FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZA-TION OF THE UNITED NATIONS (FAO)

ACTION PROGRAMME FOR THE PREVENTION OF FOOD LOSSES

SUB-REGIONAL WORKSHOP

“CENTRAL AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN SPANISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES”

“IMPROVING THE QUALITY AND SAFETY OF FRESH FRUIT AND VEG-ETABLES: A PRACTICAL APPROACH”

Antigua, Guatemala , 21st -26th of July 2003

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS (FAO)

ACTION PROGRAMME FOR THE PREVENTION OF FOOD LOSSES

SUB-REGIONAL WORKSHOP

“CENTRAL AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN SPANISH SPEAKING COUN-TRIES”

"IMPROVING THE QUALITY AND SAFETY OF FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES: A PRACTICAL APPROACH''

BACK TO OFFICE REPORT

1. COUNTRY VISITED: Guatemala

2. FAO/ESNS OfficersMaya PiñeiroLuz Berania Díaz

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3. PURPOSE OF VISIT:

To organize, conduct and lecture at the Prevention of Food Losses (PFL) Sub-re-gional workshop on “Improving the Quality and Safety of Fresh Fruits and Vegeta-bles: A Practical Approach”, for the Central American and Caribbean Spanish Speaking Countries (Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatem-ala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Panama). The workshop was held in Antigua, Guatemala), from 21st to 26th of July of 2003.

4 BACKGROUND:

In response to the need for more integrated practical approaches for addressing food safety and quality issues along the entire fresh fruit and vegetable chain, the PFL Project "Global Inventory, Reference Materials and Food Safety Training Pro-gramme for Improving the Quality and Safety of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables" ad-dresses such needs through two strategies: capacity building and information ex-change, as key elements for improving quality assurance and safety of fresh fruits and vegetables.

With regards to the first strategy, a training programme has been defined, aiming to train professionals from governmental agencies, universities, industry, research institutions and local NGO’s. For that, a series of Sub-Regional workshops has been planned. The first of them was carried out in Santiago de Chile, between the 17th-21st of March of 2003, targeting the Southern Cone Countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay). The second one was held in Antigua, Guatemala for the Central American and Caribbean Spanish Speaking Coun-tries.The results of this workshop are presented in this report.

5. WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION/DEVELOPMENT:

The Sub-regional workshop was organized by FAO/ESNS and co-organized with the Ministry of Agriculture-MAGA of Guatemala, The National Exporter’s Association of Non-Traditional Products (AGEXPRONT), the National Technical Training Institute (INTECAP) and the FAO National Office, from the 21st to 26th of July of 2003.

The workshop was held at the Hotel Villa Antigua-Guatemala. It was attended by thirty seven participants as follows: three participants per each country (Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Panama), sponsored by FAO; twelve participants from Guatemala and one addi-tional participant from El Salvador (Financially supported by the National Fruit Pro-gramme of El Salvador).

The workshop participants came from very wide range of backgrounds: academia, education, governmental and private institutions involved in fresh fruit and veg-etable quality and safety issues. The workshop counted with the participation of all relevant sectors and key players for implementing quality and safety assur-ance programmes in the fresh fruit and vegetables sector. The list of participants is attached as Annex 1 to this report. 5.1. Opening ceremony and other special activities:The Vice-Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Pablo Giron opened the workshop. Speeches were also given by Dr. Maya Pineiro FAO/ESNS and Mr. Maynor Estrada in the name of Mr. Pablo Corlazzoni, FAO National Representative.

Mr. Juan Carlos Paíz, Executive Director of AGEXPRONT and Ms. María Ledvia Ber-ganza, National Director of INTECAP, delegates of the workshop’s co-organizing in-stitutions, gave also speeches at the opening ceremony.

The workshop’s technical aspects were conducted by three FAO consultants, with the support of the RO’s, as it is furthered detailed in item 5.3 of this report.

Additionally, the National Institutions (MAGA, AGEXPRONT and INTECAP) organ-ized a special seminar on Monday 21st of July between 16:45-19:00 on the experi-ence developed by Guatemala regarding fresh fruit and vegetable quality and safety issues. Around 150 persons attended the seminar, which p complemented FAO workshop objectives, by sharing the Guatemala experience with the parti-cipants coming from neighbouring countries.

5.2. Workshop methodology and topics covered

The workshop practical approach is based on a methodology consisting of lec-tures, group discussions, case studies and field visits. The first draft of the training manual supporting such methodology, and initially validated during the Chilean workshop, was corrected and, a second version of the manual was handed out to the participants attending the workshop in Guatemala.

The second draft of the manual presents the same structure as the first draft, and is divided in two parts:

a. Workshop guide: this section provides the participant guidelines for the preparation of the national courses.b. Workshop contents: this part presents the information concerning the five workshop sections.

Each section was organized using the same format:

Section’s Goals. Duration of the section. Suggested teaching methods. Specific Plan for the section, which provides an overview of what is con-

tained in each section. Expected outcomes for the section (what is expected the participants

should have achieved by the end of each section). List of training materials and presentations. Recommended activities and exercises. Recommended lectures and reading material. Documents supporting each section and, also providing internet links.

The manual includes also a complete list of power point presentations used by the lecturers, internet links, list of training materials, list of reference documents and reading materials.

The main changes included in the second manual version are related to: adjust-ments in the power point presentations, inclusion of a gallery of pictures taken during the Chilean workshop and a list of relevant documents, fully displayed on the CD-Rom-manual version.

The workshop programme (Annex 2) was organized following the five training manual sections, as it is clearly explained in the following item.

5.3. Description of each section:

Section I. Workshop Introduction:

In the workshop introductory section Dr. Maya Piñeiro as FAO/Rome, presented the workshop’s main objectives and working methodology, as well as a brief sum-mary of the technical work regarding quality and food safety carried out by ESNS in the Latin American countries, since 1998. She also presented the integrated practical approach adopted by this PFL project for addressing food safety and quality issues along the entire fresh fruits and vegetables chain, followed by a clear explanation of the training manual contents, which was used by the lectures, as the guidelines to develop the workshop.

Lecturers: Dr. Maya Piñeiro (ESNS)

Section II. Importance of the horticultural sector in Latin American Coun-tries:

The section II of the workshop opened with a presentation by Ms. Díaz Ríos/ESNS on the summary information of each country’s social and economic importance of the horticultural sector. For this, the participants had been asked to fill a question-naire, which was sent by each participant previous to the workshop.

The questionnaire contained three parts:a. General information: In this part, the participants were asked to consider

their role and work in the fresh fruit and vegetable quality and safety sys-tem.

b. Background of the horticultural sector in each country: information was provided by participants as a way to promote clear understanding of the economic and social relevance of the horticultural sector in each country.

c. Positive and discouraging aspects regarding the implementation of quality and safety assurance programmes in the horticultural sector in each coun-try.

The information sent by the participants, was organized and categorized, to sup-port the initial section and it was also linked to the final group discussion on ac-tion plans, carried out at the end of the workshop. In addition, reading materials were provided to each participant.

Lecturer: Luz Berania Díaz Ríos (ESNS).

Section III. Quality maintaining and enhancing through out the FFV post- harvest chain.

This section was divided in two parts. The first one describes the quality concept under a very integrated approach as a way of understanding the complexity of the concept, which results in a wide variety of standards and certifications (each one incorporating new and higher quality requirements). Such certifications pro-vide consumer guarantee concerning the quality and safety product attributes and by doing so, generating trade and marketing opportunities.

Lecturer: Luz Díaz Ríos (ESNS/FAO).

The second part introduced aspects concerning post-harvest management of fresh fruits and vegetables, in order to maintain and enhance quality product at-tributes. The emphasis was given to identifing the hazards associated with quality product decay, as well as, definition of preventing measures to maintain and en-hance product quality. A case study related to the implementation of quality as-surance programmes for a specific horticultural product is presented in the train-ing manual.

Lecturer: Dr. Fernando Maul. Associated Professor. Universidad del Valle-Guate-mala.

Luz Díaz Ríos (ESNS/FAO)

Section IV. Applying Food Safety Principles to the Fresh Fruit and Veg-etables Chain.

This section dealt with ensuring the safety of fresh fruits and vegetables by pre-venting the contamination risks associated with the production and post-harvest processes. The section’s contents were divided in two parts. The first one dealt with the importance of fresh fruit and vegetables safety issues, from the con-sumer point of view, and the effects of the food outbreaks on consumer demand and trade as a whole. The workshop participants analyzed the Guatemalan case study, regarding blackberries contamination with Cyclospora. Finally, Dr. Maya Pineiro (FAO/ESNS) presented the Codex Alimentarius initiatives regarding safety of fresh fruit and vegetables.

The second part of the section dealt with the implementation of safety pro-grammes and contained guidelines for implementing Pre-requisite Programmes such as GAP, GMP, adopting a systematic HACCP approach methodology. The limi-tations and possibilities for HACCP implementation at primary production were widely explained throughout group discussions and exercises.

Group work and field visits were the key elements to support the practical work-shop aspects in this section. The participants, organized by groups, were asked to identify the hazards associated with the production process for a specific product, and to identify, when possible, the Critical Control Points. In addition, the partici-pants identified the control measures for the associated hazard, at each stage of the production process.

The lecture sessions were complemented with field visits, which involved practical work at the fields taking part in the Integral Agricultural and Environmental Pro-gramme PIPAA leaded by the Ministry of Agriculture of Guatemala (MAGA) and AGEXPRONT.

For the field visits, a guideline was prepared in advance and handed to the partici-pants. Two horticultural farms were visited. The first one called “Royal Antigua” producing horticultural products to supply the Central American market and a Small Farmer’s Association called “El Cortijo Los Pinos de Chirroman” located in the Province of Sumpango (Sacatepequez), producing blackberries to supply in-ternational markets.

Following the field visits, each group reported its findings, including hazards iden-tified and recommendations of control measures to be implemented.

Lecturer: Marta Betancour. FAO Consultant. Technician, Chief of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Quality and Safety. Ministry of Agriculture-Uruguay. Section V: Importance of the certifications for the Horticultural Sector in Latin America.

This section referred to the impact and implications of certifications on exporting countries. Such certifications are, in part, supported by an integral concept of GAP (including environmental and social welfare considerations). Firstly, the lecturer explained the scope of the certifications, the standards or regulative documents (code of practices, protocols, etc.) supporting such as certifications, and the way these documents have been structured. As an example, the participants were asked to analyze the Eurepgap protocol, and to discuss the possible difficulties for its implementation by the countries in the region.

The section also illustrated some strategies implemented by exporting countries to prepare local fresh fruit and vegetables production for the export market re-quirements, taking as cases studies: the PIPAA Programme in Guatemala held by MAGA and AGEXPRONT, and the Experience headed by the Chilean Foundation for Development of the Fruit Sector (FDF) in Chile.

After the presentation of the cases studies, Mr. Araya presented general recom-mendations for GAP implementation by exporting countries.

Finally, taking into account the information provided through the five workshop sections, the participants, organized by group, analyzed and discussed the as-pects concerning the implementation of national fresh fruits and vegetables qual-ity and safety assurance programmes. The result was an action plan elaborated by the participants as one of the activities/exercises within this section.

As part of the follow up activities to carry out after workshop completion, the par-ticipants will work as a team in the preparation of national courses. The deadline for sending the detailed training plan to FAO headquarters is presented in Annex 3. The participants’ follow up activities were supported with a letter signed by the institution representative, and sent to FAO headquarters, as a previous require-ment to take part in the workshop.

Lecturers:

Edmundo Araya. FAO Consultant. Director. Foundation for the Development of the Fruit Sector in Chile, FDF.

Ing. Zsolt Gerendas. Integral Agricultural and Environmental Programme. PIPAA-Guatemala.

5.4. Materials delivered to the participants.

Second draft of the training manual: “Improving the quality and safety of fresh fruits and vegetables: a practical approach. CD-Rom and hard copy versions.

Food Quality and Safety Systems. A training manual on food hygiene and the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point System (HACCP) FAO-2002.

Codex Alimentarius-Food Hygiene-Basic Texts- Second Edition. ESNS Fact Sheets.

6. WORKSHOP EVALUATION

An evaluation questionnaire was distributed to the participants. The general ten-dency was:

100 % of the participants considered the overall workshop as excel-lent or satisfactory, as a very organized course, providing excellent training materials, with high applicability of the subjects covered.

96% of the participants considered the workshop organization as ex-cellent or satisfactory. Some suggestions include giving more time for group discussions.

100% of the participants considered the materials provided as excel-lent or satisfactory. Some recommendations included: to improve the quality of the photocopies, full color impression of the power point pre-sentations, to provide page number to the hard copy of the training manual. (Regarding these comments, it is important to clarify, that the hard copy of the manual handed out to the participants is to be used only to illustrate the CD-Rom manual contents. The manual has been designed as an electronic tool, to support training courses to be de-livered by the multipliers, by providing, for example, power point pre-sentations and reading materials).

Some of the participants’ general comments in order to improve future workshops were:

The participants emphasized the fact that more time should be given to explain HACCP aspects, also for group discussions and activities.

It is important to provide more time to discuss the problems of applying GAP.

Suggestion of extend the length of the course given the importance of the information provided and the workshop practical approach.

Congratulations were expressed for the workshop organization, the quality of the training materials and the involvement of the FAO per-sonnel.

Summary of the workshop evaluation is presented in Annex 4.

7. MAIN FINDINGS

Based on the participants’ comments and the workshop outcome, some aspects will be highlighted and taken into account in the preparation of the upcoming workshops and further training activities, and even beyond the PFL project activi-ties:

The statistics presented by the participants relating the importance of the horticultural sector for the Region indicate a clear contribution of this sec-tor to the GNP, employment generation, foreign earnings, food security ob-jectives, etc.

The statistics presented regarding growing areas and volume harvested,

indicate also a very important dynamism of the sector in the Region, mainly for the following products:

o fruits known as the second generation ( mango, avocado, papaya and pineapple);

o sub-tropical ones such as lemmon (El Salvador and Mexico); o for vegetables: watermelon, melon and tomato are highlighted as

some of the most important in terms of growing and harvested ar-eas.

o Native products such as ají picante, achyote, rambutan, noni, coco, etc, are important exporting products for some Central American countries.

In many of the cases, the increase in the growing area is the result of pri-vate initiatives (indicating a high concentration at the production level) with exporting goals. It is important to highlight an important example of an initiative supported by the public sector in El Salvador, attempting to in-crease growing areas, thought the implementation of the National Fruit Programme.

The positive dynamism of the sector in the Region is, clearly, a response to market opportunities and increasing market competition at the global and regional level.

As result of the sector’s dynamism, some public and/or privates initiatives have arisen regarding fresh fruit and vegetables safety issues, such as:

re-building or creating public structures (divisions, secretariats, etc) deal-ing with safety issues and consumer protection objectives.

Implementing regulations for the fresh fruit and vegetable industry. implementing public and/or private initiatives with safety objectives such

as: the PIPPA Programme in Guatemala; the inter-sector food safety com-mission at the national level in Costa Rica; specific programmes targeting crops of national interest such as the programme for Cucurbitaceous in Panama.

developing experiences in certificated production (Eurepgap, PIPAA Safety Label)

Training institutions dealing with safety issues such as INTECAP in Guatemala and CIAD in Mexico.

applying long term governmental plans such as the Safety Initiative in Mexico “Plan Maestro de Inocuidad de los Alimentos del SENASICA” , and the National Safety and Sanitary Development Plan (2001/2006).

Producing training materials addressing different beneficiaries’ needs and specific crops, for example, the GAP’s guidelines produced by OIRSA, PIPAA and CIAD.

In spite of the advances in the matter, some difficulties for the successful implementation of safety and quality initiatives for the fresh fruit and veg-etables sector were also highlighted by the participants, such as:

o lack of interinstitutional coordination;o need to strengthen training programs targeting different actors in

the food chain (producers, technicians, consumers, etc);o lack of incentives and motivation for GAP implementation at the

producer level;o high cost of programme implementation-mainly for the small pro-

ducers;o lack or weak regulatory environment matching national priorities.

Based on the difficulties identified, each country group also identified some strategies to overcome the difficulties. These strategies were included in the plan of action/country (Annex 3). Such plan, financially supported by FAO/ESNS, will be the staring point to integrate institutions under common objectives and it will create awareness of the importance of the topic at the national level, in order to move further.

8. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS:

The general and specific workshop objectives of the training course were achieved insofar as participants received the key elements (technical and methodological ones) necessary to develop and implement quality and safety assurance programmes in the fresh fruit and vegetables sector. Em-phasis was given on prevention and control of hazards associated with fresh fruit and vegetables safety aspects, basically through GAP imple-mentation, under a very integrated approach, including principles of sus-tainability at production and post-harvest stages.

As workshop outcomes, the participants became well versed in the prin-

ciples and practice of food safety, quality, proper post-harvest handling of fresh fruits and vegetables, and are the resource persons for their national institutions involved in food safety and quality activities. It is further expec-ted that the participants will organize and give shortened versions of the training at the national level, according to the specific country needs, as presented in the plan of action/country.

Efforts were by for FAO/ESNS, in order to adopt a multidisciplinary ap-proach for the quality and safety issues at the fresh fruit and vegetables sector through the workshop contents and during the participant’s selec-tion process. It is expected that the implementation of the national plans of action will contribute to the successful implementation of integrated pub-lic-private initiatives in the topic and/or to strengthen public-private co-operation in the initiatives being already implemented.

It is clear that the Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Safety initiatives carried out by the countries in the Region, have arisen mainly as a response to the im-porting market requirements. It is evident that the main importing markets have been the motor of innovations, and have made possible having certi-fied production and Lab infrastructure in some countries. However, efforts should be done in order to integrate the domestic production in such pro-grammes, as a way to protect national consumers. Therefore, it is sugges-ted, as a first step, to support the harmonization process of the Recom-mended Code of Hygiene Practices for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables and other Codex initiatives at each country level, defining what is strictly needed in terms of safety in the FFV sector, according to market object-ives, environmental considerations and consumer protection goals. Simul-taneously, to develop programmes for the gradual implementation of such harmonized code.

From the field visits carried out during the workshop, it was clearly identi-fied the need to build local capacities for the proper application of safety and quality initiatives in the fresh fruit and vegetables sector, and to en-sure that those initiatives will be accompanied by programmes oriented to develop entrepreneurial skills, mainly at small farmer level.

There is a need to support the implementation of initiatives regarding qual-ity and safety in the fresh fruit and vegetables industry throughout: i)

definition of specific indicators and verifiers, ii) development of specific GAP guidelines/crops, checklist, etc. iii) implementation of applied research regarding Integrated Crop Management (ICM) and Integrated Pest Manage-ment (IPM). iv) strengthen the national legislation, for example in topics such as quality of water and environmental aspects. These are key fea-tures for the successful application of GAP principles at primary production.

The evidence suggests that there are high costs involved in the imple-mentation of safety programmes at the farmer level, however, it seems there are also important gains in efficiency and productivity associated to such programmes. Thus, some specific cases studies, analyzing the eco-nomic implications of safety programmes implementation are needed, as a possible way to motivate farmers to apply GAP, GMP and GHP.

The workshop participants strongly suggested the need to establish an ef-fective way to exchange experiences and information concerning FFV qual-ity and safety issues, through the consolidation of a Network linked to the FFV quality and safety database page, which is currently under construc-tion.

9. FOLLOW UP ACTIONS (ESNS):

ESNS will carry out the following actions:

prepare and circulate the workshop report among the participants, high-lighting each country’s follow up actions documented in the action plan.

monitor the action plan activities to be carried out by each participant country.

review and approve the training plan for delivering national courses, pre-sented by each country.

correct the second draft training manual version and include the photo gallery of the pictures taken during the field visits in Guatemala.

Organize the upcoming workshop targeting the Andean Countries. adjust the field visit guideline to be applied in further workshops. translate the training manual to English, in order to support the training

course addressing the Caribbean English Speaking Countries to be held in 2004.

place the corrected draft of the training manual on the ESNS web site. analyze the possibilities of getting support for the creation of the fruits and

vegetables quality and safety Network.

10. LIST OF DOCUMENTS ATTACHED AS ANNEXES TO THIS REPORT.

Lists of participants. Workshop programme. National Action Plans (First Draft) Summary of workshop evaluation.

Por parte de los países participantes:

Envío del plan de acción detallado la primera semana de septiembre-2003 Cumplimiento de las acciones propuestas en el plan de acción por país.

Presentación de Informe mensual a la FAO/ESNS, Roma (vía e-mail), de las actividades adelantadas en torno a los planes de acción.

Estudio detallado del manual de capacitación entregado, y ajuste de las actividades y temas propuestos, de acuerdo a los grupos objeto de capaci-tación, que harán parte del plan de multiplicación nacional.

Desarrollo del plan de multiplicación nacional. Compromiso permanente y voluntad expresa para llevar a cabo las accio-

nes propuestas.

ANNEX 1.

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

NOMBRE PAÍS INSTITUCIÓN E-MAIL TELÉFONO CARGO1 Roosevelt González Vás-

quezEl Salvador Dirección General de

Sanidad Vegetal y Animal MAG

rgonzalez@mag.gob.sv 503-2282862 Jefe de División de Registro y Fiscaliza-ción

2. Rogelio Ernesto Péñate Flores

El Salvador CENTA (Centro Na-cional de Tecnología Agropecuaria y Fores-tal) Programa de Fru-tales

repenate_66@yahoo.comreflores_66@hotmail.comrflores@centa.gob.sv

338-4275338-4266Ext. 270

Coordinador Programa Frutales

3. Melisa Geraldina Domín-guez Reynosa

El Salvador Programa Nacional de Frutas de El Salvador IICA

melisa.dominguez@iica.org.svmelisgdo@hotmail.com

(503) 288 1500Ext. 126

Técnica del Componente Agroindustria y Poscosecha del Programa Nacional de Frutas

4. Mariano Alfredo Tejada Salazar

El Salvador Dirección General de Sanidad Vegetal y Animal MAG

tejasal@telemovil.netreg.fisdgsvz@mag.gob.sv

503-2411768 Coordinador de Registro de Alimentos

5. Lic. Ramón F. Ozoria República Do-minicana

Universidad Autóno-ma de Santo Domingo (UASD)

ozoria2000@hotmail.com (809) 687-2564(809) 763-38/51

Profesor Investigador y Coordinador de los Programas sobre Inocuidad y Calidad de los Alimentos y Coordinador de la Comi-sión de Investigación de la Facultad de Ciencias de la UASD

6. Francisco Rodríguez Ma-tos

República Do-minicana

Secretaria de Estado de Agricultura (SEA)

fraroma4@hotmail.com 547 3888Ext. 2492

Técnico División Nacional de Hortalizas

7. Sra. Ing. Amarilis Tave-ras

República Do-minicana

Instituto Dominicano de Tecnología Indus-trial (INDOTEC)

ataverasp@hotmail.comindotec@codetel.net.do

(809)227-2395(809)566-8121 Ext.2214(809)350-2292

Encargada de la Unidad de Tecnología de Alimentos

8. José Ovidio Suazo Cervan-tes

Honduras SENASASAG-SENASA

jovisuazo@yahoo.com (504) 7720329 Oficial Fitosanitario

9. Oscar Oswaldo Meza Palma

Honduras Secretaría de Agricul-tura y Ganadería

cedasag2@yahoo.com 504 7721167 Jefe Centro de Desarrollo Agrícola

ORGANIZACIÓN DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS PARA LA AGRICULTURA Y LA ALIMENTACIÓN –FAO-TALLER: MEJORAMIENTO DE LA CALIDAD E INOCUIDAD BAJO UN ENFOQUE PRÁCTICO

PAÍSES DE CENTRO AMÉRICA Y EL CARIBE DE HABLA HISPANA

NOMBRE PAÍS INSTITUCIÓN E-MAIL TELÉFONO CARGO10. Roger Iván Rodríguez

LópezHonduras SAG-SENASA 504 8820348

504 9600015Oficial Fitosanitario

11. Francisco Marín Thiele Costa Rica Consejo Nacional de Producción

fmarin@cnp.go.crframathi@costarricense.cr

257 9355 Ext. 263 ó 336

Coordinador Poscosecha

12. Rafael Angel Mena Villa-vicencio

Costa Rica Ministerio de Agricul-tura

ramevi@costarricense.cr 506 254-67 –80

Coordinador Nacional Extensión Agrope-cuaria

13. Víctor Hugo Ruíz Oban-do

Costa Rica INA vruizobando@ina.ac.cr 210 6527Fax.2329311

Formador para el trabajo

14. Auristela Ríos Panamá Ministerio de Salud, Departamento de Pro-tección de Alimentos

adremup@hotmail.com 775 474977585326179576

Jefe de Higiene y Control-Prov. De Chiri-quí

15. Federico Abrego Ruiz Panamá Ministerio de Desa-rrollo Agropecuario Dirección Nacional de Sanidad Vegetal

dnsv4@mida.gob.pa fedabreg@hotmail.com

507 266 0472 Encargado Nacional del Programa de Ex-portación, Dirección Nacional de Sanidad Vegetal

16. Diana Kieswetter de Ale-mán

Panamá Ministerio de Comer-cio e Industria

dinaba@mici.gob.pa 360 0679 Directora Nacional de la Dirección Nacio-nal del Banano del Ministerio de Comercio e Industria

17. Lucía Morales Hernández México Secretaría de Agricul-tura, Ganadería Desa-rrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación

ino.lmh@senasica.sagarpa.gob.-mxmohluc@hotmail.com

5591831000 ext. 34156

Profesional Ejecutivo de Servicios Espe-cializados Enlace C.

18. Ana María Hernández Anguiano

México Colegio de Post-gra-duados

ahernandez@colpos.mx 595 95 20200Ext.1610

Profesor Investigador Asociado

19. Jorge Siller México Centro de Investiga-ción en Alimentación y Desarrollo

jsiller@ciad.edu.mx 667 7605536 37 38

Director de la Unidad Foránea / Investi-gador Titular

NOMBRE PAÍS INSTITUCIÓN E-MAIL TELÉFONO CARGO20. José Donaldo Picado Ro-

dríguezNicaragua DGPSA-MAGFOR donaldopir@hotmail.com 7133916

27099298302972

Jefe del Departamento de Inocuidad Ve-getal

21. Meyling Raquel Centeno Vargas

Nicaragua Ministerio de Salud meycenteno@yahoo.comalimentos@minsa.gob.ni

2894717 Responsable de Registro Sanitario de Ali-mentos (Nacional e Importados)

22. Karelia Estelí Mejía Pra-do

Nicaragua Ministerio de Fomen-to Industria y Comer-cio

karelia .mejia@mific.gob.ni codex@mific.gob.ni

2670161Ext. 1136

Responsable del Departamento del Codex Alimentarius

23. María Julia Gárciga Fer-nández

Cuba Instituto de Investiga-ciones en Normaliza-ción

mgarciga@inin.cu 861 6886 Especialista en Normalización y Calidad

24. María Victoria Luna Martínez

Cuba Instituto de Nutrición de Higiene de los Ali-mentos (INHA)

marvic@informed.sld.cu 537 8794165537 8708947

Jefe Depto. De Registro, Control y Cali-dad Sanitaria

25. Zita María Acosta Porta Cuba Instituto de Investiga-ciones en Fruticultura Tropical(MINAG)

jotorres@cubarte.cult.cuiicit@cenaiai.inf.cu

209 3401831 7146

Especialista en CalidadVice-Presidenta CTN/54Frutas y Hortalizas Frescas

NACIONALES26 Otto Leonel Quintana

SánchezGuatemala Ministerio de Agricul-

tura, Ganadería y Ali-mentación

oquintana@unr.gob.gt 475 3058475 3068475 3074

Especialista Inocuidad de Alimentos no Procesados de Origen VegetalUNR/MAGA, Guatemala

27. Otto René Salguero González

Guatemala Ministerio de Agricultu-ra, Ganadería y Alimen-tación

osalguero@unr.gob.gt 475 3058475 3068475 3074

Especialista Inocuidad de Alimentos no Procesados de Origen VegetalUNR/MAGA, Guatemala

28. Manuel Alonzo Padilla Guatemala Ministerio de Agricultu-ra, Ganadería y Alimen-tación

malonzo@unr.gob.gt 475 3058475 3068

Jefe Sub-Area Inocuidad de Alimentos Origen Vegetal

475 3074 UNR/MAGA, Guatemala

NOMBRE PAÍS INSTITUCIÓN E-MAIL TELÉFONO CARGO29. Edgar Waldemar Ruíz

FlóresGuatemala INTECAP www.intecap.org.gt 94205511

2187201casaInstructor

30. José Heriberto Axpuac Guatemala INTECAP www.intecap.org.gt 3038828 Consultor

31. Roberto Mota Guatemala PIPAA / AGEX-PRONT

roberto.mota@agexpront.org.gtedgarrobertomota@123.com.gt

502-362 20028393264

Coordinador de Inspecciones

32. Víctor Marin Guatemala Royal Antigua, S.A. vmarin@telgua.comroyal@terra.com.gt

831 1440 / 44 Gerente Producción

33. Carlos Alberto Monterro-so

Guatemala AJTICONEL ajticonel@intelnett.com 839 2857 Presidente

34. José Domingo Samayoa Muñoz

Guatemala BELUGA, S.A. belmanuf@guate.net.gt 834 0249 /50 Gerente de Planta

35. Sergio Haroldo Torres García

Guatemala EXOTIC FARMMARKET S.A.

sergiotorresgarcia@yahoo.essetaga73@yahoo.com

332 629584905764125897

Asesor Agrícola

36. Rony Arturo Ixcot Guatemala AGEXPRONT rony.ixcot@hotmail.comarf2@agexpront.org.gt

362 2002472 4212419987347213164040568

Investigador Agrícola

37. Erick G. Calderón P. Guatemala Agropecuaria POPO-YAN S.A.

800018991796268825029

Enc. Planta Empacadora

CONSULTORES38. Marta Bentancur Uruguay Min Agricultura/Uru-

guay.mbentanc@adinet.com.uy 59827084669 Directora División de Calidad

39. Fernando Maul Guatemala Universidad del Va-lle-Guatemala

fermanul@hotmail.com 502-3600045 Profesor Asociado

40. Edmundo Araya Chile F.D.F. edmundo@manquehue.net 562 2467082 Director General 41 Zsolt Gerendas Guatemala PIPAA zgerendas@pipaa.com (502) 3388279 Inocuidad de Alimentos y Certificación de

Inocuidad de Frutas y Vegetales Frescos

FAO41. Maya Piñeiro US/

Uruguay/Ro-ma

FAO/ESNS /ROMA maya.pineiro@fao.org 00390657053308

42. Luz Berania Díaz Ríos Roma, Italia FAO/ESNS/ROMA luzberania.diazrios@fao.orgluzbera@yahoo.com

00390657053076

ANNEX 2WORKSHOP PROGRAMME

ORGANIZACIÓN DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS PARA LA AGRI-CULTURA

Y LA ALIMENTACIÓN (FAO)

TALLER SUB-REGIONAL PAÍSES DE CENTROAMÉRICA Y DEL CARIBE DE HABLA HISPA-

NA

''MEJORAMIENTO DE LA CALIDAD E INOCUIDAD DE LAS FRU-TAS Y HORTALIZAS FRESCAS BAJO UN ENFOQUE PRÁCTICO”

Ciudad de Guatemala Julio 21 al 26 de 2003

PROGRAMA

Lunes 21 de Julio

SECCIÓN I. Introducción al taller

8:00 Registro participantes

8:30 Ceremonia de inauguración Representante FAO - Guatemala/Ing. Maynor

Estrada Representante AGEXPRONT / Ing. Juan Carlos

Paíz Representante FAO - ROMA/ Dra. Maya Piñeiro Representante INTECAP / Sra. María Ledvia

Berganza Vice-Ministro Ganadería, Recursos Hidrobiológi-

cos y Alimentación / Dr. Pablo Girón

9:30 Receso.

10:00-11:00 Presentación de antecedentes, objetivos, agenda y metodología del taller.

Dra. Maya Piñeiro - FAO

11:00:12:00 Presentación: Manual para Formación de Multipli-cadores (Contenidos y Uso).

Dra. Maya Piñeiro - FAO

12:00 Almuerzo.

SECCIÓN II. Importancia del sector hortofrutícola Lati-noamericano.

14:00 - 15:30 Importancia del sector hortofrutícola en Latinoa-mérica. Retos y Oportunidades. (Presentación re-sultados del cuestionario preliminar).Responsable: Ing. Luz Berania Díaz Ríos – FAO

SECCIÓN III. Mantenimiento y maximización de la calidad a través de la cadena de manejo poscose-cha del producto.

15:30-16:30 El Concepto de calidad aplicado a las frutas y hortalizas frescas.

Dinámica de grupo: Atributos de la calidad de un producto (apariencia, uniformidad, sabor, textura, presencia y tolerancia a daños mecánicos, valor nutricional, etc.).

Procesos para determinación de la calidad (indi-cadores intrínsicos y extrínsecos para juzgar la calidad de un producto).

Responsable: Ing. Luz Berania Díaz Ríos – FAO

16:30 Receso.

16:45-18:45 Sub-Programa Especial.

Martes 22 de Julio

8:00 – 9:30 Importancia del apropiado manejo del producto durante la cadena poscosecha, con el objetivo de mantener y maximizar la calidad e inocuidad del producto.

Procedimientos críticos del manejo poscosecha de las frutas hortalizas frescas. (Cosecha y mani-pulación del producto, control de la temperatura y la humedad relativa, cadena de frío, transporte y almacenamiento, empaque y embalaje).

Conferencista de Guatemala / Dr. Fernando Maul

9:30 - 10:00 Receso

10:30 –11:30 Tratamientos poscosecha orientados a incremen-tar la eficiencia y maximizar la calidad a lo largo de la cadena de manejo de frutas y horta-lizas frescas.

Conferencista de Guatemala / Dr. Fernando Maul

11:30 -12:30 Lineamientos prácticos para mejorar la efi-ciencia y maximizar la calidad e inocuidad durante el manejo poscosecha del producto. Presentación y Discusión del Estudio de Caso. Responsable:Ing. Luz Berania Díaz ESNS (FAO)

12:30 Almuerzo.

SECCIÓN IV. La inocuidad en la producción y manejo pos-cosecha de frutas y hortalizas frescas.

14:00-15:30 Concepto de Inocuidad alimentaria, importancia de las pérdidas de los alimentos asociadas a pro-blemas de inocuidad, impacto de los mismos so-bre la demanda y el comercio.

Análisis de estudio de caso. Conferencista: Consultor FAO / Ing. Marta

Betancur

15:30 Receso.

16:00-18:00 Normativas en el tema de inocuidad para las frutas y hortalizas frescas Conferencistas: Dra. Maya Piñeiro – FAO

Ing. Marta BetancurMiércoles 23 de Julio

8:00 – 10:00 Programas para el aseguramiento de la inocui-dad de las frutas y hortalizas frescas -programas previos de chequeo o de verificación (BPA, BPM, BPH, POE’s, etc.) y APPCC.

Conferencista: Consultor FAO / Ing. Marta Betan-cur

10:00-10:30 Receso.

10:00-12:30 Continuación del tema anterior

12:30 Almuerzo.

14:00-15:30 Trabajo de grupos: Identificación de peligros y medidas de control.

Conferencista: Consultor FAO / Ing. Marta Betan-cur

15:30-16:30 El sistema APPCC en la producción primaria.

Conferencista: Consultor FAO / Ing. Marta Betan-cur

16:30 Receso 17:00- 18:30 Lineamientos prácticos para la implementación

de planes de acción orientados a asegurar la ino-cuidad de las frutas y hortalizas frescas. Análisis y discusión de estudio de Caso.

Conferencista: Luz Berania Díaz Ríos –FAO

Jueves 24 de Julio

7:30-13:00 Visita de Campo a huertos y empacadoras donde se implementan actualmente programas de BPA´s; BPM´s y prácticas afines.Responsables: Representantes del MAGA-AGEX-PRONT-INTECAP

13:00 -13:30 Retorno al Hotel sede

13:30: 15:00 Almuerzo (Hotel sede)

15:00 – 17:00 Discusión resultados de la visita Técnica, realiza-da en campo.

Viernes 25 de Julio

Sección V. Importancia de las certificaciones para el sector hortofrutícola.

8:00-10:00 Códigos de Práctica: consideraciones medio ambientales y éticas- El concepto amplio de BPA.

Trabajo en grupo: Análisis de los componentes de los Códigos de Prácticas y estrategias para su cumplimiento.Conferencista: Consultor FAO / Ing. Edmundo Ara-ya

10:00 Receso

10:30-11:30 Continuación del tema anterior.

11:30-12:30 Estudio de Caso: BPA´s y BPM´s en Empresas Productoras de Vegetales en Guatemala.

Responsable: Ing. Agr. Zsolt Gerendas Programa Integral de Protección Agrícola y Ambiental – PIPAA. MAGA / AGEXPRONT.

12:30 – 14:00 Almuerzo

14:00 – 15:00 Estudio de Caso: “Programa de Buenas Prácticas para el Sector Hortofrutícola de Chile”.Responsable: Fundación para el Desarrollo Hor-tofrutícola de Chile / Ing Edmundo Araya

15:00-16:00 Discusión estudios de caso.

16:00 Receso.

16:30- 18:30 Recomendaciones generales para la aplicación de Códigos de Práctica orientados al aseguramiento de la calidad y la inocuidad.Responsable: Consultor FAO / Ing. Edmundo Araya

Mesa Redonda. Análisis FODA ó DOFA, implemen-tación de programas para el aseguramiento de la calidad e inocuidad en los países participantes.

Sábado 26 de Julio

08:00 – 12:30 Elaboración del Plan de acción.(Presentaciones en plenaria de los planes de ac-ción/país).Responsables: Participantes al Taller.

12:30-14:00 Almuerzo

14:00-15:00 Clausura

ANNEX 3.ACTION PLANS

Detailed Action Plans deadline: First week of September.

Country Group Coordinator Costa Rica : Victor Ruíz Obando Cuba Zita María Acosta Por-

ta Dominican Republic Ramón Ozoria El Salvador Roosevelt González

Vásquez Guatemala Roberto Motta/Otto

Salguero Honduras José Ovidio Suazo Cervan-

tes Mexico Jorge Siller Nicaragua José Donaldo Picado Panama Federico Abrego Ruíz

ANNEX 4SUMMARY OF WORKSHOP EVALUATION

Summary of the workshop evaluation:

a. Workshop preparation:100 % of the participants showed full satisfaction concerning the chosen place for the workshop and service provided, some participants considered some distortions coming from the adjacent meeting rooms.

b. Organization:- 100 % of the participants considered the overall workshop as excellent

or satisfactory.- 100 % of the participants considered the workshop organization as excel-

lent or satisfactory. Some suggestions include giving more time for group discussions and or extend the length of the course.

100% of the participants considered the materials provided as excel-lent or satisfactory. Some recommendations included: to improve the quality of the photocopies and to provide full color photocopies for the power point presentations, to include page number into the manual hard copy version, and to reduce the information included in some of the slide presented. (Regarding these comments, it is important to clar-ify, that the hard copy of the manual handed out to the participants is to be used only to illustrate the CD-Rom manual contents. The manual has been designed as an electronic tool, to support training courses to be delivered by the multipliers, by providing, for example, power point presentations and reading materials).

c. Participants’ expectations:- 100% of the participants considered that the workshop to a large extent

fulfilled their expectations.- 88% of the participants considered that the topics treated were fully appli-

cable into their work context. 12% considered that the applicability of the workshop contents will depend, at some extend, on the support provided by the Government and others institutions.

d. Contents:

100% of the participants considered the time allowed for each workshop sec-tion as appropriate. 63% of them provided suggestions regarding the topics that should be included and those that should be shortened or eliminated from the workshop programme, as follows.

- Topics needing more detailed explanation according to the participant’s views:

o More detailed explanation of HACCP, when applied to primary pro-duction.

o More time for group discussions.o It is desirable to provide more time for country sharing experiences

concerning GAP.o More time to deal with the topic regarding certifications.o Include more time to discuss aspects concerning methodologies for

successful implementation of GAP programmes.

- Topics to be included in future workshops:o Auditing systems.o Sources of information supporting hazard analysis.o Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and pesticideso Microbiological standards.

- Topics to be excluded.o All topics discussed were of interest to the participants.

e. Lecturers:

The participants showed full satisfaction with the performance of each lec-turer, all lectures were evaluated as excellent by 80% of the participants. Some suggestions provided by the participants included:

The need to allow more participants involvement in each session (group discussions, question sessions, etc.)

The elimination from the slides presented in the post-harvest sec-tion, pictures regarding quality aspects that are not matching safety requirements.

The lectures presenting the cases studies (Guatemala and Chile) should be more specific.

f. General Comments:

- Congratulations were expressed for the workshop organization, the quality of the training materials and the involvement of the FAO personnel.

- It would be interesting to include more field visits and improve the guide-lines given to the participants during those field visits.

- Some participants suggested the convenience to also support the cost of lodging the national participants in order to provide more time for group discussions.

- Some participants expressed their satisfaction explaining that it had been a long time since they had taken part in such a well organized workshop, providing such excellent materials.