety Standards Act is in consonance with codex standards and also the regulations of the major food importing countries in the worldimporting countries in the world .
2.1 Current status of cashew processing units in India
• Driven by the demand from the importing countries to conform to foodimporting countries to conform to food safety regulations the cashew
i i d i di i d dprocessing industry in India introduced changes in tune with this situation .g
• The packaging system p g g y
underwent a remarkableunderwent a remarkable
transformation from tin
packing to flexi packing.
• The processing and packing units put in
place HACCP based Food Safety
Management System which is the
preventive approach against physical,
chemical and biological hazards.
• Traditionally, a labour intensive
industry cashew slowly and steadily
moved to mechanization the pace
of which increased considerably in
recent years.
• Value added products made their
presence in the domestic and the p
export market which is growing in p g g
volume substantially.volume substantially.
• Consequent to mechanization the
industry which was traditionally
confined to Kollam and Mangalore
started moving to other states which
in the past, did not have any cashew
processing industry at all .
• The growth in demand for cashews in the• The growth in demand for cashews in the
domestic market has given a new thrust fordomestic market has given a new thrust for
processors to simultaneously market their p y
production in the domestic market as well
as export market. Many small processors
cater to the domestic market only which
i b inow gives better return on investment .
3.The future3.The future
F d l d l i lik l d• Food laws and regulations are likely to undergo
dramatic changes in future.g
• Analytical techniques for contaminants and
pathogens are becoming more and more
sensitive with increased detection capabilitysensitive with increased detection capability .
Consequently consumers would demand foods
with lower limits of contaminants and perhaps,
t t ll f f thtotally free from them.
• The demand for safer and healthier foods• The demand for safer and healthier foods
would be a challenge for the Indian food g
export Industry, while it would also open
opportunities for us to supply foods meeting
the exacting requirements of the buying
countries and also the domestic market which
i tti iti d b t i t f d f tis getting sensitized by stringent food safety
requirementsrequirements.