According
to the EU, Nigeria must meet specified conditions before the ban will be
lifted, but stated that it was supporting the country in the process that would
ensure that the lifting of the ban.
The EU
had banned the exportation of dried beans from Nigeria in June 2015 on the
ground that the produce contains high level of pesticide considered dangerous
to human health.
Speaking
at the formal presentation of the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation’s
National Quality Infrastructure Programme Assisted Export Control Plan for
Nigeria on Zero Reject in Abuja, the Head of Trade and Economics Section, EU
Delegation, Mr. Filipe Amato, stated
that the EU welcomed the efforts of the Federal Government in ensuring quality
and safety of agricultural commodities.
He
said, “The European Commission’s regulation that
suspended the import into the EU of dried beans from Nigeria clearly states
that Nigeria has to implement appropriate risk management measures and provide
required guarantees. The EU, through the National Quality Infrastructure
Programme implemented by UNIDO, has supported the process since 2016.
“This support has been in multiple ways, which include the
establishment of a full chain management system, the conduit of excellence, a
value chain diagnostic to address the concerns raised by the director-general,
health and food safety; support to the inter-ministerial committee; and support
to the visit of the Senate Health Committee to Europe in 2016.”
Amato,
who disclosed this at the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development, added, “Others include workshops for
farmers/producers/processors on standard operating procedures for dried beans
and support to prepare the export control plan.
“Ultimately, it will be the DG of Health and Food Safety that will
decide if the conditions are met to lift the ban once the integrated export
control plan will be formally submitted for his attention. The support of the
NQIP will continue until July of this year.”
The
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, who doubles as the Co-Chairman
of the UNIDO-NQIP Committee, Chief Audu
Ogbeh, stated that the world was being driven by trade and Nigeria must get
it right when it comes to the exportation of agricultural produce.
“It is not only about export but the quality of produce that we
export and what we eat. We poison ourselves a lot by what we eat. This
assignment is far more serious than the idea of produce export, because we must
ensure that what we eat and export is safe for our health and the health of
other people,” he
said. (Sun)
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