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· The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has given orientation to eleven exporters to leverage Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) certification to reduce the high level of rejection of made-in-Nigeria goods at the export market
· The Council added that exportable food items must strive to acquire additional mandatory certifications to enable them to compete globally since penetrating international markets for processed and value-added products, particularly food items, required additional voluntary certification
The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has given orientation to eleven exporters to leverage Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) certification to reduce the high level of rejection of made-in-Nigeria goods at the export market.
Revealing this, the Executive Director, NEPC, Segun Awolowo, said the move would help the Nigerian companies to become more competitive after the Covid-19 pandemic and to up its exports. This would lead to tougher inspection regimes at the border control points (BCPs) in importing countries.
Awolowo added that exportable food items must strive to acquire additional mandatory certifications to enable them to compete globally since penetrating international markets for processed and value-added products, particularly food items, required additional voluntary certification. A series of certification awareness training programs for over 1,000 manufacturing and food-processing companies, including MSMEs across the country were held recently to help food processors control major food risks such as microbiological, chemical and physical contaminants.
