Post by Trade facilitator on May 9, 2022 20:09:27 GMT 1
What Are The Requirements Grains, Pulses And Oilseeds Must Comply With To Be Allowed into The European Market?
As a Nigerian exporter you must understand that Europeans do not play with foods that come into their country no matter who you are.
Therefore you must be very careful whenever you are trying to export any type of food into the European Union.
As an exporter of grains, pulses and oilseeds you must comply with strict food safety protocols such as working with each Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), keeping contaminants and pesticide residues below the permitted limits as well as following specific legislation, such as for novel and food sprouted grains and pulses.
Buyers in Europe will avoid any risk and often ask for additional certification and proof of good conduct. Complying with additional and niche standards can help your company stand out from the competition
We shall start by looking at the mandatory requirements by importing companies from Europe, adhering strictly to these requirements will aid your company in going into the European market without much difficulty.
What Are The Mandatory Requirements?
The first is to maintain food safety:
Food safety involves traceability, hygiene and control.
Food safety is a very important issue in European food legislation and it is regulated by the general food law.
The general food law includes but not limited to the following:
To guarantee food safety and to allow appropriate action in cases of an unsafe food, food products must be traceable throughout the entire supply chain and risk of contamination must be reduced as much as possible.
You have to understand that food operators in Europe are responsible for the safety of the products they sell.
You should know that this also affects you as a supplier because you are expected to control your supply chain according to the guidelines of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP).
Know for sure that when you export grains, pulses or oilseeds, your product will be subject to official control, products that are considered unsafe will be denied access to the European Union, simple.
We have been bringing it to the knowledge of exporters in Nigeria that they have to be careful about exporting products to the European Union as they have a very stringent policy against unsafe and bad products.
It will be very difficult for anybody to bring in unsafe and bad products into the European Union because of their stringent methods of checking goods at the border.
The Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) registers potential hazards and informs other European member states about the measures taken.
You can imagine the extent of carefulness that is brought into this policy, when an unsafe food is detected at the entry point and rejected by the border authorities; the alert system informs other member nations of the action and measures taken.
Food safety will continue to be a top priority in the grains, pulses and oilseeds trade. Non-compliance can lead to temporary import stops or to stricter control of products from your origin.
The second one we are going to look at is complying with the Phytosanitary regulation:
In practical terms, all seeds of grains, pulses, and oilseeds for sowing require a Phytosanitary certificate. This is a very important certificate that you need to acquire whenever you are trying to export any type of grains from Nigeria to the European Union. Please do not try to avoid it or get a fake Phytosanitary certificate. Not having this certificate along with all other documents can lead to the rejection of your goods at the border of entry.
Some grains and product origins have additional Phytosanitary requirements for the export to Europe - this mainly applies to seeds for propagating or planting.
For this product you must have an official statement that your product is free from specific diseases or comes from an area where these diseases are not found or prevalent.
For example wheat, rye, barley and other grains of the genus Tricicum and Secale originating in Afghanistan, India, Iraq, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, South Africa and the United States must be free from Tilletia indica Mitra.
Wheat, rye and triticale from these countries require a Phytosanitary certificate, also for food or feed purposes.
Maize imported into the European Union needs to be declared officially free from Pantoea stewartia. Maize requires a Phytosanitary certificate for both feed and food purposes.
From the foregoing it is pertinent that anybody that is exporting any type of grains from Nigeria to the European Union must comply strictly to all the conditions that are stated here. They don't manage anything in the European Union therefore be very careful and do not believe that you can trick anybody.
Our company is one of the best companies in Agro-Export Business in Nigeria today. We are experts in the export of foodstuff to the European Union.
We train individuals and corporate organizations on how to do Export Business the right way; if you are interested, please contact the admin of this forum now for further details.
We shall continue in the second tranche of this article.
As a Nigerian exporter you must understand that Europeans do not play with foods that come into their country no matter who you are.
Therefore you must be very careful whenever you are trying to export any type of food into the European Union.
As an exporter of grains, pulses and oilseeds you must comply with strict food safety protocols such as working with each Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), keeping contaminants and pesticide residues below the permitted limits as well as following specific legislation, such as for novel and food sprouted grains and pulses.
Buyers in Europe will avoid any risk and often ask for additional certification and proof of good conduct. Complying with additional and niche standards can help your company stand out from the competition
We shall start by looking at the mandatory requirements by importing companies from Europe, adhering strictly to these requirements will aid your company in going into the European market without much difficulty.
What Are The Mandatory Requirements?
The first is to maintain food safety:
Food safety involves traceability, hygiene and control.
Food safety is a very important issue in European food legislation and it is regulated by the general food law.
The general food law includes but not limited to the following:
To guarantee food safety and to allow appropriate action in cases of an unsafe food, food products must be traceable throughout the entire supply chain and risk of contamination must be reduced as much as possible.
You have to understand that food operators in Europe are responsible for the safety of the products they sell.
You should know that this also affects you as a supplier because you are expected to control your supply chain according to the guidelines of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP).
Know for sure that when you export grains, pulses or oilseeds, your product will be subject to official control, products that are considered unsafe will be denied access to the European Union, simple.
We have been bringing it to the knowledge of exporters in Nigeria that they have to be careful about exporting products to the European Union as they have a very stringent policy against unsafe and bad products.
It will be very difficult for anybody to bring in unsafe and bad products into the European Union because of their stringent methods of checking goods at the border.
The Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) registers potential hazards and informs other European member states about the measures taken.
You can imagine the extent of carefulness that is brought into this policy, when an unsafe food is detected at the entry point and rejected by the border authorities; the alert system informs other member nations of the action and measures taken.
Food safety will continue to be a top priority in the grains, pulses and oilseeds trade. Non-compliance can lead to temporary import stops or to stricter control of products from your origin.
The second one we are going to look at is complying with the Phytosanitary regulation:
In practical terms, all seeds of grains, pulses, and oilseeds for sowing require a Phytosanitary certificate. This is a very important certificate that you need to acquire whenever you are trying to export any type of grains from Nigeria to the European Union. Please do not try to avoid it or get a fake Phytosanitary certificate. Not having this certificate along with all other documents can lead to the rejection of your goods at the border of entry.
Some grains and product origins have additional Phytosanitary requirements for the export to Europe - this mainly applies to seeds for propagating or planting.
For this product you must have an official statement that your product is free from specific diseases or comes from an area where these diseases are not found or prevalent.
For example wheat, rye, barley and other grains of the genus Tricicum and Secale originating in Afghanistan, India, Iraq, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, South Africa and the United States must be free from Tilletia indica Mitra.
Wheat, rye and triticale from these countries require a Phytosanitary certificate, also for food or feed purposes.
Maize imported into the European Union needs to be declared officially free from Pantoea stewartia. Maize requires a Phytosanitary certificate for both feed and food purposes.
From the foregoing it is pertinent that anybody that is exporting any type of grains from Nigeria to the European Union must comply strictly to all the conditions that are stated here. They don't manage anything in the European Union therefore be very careful and do not believe that you can trick anybody.
Our company is one of the best companies in Agro-Export Business in Nigeria today. We are experts in the export of foodstuff to the European Union.
We train individuals and corporate organizations on how to do Export Business the right way; if you are interested, please contact the admin of this forum now for further details.
We shall continue in the second tranche of this article.
