USAID Trade Activity’s agro-export guideline for the Gulf countries

Business Desk :
Gulf countries present a distinct opportunity for Bangladeshi agricultural product exporters.
However, due to Bangladeshi exporters’ lack of knowledge about food safety and SPS measures, regulatory compliances and customer requirements, they are not able to capture the opportunities to export fresh fruits, vegetables, frozen and other processed foods products, reads a press release.
The Feed the Future Bangladesh Trade Activity will publish a guideline for ‘Food Safety Requirements of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables and Processed Food to Gulf countries.’
On January 30, the activity validated the contents of a guidance document with input from food business operators, regulatory bodies, academicians and trade associations
The first two Easy Export publications focused on Bangladesh’s regulatory requirements for exporting fresh fruits and vegetables and exporting food products to the European Union countries. Many small and medium enterprises, universities and exporters are using the guidelines to open new export markets.
The third Easy Export publication elaborates detailed guidelines on complying with Gulf countries’ food safety standards. The publication includes information on the importance and obligation to follow the food safety standards in order to export fresh fruits and vegetables and processed food to the Gulf countries, as a necessary process to identify the product’s each step starting from production to processing and distribution.