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Quality Issues in Agricultural

Presenter

Chandrmouli Singh

MBA (AB) I Year

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Outline

What is Quality

Quality Parameters for Agricultural Produce

Issues

Impact

Possible Solutions

Conclusion

References

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What is Quality

“Conformation to Specification”

Philip Crossby

Quality is the totality of features and characteristics of a product or service that bear on its ability to satisfy stated or implied needs

(ISO 8402/ISO 9000)

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Quality Parameters

ISO Family

ISO 9001:2000

ISO 15000:1998

ISO 14001:2004

ISO 22000:2005

AGMARK

HACCP

Contd.

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BRC

IFS

CODEX

SQF 2000

OHSAS 18001Contd.

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Food Safety and Standard Act, 2006

PFA,1954

Essential Commodity Act, 1955

Fruit Product Order

Marine Food Product Order

Vegetable and Oil (control) Order

Edible Oil Packaging (regulation) Order

Milk and Milk Produce Order

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Issues

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Ban on Imports

Indian mangoes arrive in the U.S. after long hiatus ( May 1, 2007, CNN Money)

Trouble spells for corn exporters as Vietnam rejects shipments ( December 23, 2011 Business Line)

After 2 years, city grapes to be served on German tables (March 3, 2012 The Times of India)

Japan rejects prawn order, Odisha exporters worried (September 27,2012 The Indian Express)

Cont.

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US rejects India's basmati exports due to pesticides, price falls 23.5% (September 24, 2012 www.fbnews.com)

EU rejects three okra consignments from India (November 29, 2012 Business Line)

Groundnut exporters' woes continue-

Russia's ban on groundnut imports from India raises quality concern ( April 23,2013 Business Standards)

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Lack of Awareness Among People

Certifications CustomersExporters and Promoters Retailers

ISO:9001:2000 96.84 85 90.63

HACCP 24.21 64 93.75

BRC 11.58 10 34.37

ISO:22000:2005 12.63 68 68.75

SQF 2000 - 5 18.75

IFS 3.16 6 15.63

GMP 1.05 12 56.25

Global GAP 1.05 6 28.13

Source: Sharma. Rajesh. Sharma Madhu. And Divashree. (2009) Awareness and Status of Food Safety Certificates in India. National Conference on “Innovative Marketing Strategies: Current Trends”. Pg 391-398

Table I: Awareness about the types of certificates

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Health Related Issues

Pathogen Estimated number of illnesses

Norovirus 54,61,731

Salmonella, nontyphoidal 10,27,561

Clostridium perfringens 9,65,958

Campylobacter spp. 8,45,024

Staphylococcus aureus 2,41,148

Source: http://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/facts.html

Table II: Top five pathogens contributing to domestically acquired food borne illnesses

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Impact

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Loss to Nation and Farmers

50% decline in Grape export which cost about ₹535.34 cr. (2010-11)

US rejected Okra of 51 cr. (2010-11)₹ Vietnam rejected ₹ 91.74 cr. corn (2011-12)

Shrimp of ₹177 cr. rejected by Japan (2011-12)

Every year 20% of Indian consignments get rejected which cost about

₹ 17221.36 cr.

http://agriexchange.apeda.gov.in/indexp/18headgenReportmonth.aspx#content

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others39%

U S A18%

VIETNAM SOC REP

8%

UAE8%

SAUDI ARAB7%

IN-DONE-

SIA5%

MALAYSIA

4%

IRAN4%

BANGLADESH PR3%

KUWAIT2%

NIGERIA2%

Total: ₹ 86018.261Cr.

Effect on Trade Relationship

Graph I: India Export of Principle Commodities Value in Cr (2011-₹12)

http://agriexchange.apeda.gov.in/indexp/18headgenReportmonth.aspx#content

Contd.

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Graph II: Major importing countries of Grape and exported value in lakh ₹

http://agriexchange.apeda.gov.in/Market%20Profile/MOA/Product/GRAPES.pdf

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Expenses on Illness

Estimated cost of food borne illness in USA - $152 billion annually

Indian scenario

http://www.njeha.org/pdf/Michelle%20Malavet%20-%20Foodborne%20Illness%20Prevention.pdfhttp://www.citehr.com/17068-leaves-per-law-company-policy.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_in_India

Total no. of labours in India

487 million

Average sick leave 7-10 days 3409 million

If we pay ₹ 100 only ₹ 340900 million

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Some Facts

With investment of ₹17221.36 cr.

We can make

Fund for ICDS ( 17700 cr.)₹Mid Day Meal Scheme ( 13215 cr.)₹Rastriya Madyamik Siksha Abiyan ( 3983 cr.)₹Medical Education and training ( 4727 cr.)₹

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Possible Solutions

Role of APEDA

Global GAP

Formulation of new standards

Post Harvest Technology

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Conclusion

We need to create awareness among people about Food Safety Certification

Short term training program and up-dated literature may reduce losses due to ban

We need to control post harvest losses to secure better quality production

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References

Sharma. Rajesh. Sharma Madhu. And Divashree. (2009) Awareness and Status of Food Safety Certificates in India. National Conference on “Innovative Marketing Strategies: Current Trends”. Pg 391-398

Magazine: Agribusiness and Food Industry

Production and Operation Management: Kanishka Bedi

http://www.citehr.com/17068-leaves-per-law-company-policy.html

http://agriexchange.apeda.gov.in/indexp/18headgenReportmonth.aspx#content

http://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/facts.html

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www.cert-int.com/

http://mofpi.nic.in/

http://www.iso.org/

http://www.standardsglossary.com/

http://www.fao.org/

www.indiastat.com/

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/agri-biz/trouble-spells-for-corn-exporters-as-vietnam-rejects-shipments/article2741758.ece

http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/290

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http://newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/article1274751.ece

http://news.agropages.com/Feature/FeatureDetail---911.htm

http://www.hindu.com/2009/06/15/stories/2009061556581800.htm

http://www.globalgap.org/uk_en/what-we-do/the-gg-system/certification/list-of-accreditation-bodies/

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“Quality is never an accident, it is always the result of intelligent effort”