Project Leader SIQ - Slovenian Institute for Quality and Metrology, Slovenia

Partners:

- Institute for Applied Biotechnology Murska Sobota, Slovenia;

- Food Research Institute in Bratislava, Slovakia;

- E.R.F.C . (European Regional Framework for Co-operation), Greece;

- Regional Chamber of Economy and Industry Leskovac, Serbia;

- HUMANOPOLIS, Foundation for education and development, FYR Macedonia;

-Chamber of Economy of Sarajevo Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina;

This action is funded by European Union under the programm line: IPA- Socio Economic Partnership

Total duration of the action : 24 months

(December 2010 –december 2012)

Location of the action : Bosnia&Herzegovina, FYR of Macedonia and Serbia

Total eligible cost of the action : 492.575,00 EUR

Amount requested from the contracting authority :

394 .060,00 EUR (80%)

Target groups :

• Food and agriculture specialists (food technologists, veterinarians, agronomists, head cooks and chefs in big and small kitchens)

• Health

•Veterinary and sanitary inspectors

• Managers (and owners) of large and small food processing

•Agriculture and tourism industries (including managers of gastronomy units, food shops and groceries)

About the Project

Work according to internationally recognised food safety standard HACCP is obligatory to all players in EU agro-food chain (farmers, processors, trade, transport) and to all importers of food into EU.In EU Candidate and Accession Countries, SMEs with introduced HACCP system have better and bigger market position and consequently higher competitiveness due to their capacity to export to EU Member States.

The Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP)

system is food safety management system developed to ensure the safety of foods throughout the food industry around the world. General objective of the action is to improved professional operating civil society, better quality of services, increased cooperation between CSOs and public authorities, better dissemination in the area of the food product safety and consumer protection in involved Balkan countries.

 

This project is financed by the EUROPEAN UNION.