Integrisano 1

1. USE OF PESTICIDES, ICM and FOOD SAFETY
Adrian van den Bosch
Sremski Karlovci, 3 December 2014

2. PESTICIDES and FOOD SAFETY,
which is the better option ?
or:

3. FRAMEWORK for this PRESENTATION:
1) Food Safety and Chain Management, a summary
2) EU policy on Food Safety and Consumer’s Health
3) New developments in the Netherlands
4) Opportunities for Serbia ?

4. CHAIN MANAGEMENT and FOOD SAFETY
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5. Food Safety, recently in the media:
Germany June 2011:

6. Pesticides & Food Safety, recently in the media:

7. Pesticides & Food Safety, recently in the media:
movie: Consumer perspective: dirty dozen and clean fifteen:

8. Risks caused by misuse of pesticides

9. Risks caused by misuse of pesticides

10. CHAIN MANAGEMENT and FOOD SAFETY
Traditional approach in
agricultural production:
- supplier of inputs
-- pprroodduucceerr
- auction/wholesaler/exporter
- retailer/supermarket
- consumer
(production-oriented!)

11. CHAIN MANAGEMENT and FOOD SAFETY
agricultural chain approach:
- consumer
- retailer/supermarket
- wholesaler/exporter
- producer
- supplier
(consumer & market-oriented!)

12. CHAIN MANAGEMENT and FOOD SAFETY
CHAIN MANAGEMENT:
- came up in Holland during the 90-ies
- farmers produce what consumers really want
- high priority to optimize:
attractive packing
logistics and just-in-time delivery
develop new marketing concepts & own brands
- food safety and tracking & tracing in food-chains

13. CHAIN MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY
change from:
PRODUCTION  CONSUMER
orientation
* how to deal with new consumer wishes ?
* is the consumer ready to pay extra for
quality
safety
packaging
convenience
adding value !!
who wins and who pays ??

14. HORTICULTURE IN THE NETHERLANDS
why the horticultural sector in Holland is successful
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Healthy and convenience food, for the demanding consumer

15. CHAIN MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY
Not only European (ALL !) consumers wish:
SSAAFFEE FFOOOODD!!!!!!
- traceability:
where/when/what happened?
- certification standards & -labels
- verification  barcode/ICT
- harmonization between EU countries

16. Registration and Certifcation
Chain Management & Food Safety
Certification:
- EUREP-GAP  GlobalG.A.P. (2008)
- MPS certification A,B and C
(for ornamentals and flowers)
- SKAL: for organic produce
- consumers get: a uniform and standardised product
value for money

17. Registration and Certifcation
Registration and record keeping by the grower on:
- use of pesticides using special software and internet:
- use of fertilizers
- use of water
- hygenic issues
- labour-conditions & safety
- crop handling and
post-harvest handling

18. TRACKING & TRACING NOT AN EASY TASK….

19. Product Tracing in Food chains:

21. 5 Steps to get GLOBALG.A.P. certified
1) download GLOBALG.A.P. Standard Documents and Checklists
2) choose an approved certification bodies in your country and get
your GLOBALG.A.P. number
3) self-assessment by using the checklist and correct all the points
you don’t comply with.
a licenced GLOBALG.A..P Farm Assurer can assist here
4) arrange an appointment with your GLOBALG.A.P. approved
certification body.
inspector will conduct the first on-site inspection
5) after successful compliance with the standard’s requirements,
you will receive a GLOBALG.A.P. Farm Assurance certificate

22. safety for workers
and consumers
GLOBAL-GAP:
Registration and Certifcation

23. FRAMEWORK for this PRESENTATION:
1) Food Safety and Chain Management, a summary
2) EU policy on Food Safety and Consumer’s Health
3) New developments in the Netherlands
4) Opportunities for Serbia ?

24. Summary of EU policy after World War II:
- increase food production and restructure agriculture
 the common agricultural policy (CAP)
- stable supply of affordable and quality food for the
EU's 500 mln citizens & substantial volume for exports,
- safeguarding the future of rural communities, villages
and towns, biodiversity, the landscape and soil quality.
- reshape 2013: fairer, greener, more efficient & innovative
- CAP remains of key importance
- more sustainable and inclusive growth
 EU's 2020 Strategy.

25. 2) EU food safety policy:
from the Farm to the Fork
• to protect consumer health and interests while
guaranteeing the smooth operation of the single market
• ensures that control standards are established and
adhered to:
- food and food product hygiene,
- animal health and welfare,
- plant health
- preventing risk of contamination (external substances)
- rules on labelling and packaging food & foodstuffs

26. EU food safety policy:
HARMONISATION STILL AN ISSUE:
- 27 EU member states
‘new countries’ Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania...
- differences between North-South
- culture/attitude
- awareness on food-safety issues
- every country has ‘own’ list of accepted pesticides
- open borders
- fair competition?

27. Numerous websites of the EU:

33. FRAMEWORK for this PRESENTATION:
1) Food Safety and Chain Management, a summary
2) EU policy on Food Safety and Consumer’s Health
3) New developments in the Netherlands
4) Opportunities for Serbia ?

34. New developments in the Netherlands
public : private partnership / ‘polderen’
- government
- environmental organisations
- agricultural sector
model: Multi-Year Crop Protection Program
aim: - 50% in use of pesticides, fungicide & herbicides
training, certification, regular check of equipment

35. New developments in the Netherlands

36. New developments in the Netherlands

37. New developments in the Netherlands
Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority: NVWA
- Avian flue, BSE, M&F disease, swine-fever
- check hygiene in restaurants and all places
where food is produced, packed or prepared
etc.

38. New developments in the Netherlands
Technical innovations:

39. New developments in the Netherlands
Fundamental and applied research:

40. New developments in the Netherlands
Bio-stimulants and enhancing plant’s immune-system

41. New developments in the Netherlands
Innovation in greenhouse-sector
movie Greenhouse for the future

42. Growers-cooperatives:

43. New developments in the Netherlands
International Year of the Cooperative 2012

44. New developments in the Netherlands
Developments in management, science and technology
- spraying methods: better technology & more efficient distribution
- precision agriculture
- new detection methods for pesticide residue
- use of bio-stimulants: soil life and natural immune system of plants
- greenhouse sector: energy, water-efficiency, biological control
- cooperative tradition: supplies, finance and marketing

45. FRAMEWORK for this PRESENTATION:
1) Food Safety and Chain Management, a summary
2) EU policy on Food Safety and Consumer’s Health
3) New developments in the Netherlands
4) Opportunties for Serbia ?

46. Opportunities for Serbia
- opportunities and challenges: export to Russian market
- are Serbian producers ready for new consumer demands
permanent supply to markets and adding value
- is Serbia ready for adopting EU regulations on Pesticide
use and Food Safety?
- interesting developments: regional produce, organic ??

47. PESTICIDES and FOOD SAFETY,
which is the better option ?
or:

48. Together we are responsible for the health
and satisfaction of our customers.
at the end of the day…