The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the European Union-funded West African Competitiveness Program (WACOMP) and the Ministry of Trade and Industries (MoTI) organized a two-day training on Food Safety, Quality standards and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) for 30 ‘One District One Factory’ companies.
Selected Production Heads and Quality Assurance Officers from 1D1F factories across the country operating in the cassava derivative and fruit value chain took part in the training.
WACOMP National Quality Infrastructure Expert Frederick Gyamera Owusu, who was the trainer, said issues of conformity to standards, product regulations and product safety, in general, have become key considerations influencing the choices of today’s consumers and many markets require products reaching their regions to have acquired certain certification, quality or at minimum, be registered by national conformity bodies.
“The training to improve quality, hygiene and efficiency of 1D1F enterprises will impact the quality and safety of final products manufactured by the factories as GMPs are designed to minimise these risks associated with production and to improve product quality.”
Chief Technical Advisor of UNIDO Charles Kwame Sackey noted: “WACOMP collaboration with MoTI and the 1D1F Secretariat to train experts in quality assurance aims to build competence and support MSMEs build a robust quality infrastructure particularly for new entrants to improve quality and food safety at processing plants.”
The Chief Commercial Officer and Head of Government’s flagship ‘One District One Factory’ (1D1F) Initiative under the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Kofi Addo, said: “The 1D1F initiative seeks to transform Ghana’s Industrial landscape and so this quality initiative between UNIDO and the secretariat is of key importance to Ghana.”
Source: 3news.com|Ghana