DOT Desk: The Feed the Future Bangladesh Trade Activity of the USAID will publish a guideline on “Food Safety Requirements of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables, and Processed Food to Gulf Countries” aiming to capacitate the Bangladeshi agricultural product exporters to capture the share of the Gulf market, reports TBS.
As Bangladeshi agricultural product exporters lack knowledge about food safety and sanitary and phytosanitary measures (SPS) measures, regulatory compliances, and customer requirements in the Gulf countries, they are not able to capture the opportunities to export fresh fruits, vegetables, frozen, and other processed food products in the Gulf countries although they present a distinct opportunity for the Bangladeshi agro exporters, a release said yesterday.
The activity validated the contents of a guidance document with input from food business operators, regulatory bodies, academicians, and trade associations on Monday.
The first two easy export publications focused on 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.