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IPC GMP Book to be printed in different language of IPC member countries
During the 23rd Meeting of IPC Committee on Quality held in Jakarta on 24th - 25th March 2017 while discussing the needs to disseminate the newly published IPC Book on Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) for Pepper to pepper farmers, agricultural officers and local traders in providing them a guidelines for producing the good quality pepper, the meeting decided that the GMP book are to be translated and printed in local language.
The IPC Book on Good Manufacturing Practices was published in November 2016 in English and was officially launched at the Special Session of IPC held in Jakarta on 10th - 11th January 2017 are expected to be made available in different language of IPC member countries in the near future.
The book which was edited by Mr. WDL Gunaratne, former Executive Director of IPC and expert members of IPC Committee on Quality namely KRK Menon and T.V. Zavier of India, Chandrini Dewi and Dyah Palupi of Indonesia, Zehnder Jarroop of Malaysia and T. Liyanage of Sri Lanka emphasizes the critical point of contamination of pepper during the process of harvesting, processing, storage and also practices to be adopted to avoid or minimize contamination.
Copy of the IPC Good Manufacturing Practices for Pepper is available with the IPC Secretariat, Jakarta and can be obtained on request at a nominal cost.
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.