Food Safety Systems for Export - Botswana Meat Commission’s Case

1. Food Safety Systems for Export - Botswana Meat Commission’s Case Seikanelo Jacqueline Madisa Botswana Meat Commission Plot 621 Khama 1 Avenue, Lobatse, BOTSWANA Tel: 00267 5 331 238

2. Outline • Who is Botswana Meat Commission? • Product range and distribution. • Comparative advantage underpinning the business and sustainability. • Principles of a Botswana credible export assurance system • Partnership of FBO and competent authority • Legislation framework • Quality Assurance schemes and Third party accreditations •   Accredited laboratories • Comparative advantage and sustainability

3. Who is Botswana Meat Commission? • Established under the Act of Parliament of 24th December 1965. • Main mandate is to purchase cattle, slaughter the same and process to sell for the best price. • BMC is non-profit making enterprise and any surplus made is paid back to the farmers in a form of a bonus at the end of a financial year • Cattle production classified as either commercial or traditional. • 80 - 90% of the national head is kept under the traditional set up hence most of the animals come from this category of farming.

4. Product range and distribution. • Three abattoirs - with deboning, meat cutting plants and rendering plants and a cannery. • Two licensed to export to EU. • Products range • Fresh meat: chilled and frozen. • Canned products: corned meat, corned beef, pet food, stewed steakand ox-tongue. • Distribution chain • Europe - United Kingdom, Italy, Norway, Germany and Holland, • Middle East (Kuwait and Iran) • Far East - Hongkong. • Regional - South Africa, Angola, and Mozambique

5. Sales Volume by Region

6. Principles of a Botswana credible export assurance system • Partnership of Regulatory Authority and Food Business Operator (FBO). • Legislation framework. • Quality Assurance schemes and Third party accreditations. •   Accredited laboratories.

7. Partnership of FBO and competent authority • Trade agreements between trading member states or territories with corresponding model import/export certificates • Food business operator (FBO) then develops food safety management systems based on HACCP system • Additional customer requirements: e.g. British Retail Consortium • Regulatory authority oversees the process - Official controls and Certification. • Sampling plans are based on legislative and contractual agreements • Regulatory authority does sampling and testing for verification at an accredited laboratory. • FBO does sampling and testing for surveillance and monitoring. • The Resident competent authority does quarterly audits.

8. Legislative framework • National legislation. • Trading partner legislation. • Customer requirements which are in the form of signed agreements • Botswana has zoning system for disease control. • Country is divided into red and green zones depending on the FMD status. This has allowed us to be able to export from the green zone. • Movement from one approved establishment to another ensures integrity of the final product. • Approval process verifies controls defined in documented procedures. • Affords one the opportunity to make assurances either downstream or upstream.

9. Quality Assurance Schemes and Third Party Accreditations • Quality and food safety standards: • ISO 9001:2008 • SANS 10330:2007 • BRC Global Standard of Food Safety (Issue 6, 2011) • Training allows the company to demonstrably ensure that personnel performing work are competent and Allows review of effectiveness of the training for the defined roles. • FBO does sampling and testing for surveillance and monitoring. • Sampling plans are based on legislative and contractual agreements. • FBO does sampling and testing for surveillance and monitoring. FBO laboratory is in the process of being accredited to ISO 17025:2005 standard. • Regulatory authority does sampling and testing for verification at an accredited laboratory. • The Resident competent authority does quarterly audits. • Certification bodies: once a year. • EU: once every 3 years, or more frequent depending on level of conformity. • Testing at borders is randomly done for incoming raw materials (animal feed) and live animals.

10. Accredited laboratories • One national laboratory accredited to ISO 17025:2005 standard for testing and calibration laboratories. • Accreditation enhances competencies and quality assurance. • Accreditation is a challenge: • Detection limits, trade barriers • Costly • Regional capacity e.g. residues testing done in EU • FBO laboratory in the process of being accredited.

11. Comparative advantage and sustainability • Primary resource (cattle) population results in production that exceeds the local consumption. • Political will: 80% of animals are in the communal land, so it is essential that access to better markets is maintained. • Effective disease control systems. • Cheap labour costs.

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