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Working document from the FAO rapid appraisal mission. Quality standards for fruits, vegetables and pork meat in China and Hong Kong

Year of publication 2008

Pages 39

Author Cadilhon, J.-J.; Hoejskov, P.S.;Agriculture Group

Product type Project

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) By invitation of the Ministry of Agriculture of China, FAO has conducted a rapid appraisal of the quality management systems for fruits, vegetables and pork meat in China and Hong Kong. This working document presents the findings of the mission. It gives a rapid appraisal of the different quality management systems elaborated by both public and private sectors to manage the food quality standards investigated during the mission. It presents the results of a SWOT analysis by different stakehol ders of the supply chains investigated by the appraisal mission. The document also reports the findings of a national workshop of Chinese experts convened by the Ministry of Agriculture and FAO to clarify the structure of the food quality management system in China and to propose actions to be initiated in order to face the threats confronted by the food quality management system, as identified by the SWOT analysis.

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