NAIROBI Cheap New York Yankees Jersey , June 21 (Xinhua) -- Kenya has secured new equipment that will enable national food control authorities to test the quality and safety of a wide range of food products, officials said on Wednesday.
The food testing laboratory equipment provided by the EU gives the institutions the necessary tools to enforce and certify compliance with consumer food safety requirements
Cabinet Secretary for Industry, Trade and Co-operatives, Adan Mohamed said the equipment will be used for testing of residues and harmful organisms such as pesticide and veterinary drug residues in foods, toxic elements like lead Cheap Oakland Athletics Jersey , arsenic and mercury, disease causing micro-organisms, harmful food additives and mycotoxins (such as aflatoxin).
"This can happen much faster and at previously undetectable levels," Mohamed said while receiving the equipment in Nairobi.
He said the equipment now available in laboratories at the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS), the Directorate of Veterinary Services (DVS) and the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS).
The equipment was made possible through the Standards and Market Access Programme (SMAP) launched in 2014 through a 14 million U.S. dollar grant from the EU Cheap Philadelphia Phillies Jersey , of which 6.8 million dollars went into the purchase of the equipment.
Mohamed stressed that the government will ensure the equipment is effectively used to guarantee the continued supply of safe foods not only for the export market but also for domestic consumers.
He said the SMAP project contributed to the removal of the 10 percent increased physical checks on Kenya's French beans at designated ports of entry in the EU.
The French Beans are now getting access to the EU market as a result of the efforts between the Kenya Horticultural Council, KEPHIS and the EU institutions.
KEBS Managing Director, Charles Ongwae said that the business sector is expected to greatly benefit from improved services rendered by inspection and conformity assessment bodies, leading to better product quality and increased access to regional and international markets.
He also noted that, through SMAP Cheap Pittsburgh Pirates Jersey , Kenya developed and launched standards to boost the safety and quality around food and horticulture products.
"With support from the EU, we have developed 77 standards which cover tea, coffee, horticulture fresh produce, cereals and pulses Cheap San Diego Padres Jersey , milk and milk products, processed fruits and vegetables. Meat and meat products, fish and fishery products, tea, coffee and honey products are also included Cheap San Francisco Giants Jersey ," said Ongwae.
Ongwae added that the standards will guarantee that goods and services locally produced or traded with any country are safe, and fit for consumption whether locally or for export. Safety and compliance will also be enhanced for goods coming into the country.
The EU Ambassador Stefano Dejak said the EU supported SMAP to address concerns raised by the national food control institutions regarding the need for a system to minimise the risks and hazards related to agricultural produce from the farm to fork.
"The equipment will contribute to increased production and consumption of safer and quality foods which will lead to increased competitiveness of Kenyan products, gain a better position on existing markets such as the 500 million strong EU market and also contribute to opening of new markets regionally and internationally," Dejak said.
He emphasized that "SMAP is not only improving the value and safety of products across the value chain, but it is also improving livelihoods directly and indirectly for millions of people who depend on agriculture Cheap Seattle Mariners Jersey , by helping farmers to meet international food safety standards and be more competitive in the local and global market.
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