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Seventy-first session of the Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards (WP.7)

Seventy-first session of the Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards (WP.7)

02 - 04 November 2015
UNECE Conference on Traceability of Agricultural Produce-2015

UNECE Conference on Traceability of Agricultural Produce, 3 November 2015 from 10:00 to 18:00

Programme  

Summary Report

 

Documents

Document Symbol Document Title ENG FRE RUS
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2015/1 Annotated provisional agenda PDF PDF PDF
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2015/3 Processed poultry meat - list of examples PDF    
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2015/4 Edible Meat Co-products PDF PDF PDF
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2015/5 Bovine Meat - Carcases and Cuts PDF    
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2015/6 Lambs Lettuce PDF PDF PDF
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2015/7 Persimmon PDF PDF PDF
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2015/8 Sweet Chestnuts PDF PDF PDF
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2015/9 Truffles PDF    
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2015/10 Garlic PDF PDF PDF
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2015/11 Tomatoes PDF PDF PDF
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2015/12 Watermelons PDF PDF PDF
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2015/13 Standard Layout for UNECE Explanatory Brochures on Fresh Fruit and Vegetables PDF PDF PDF
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2015/14 Dates PDF PDF PDF
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2015/15 Sampling Plan for Tree Nuts and Dried Produce PDF PDF PDF
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2015/16 Inshell Pistachio Nuts PDF PDF PDF
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2015/17 Almonds Kernels PDF PDF PDF
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2015/18 Dried Grapes PDF PDF PDF
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2015/19 Dried Figs PDF PDF PDF
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2015/20 Dried Apricots PDF PDF PDF
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2015/21 Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards - Future work PDF - -
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2015/22 Geneva Understanding PDF PDF PDF
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2015/2 Report PDF PDF PDF
  Summary Report of the Traceability Conference PDF    
List of Participants   PDF    

Reference Documents

Document Symbol Document Title ENG FRE RUS
ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/GE.6/2014/2 Report of the 42nd session of the Specialized Section on Standardization of Seed Potatoes PDF PDF PDF
ECE/TRADE/421 Guide to Seed Potato Field Inspection PDF - -
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/GE.1/2015/2 Report of the 63rd session of the Specialized Section on Standardization of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables PDF PDF PDF
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/GE.2/2015/2 Report of the 62nd session of the Specialized Section on Standardization of Dry and Dried Produce PDF PDF PDF
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/GE.11/2015/2 Report of the 24th session of the Specialized Section on Standardization Meat PDF - -

Conference Presentations

Opening session

Opening remarks
- Andrey Vasilyev, Deputy Executive Secretary, UNECE

Introductory remarks by the co-chairpersons
- Ian Hewett, Market Measures Trader Manager, Rural Payments Agency, UK
- Agnieszka Sudol, Main Specialist, Agricultural and Food Quality Inspection, Poland

Traceability: main issues

Purpose, opportunities and challenges of traceability - why, for whom and how?
- Diane Taillard, Director Consumer Safety & Traceability, GS1 Global Office

Tracking social responsibility/labor
- Carla Henry, Senior Specialist, Agriculture and related sectors, Sectoral Policies Department, ILO

Costs and benefits of traceability
– industry perspectives - Dr. Ana Bermejo, Food Safety and Law Specialist, International Nut and Dried Fruit Council

Supporting traceability: success and failures of current approaches and systems

Traceability requirements in private and public standards and management systems, and links to sustainability
- Joseph Wozniak, Programme Manager, Trade for Sustainable Development (T4SD), International Trade Centre of UNCTAD/WTO

ISO standards for traceability in the feed and food chain
- Marie-Noëlle Bourquin, Technical group manager, Standards development, International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

UN/CEFACT standards for information exchange and traceability in agricultural trade
UN/CEFACT Standard on Traceability of Animals and Fish - briefing note
- Markus Pikart, Economic Cooperation and Trade Division, UNECE 

Experience with labels, code marks and their limitations
- UNECE’s Specialized Sections on Meat, Fresh Fruit and Vegetables, Dry and Dried Produce and Seed Potatoes

Tracing back from plate to farm: Traceability systems of global buyers and for key agricultural products

Metro Fish Traceability Solution
- Jens Kungl, Sypply Chain Management, Metro Systems, and
- Ralph Tröger, Senior Manager Identification/Data Carrier, GS1

Traceability systems in the poultry meat sector
- Justin Carton, Director, Manor Farm, Ireland

Traceability requirements for fresh fruit and vegetables, meat and meat products in Germany
- Oliver Thelen, QS Qualität und Sicherheit GmbH

Traceability of seeds
- John Kerr, Head of Seeds, Varieties and Pesticides Division, Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture (SASA)

Enabling developing countries to implement traceability as a means to manage SPS risks for market access: Support provided by the STDF
- Kenza Le Mentec, Project coordinator, Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) at the World Trade Organization (WTO)

Opportunities, challenges and the way forward
 
Summary and conclusions by the co-chairpersons

Intersessional approval

Persimmon Photos  PDF