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The National Fisheries Authority (NFA) is focusing on Food Safety, COVID-19, and Pandemic Control Frameworks due to a considerable shift in global trading market requirements.
Acting Manager for the Audit Certification Unit, Josephine Komboi, NFA, highlighted the importance of developing the National Fish and Fishery Products Standard, as well as its experience, market dimensions, and access, which is beneficial to the global trading market, during a presentation at the World Food Safety Day.
She stated that major trading partners had scrutinised the standard requirements for PNG's fishery product food safety and trade requirements for the previous ten years, but that changes have now been made to incorporate the requirements of trading partners, including changes in the industry, technological advancements, and product diversification.
NFA is seeing an increase in market and product variety as a result of the rules, as well as a decrease in quick alerts and complaints from importing nations.
“We want to now upskill and create awareness to our small operators who are producing prawns, lobsters, crabs to understand the standard requirements and prepare for the change in market requirements.”
Reference: Iru, Jasmine. Loop (9 June 2022). “NFA Sees Change In Market Requirements”.
