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DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGY TO STRENGTHEN PHYTOSANITARY SYSTEM UNDER DEVELOPMENT IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN, March 25. /ARKA/. A strategy is being developed in Armenia
to strengthen phytosanitary system and apply international standards,
head of Armenia's food safety service Abram Bakhchagulyan said Monday.
It will help better sell Armenian products on the European market,
he said.
Under the Enterprise Development and Market Competitiveness (EDMC)
project financed by USAID, a number of events were held in Armenia,
including a seminar on impact of international agreements on Armenia's
sanitary and phytosanitary activities and a phytosanitary training
course where EDMC international advisor on phytosanitary measures
Andrey Orlinski participated.
Head of EDNC project Bruno Kornelio said Armenia is a WTO-member
country and it signed the agreement on sanitary and phytosanitary
standards to enhance exported goods safety level.
Kornelio stressed the importance of cooperation on the matter with
international organizations and local establishments. Both private and
government sectors should demonstrate interest in the process, he said.
Earlier Bakhchagulyan said that the state food safety service
applied to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for support
in development of a strategy. The pressing agenda is diagnosis
of phytosanitary diseases and measures against them, training of
laboratory staff, procurement of the respective laboratory equipment
and enhancement of the quality of diagnostic tests for foodstuffs at
border locations. -0-
YEREVAN, March 25. /ARKA/. A strategy is being developed in Armenia
to strengthen phytosanitary system and apply international standards,
head of Armenia's food safety service Abram Bakhchagulyan said Monday.
It will help better sell Armenian products on the European market,
he said.
Under the Enterprise Development and Market Competitiveness (EDMC)
project financed by USAID, a number of events were held in Armenia,
including a seminar on impact of international agreements on Armenia's
sanitary and phytosanitary activities and a phytosanitary training
course where EDMC international advisor on phytosanitary measures
Andrey Orlinski participated.
Head of EDNC project Bruno Kornelio said Armenia is a WTO-member
country and it signed the agreement on sanitary and phytosanitary
standards to enhance exported goods safety level.
Kornelio stressed the importance of cooperation on the matter with
international organizations and local establishments. Both private and
government sectors should demonstrate interest in the process, he said.
Earlier Bakhchagulyan said that the state food safety service
applied to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for support
in development of a strategy. The pressing agenda is diagnosis
of phytosanitary diseases and measures against them, training of
laboratory staff, procurement of the respective laboratory equipment
and enhancement of the quality of diagnostic tests for foodstuffs at
border locations. -0-