This
came on the heels of recent rejection of a large consignment of vegetables and
other edibles exported from Nigeria to the United States on the ground that
they were not accompanied with phytosanitary
certificate.
Recall
that 10 months ago, consignments of yam exported to the United States, were
also rejected due to poor quality. Prior to this time, the European Union had
banned export of dried beans from Nigeria in June 2015 on the ground that the
produce contained high level of pesticide considered dangerous to human health.
Fellow
Nigerians, are you aware that our crude oil will soon become useless? Yes, it
will, in no distant time, become valueless owing to the fact that the countries
that rely on it as their only source of energy are developing more affordable
alternative sources of energy. When this finally happens, what will we do? How
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The EU
extended the ban in June 2016 by three years. The ban, expected to expire by
next year has not only affected the country’s foreign exchange, it has also
dented the image of the country in the outside world.
The latest
rejected farm produce, estimated to be in the region of over N5m value include:
pumpkin leaf, waterleaf, bitter leaf, local pear, garden eggs, wrapping leaf
and others.
Though
officials of the NAQS, said the produce were not rejected due to poor quality,
but due to the fact that they were not accompanied with phytosanitary
certificate, they accused some of the exporters of evading due process. http://www.tectono-business.com/2016/02/contemporary-step-by-step-guide-to.html
NAQS
Head of Inspection, South West Zone, Dr.
Moses Adewumi, said internationally, the Food and Agriculture Organisation
(FAO) requires that in the movement of agricultural produce or commodities
around the world, the commodities should be free from pest.
He
said, “In this case, we have up to about 41
International Standard For Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM), which guides the
movement of commodities. When you are sending commodities outside the country,
the international procedure is that it must be accompanied with phytosanitary
certificate. That is the health of the commodity being exported. Any commodity
not accompanied by the certificate is illegal. That is why all these consignments
were returned to the country because most of them were not accompanied with
phytosanitary certificate.”
He
noted that NAQS was trying to make exporters and people coming to the business
to be aware that they needed to get the certificate when sending agricultural
commodities outside Nigeria. “The certificate states the
condition of the commodities,” he added.
Head
of Station, Mrs. Eze Veronica, and
Zonal Office Scientist, Dr. Dayo
Folorunso, accused some exporters of evading due process. http://www.tectono-business.com/2016/02/contemporary-step-by-step-guide-to.html
They noted the rejection was caused by Nigerians’ likeness for cutting corners
“and that is why most of these things evade inspection.
After
closing all the procedures, we are constrained to follow them to the exit
point, where some of these things happen. They tried to evade inspection, but
they didn’t know they would be caught and that was what happened.
NAQS
Head of Media, Dr. Gozie Nwodo, who
represented the Coordinating Director, Dr.
Vincent Isegbe, said the agency was ready to help based on its core mandate
of facilitating international trade, and also assisting farmers to excel in
international market.
He
cited the market of Zobo, exported to Mexico and other European countries,
which was facilitated by NAQS, which fetched the country $23m in nine months
last year. “This is part of the testimonials of works
NAQS does for farmers, exporters and up takers. It behooves on you to come to
NAQS to get education and get guidance to process your products to meet
international standards,” he said. (Guardian)
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