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THE 13TH MEETING OF THE IPC COMMITTEE ON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Head Office of the Spices Board, India in Cochin, India was chosen as the venue for the 13th Meeting of the IPC Committee on Research and Development (13th IPC R&D) on 05 August 2024. The meeting was hosted by the Spices Board of India and chaired by Dr. A.B. Rema Shree the Director of Research from the Spices Board.
The meeting which was attended by the expert researchers and government representative of the respective member countries, discussed the important topics for research and development pepper which included the product traceability, latest research conducted by IPC member countries, Maximum Residue Trial, Focus on Pepper as well as other development from the IPC member countries. During the meeting, Madam Firna Azura Ekaputri Hj. Marzuki, the Executive Director of IPC elaborated on the future work plan of the IPC Committee on R & D and the plan to conduct technical training on Pepper DNA Profiling with the assistances of the Government of India.
On the sidelines of the 13th IPC R&D, the meeting delegation and the Executive Director along with IPC Secretariat officers visited the Indian Pepper and Spices Trade Association in Mattancherry, Cochin, India which is one of the oldest Pepper and Spices Trade Associations in India. During the visit, the IPC Delegation were accepted by the President of IPSTA Shri. Anand Kishor Kuruwa and his esteemed colleagues. In that occasion, the President of IPSTA shared their latest development on IPSTA Online Trading Platform which is a web and mobile based real-time trading application for member of IPSTA. In that short meeting the Executive Director of IPC also extended the invitation to IPSTA to be attend and talk at the 52nd Annual Sessions and Meetings of the International Pepper Community and International Spice Exhibition scheduled on 18 – 21 November 2024 at Hilton Hotel Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Previous Publications
- Pepper/Spice Exhibition at Kandy, Sri Lanka, 30th Oct. - 2nd Nov. 2017
- MPB Central Lab, Kuching, to host IPC Quality Training programme in September 2017
- Executive Director of the International Pepper Community to visit Cambodia in June 2017
- Sri Lanka to host the 45th Annual Session of the IPC during 30th Oct - 2nd Nov. 2017
- Sri Lanka's pepper now becomes one of most important spice crops for export after Cinnamon - Bandula Wickramarachchi
- Members to continue organizing the Pepper Day in 2017
- IPC revises Standard Specifications for Pepper and Pepper Products
- Iman Pambagyo, Director General seeks IPC member countries to strengthen collaborative works in responding to the quality related issues
- IPC GMP Book to be printed in different language of IPC member countries
- IPC Inter-lab Proficiency Testing Programme
- IPC Book on Good Manufacturing Practices for Pepper (P. nigrum L.) was launched
- The IPC Special Session held on 09th - 10th January 2017 in Jakarta, Indonesia
- Sri Lanka has confirmed to host the 45th Annual Session and other Meetings of the International Pepper Community in Kandy.
- Mrs. Mariam Ilias named as the Liaison Officer of Malaysia to IPC
- Lampung now has another modern pepper / spice processing unit
- 1st Forum Vietnam Pepper Outlook 2016 organized successfully in Phu Quoc
- VPA to organize 1st Forum Vietnam Pepper Outlook from 17th-19th November 2016
- IPC Executive Director visited Davao, Philippines and met Governor Claude Bautista
- ED attended the 47th APCC COCOTECH
- Dr. Agus Wahyudi named as Director of Spices and Seasonal Crops of the Agriculture Ministry of Indonesia
- Mr. Eng. BANDULA Wickramaarachchi Secretary of Ministry of Primary Industries of Sri Lanka, is the Chairman of IPC for 2016/2017
- Governor Bautista and other officials of Philippines visited Indonesia and Vietnam
- Dato Tan Sri William Mawan Ikom named as new Chairman and Dr. Harry Entebang as new Director General of Malaysian Pepper Board
- IPC announced the winners of the IPC Award Winners for the year 2015
- Minister of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia, urged IPC to strengthen the cooperation among the members on five strategic important issues.