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Iman Pambagyo, Director General seeks IPC member countries to strengthen collaborative works in responding to the quality related issues
The expert members of the IPC Committee on Quality and officials from India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Viet Nam and the Philippines met in Jakarta from 24th - 25th March 2017 discussing number of agendas of the quality related issues in the pepper industry. The 23rd Meeting of IPC Committee on Quality was hosted by the IPC and organized jointly by the International Pepper Community in close collaboration with the Ministry of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia.
Mr. Iman Pambagyo, the past immediate Chairman of IPC who is also the Director General of International Trade Negotiations of the Ministry of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia, while delivering his inaugural address at the meeting mentioned the need for strengthening collaborative works among the IPC member countries in addressing the quality related issues.
He further said that ÔÇ£In light of the situation of the stringent quality requirements set by the major consuming countries, the meeting of IPC Committee on Quality, as always, is the best hope for our collective ability to respond to all of these challengesÔÇØ
ÔÇ£The IPC should be able to generate quality related programs and activities, to consider and adopt strong and sophisticated methods of analysis, to provide training for laboratories personnel, to develop inter-laboratory proficiency testing program, etcÔÇØ Mr. Iman Pambagyo added.
The 23rd Meeting of IPC Committee was chaired by Mrs. Chandrini M. Dewi, Director of Standardization and Quality Control, Directorate General of Consumer Protection and Trade Compliance of the Ministry of Trade of Indonesia and among the outcome of the meeting were:
Revised the IPC Standard Specification for BWG Pepper
Finalized the draft of IPC Manual Methods of Analysis
Holding training programme for Laboratory Personnel in 2017
Conducting IPC Inter-Laboratory Proficiency Testing Programme in 2017
Promoting the IPC GMP Book to reach the growers, agricultural officers in producing centres
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- International Pepper Community 44th Annual Session and Other Meetings for the year 2016
- Geographical Indication of Lampung Black Pepper
- Members of Panel from member countries met in Bogor to review the IPC Agreement
- ED and Liaison Officers of Malaysia, Sri Lanka visited BALITTRO
- Sincere Condolences
- IPC held 22nd Meeting of IPC Committee on Quality in Kuching, Malaysia
- Mr. Iman Pambagyo, Director General of International Trade Negotiations, Republic of Indonesia and the Chairman of IPC for 2015-2016
- IPC Committee on R&D met in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
- Indonesian COFTRA / BAPPEBTI to launch Mobile WRS
- IPC to revise the 2005 Pepper Production Guide with the latest update technology
- IPC adopted new revised IPC Standard Specifications for Whole Black and White pepper, Whole Dehydrated Green pepper and Ground Black and White pepper
- Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification System (CCFICS) Melbourne,Australia from 6th to 12th February.
- World Pepper Industry; Present status and Future Trend
- New office of IPC Secretariat inaugurated by Chairman of IPC
- IPC Committee on Quality met at Cochin India to finalize the Revised Draft of IPC Standards for Pepper and Pepper Products
- IPC organized the 3rd International Pepper Conclave 2015 in Shanghai, China
- IPC and CHINAESA to hold the 3rd International Pepper Conclave 2015 in Shanghai
- Dr. A. Jayathilak, IAS named as Chairman of International Pepper Community
- The Government of India is to host 43rd Session and Annual Meetings of IPC from 22nd - 25th Nov. 2015
- IPC Experts met in Lampung to develop a Guideline for Production of Quality Pepper Planting Material and Pepper Production Guide
- IPC and Indonesia Tea Board met to discuss the potential of intercropping Pepper with Tea
- Executive Director of IPC attended the UN-CAPSA Meeting in Bogor
- Indonesia Tea Research Institute seek for support from BALITTRO and IPC for intercropping Tea with Pepper
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- IPC to support GIZ-RED pepper project / programme implemented in the pepper growing areas of West Kalimantan