CONFERENCES
Participated
at the International Palm Oil Conference organized by the Incorporated
Society of Planters (ISP) in Kuala Lumpur in July 2003
The
1st Asian EUREGAP Conference in collaboration with Department
of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industries,
in Kuala Lumpur in June 2004,
UNCTAD
Conference in Geneva, Switzerland in February 2006
TRAININGS
Food Safety training courses in Kuala Lumpur and Johor Bharu
held in 2001 and 2002
Food
Safety training course for a subsidiary of Sarawak Economic
Development Corporation (SEDC) in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
in November, 2002
EUREGAP
(Concepts and Application) a introductory training course for
extension officers involved in the implementation of the Skim
Akreditasi Ladang-Ladang Malaysia (SALM) project for the Department
of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture Malaysia in February
2003
‘HACCP’
Protocols and its Implementation in palm oil mills, a 2- day
training program for senior palm oil mill personnel in Kuala
Lumpur in October 2003
‘HACCP’
Protocols in and its Implementation in palm oil mills, a 2-day
training in Palm Oil Mills for senior personnel in Sandakan,
Sabah in February 2004
Training
on Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) and Food Safety Management
based on HACCP for PT Astra Agro Lestari, Indonesia 8th –
17th December 2004.
qa plus conducted in-house training sessions for senior personnel
of PT Astra Agro Lestari, a leading plantation company in Indonesia
with some 260,000 hectares of oil palm. Training sessions were
conducted by a team lead by Sathianathan Menon.
In-house
training courses on Gap and HACCP, for 3 plantation business
units (SOU) Kumpulan Guthrie Berhad in 2005
A
Practical Approach to HACCP, a public training course conducted
with the co-operation of Food Safety and Quality Division, Ministry
of Health in Crystal Crown Hotel, Selangor n 14th – 16th
June 2005
A
Practical Approach to HACCP, a public training course conducted
with the co-operation of Food Safety and Quality Division, Ministry
of Health in Crystal Crown Hotel, Selangor on 25th – 27th
April 2006
SEMINARS
Food
Safety – A key feature in Global Trade” a seminar
organised for the Malaysian Australian Agricultural Business
Council at the Australian High Commission, Kuala Lumpur in September
2001
Food
Safety seminar for a subsidiary of Sarawak Economic Development
Corporation (SEDC) in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia in November,
2002
Good
Agricultural Practice (GAP) and Food Safety in the Palm Oil
Industry, Collaborated with the Malaysian Palm Oil Association
(MPOA) to organize a 2-day seminar in Putrajaya, Selangor in
February 2003
Seminar
Asas Tani (IAT), organised by Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based
Industry. Presented paper entitled ‘Productivity, Efficiency
and Market Access Through Implementation of EUREGAP on 18th
February 2006
New
Dynamics in Global Vegetable Oil Trade - Industry's Response?,
qa plus collaborated with Malaysian Palm Oil Association (MPOA)
organised the 2nd MPOA Seminar at Crowne Mutiara Plaza, Kuala
Lumpur on 15th-16th May, 2006
WORKSHOPS
A
partner with Bayer CropScience, made several presentations on
Increased Productivity through Smart Alternatives (IPSA) in
2004
International
Pepper Community (IPC) – 12th Pepperexim Meeting, in Yogyakarta,
Indonesia, 29th September 2004.
Sathianathan Menon, Director of qa plus, participated in the
IPC Meeting and made a presentation “EUREGAP: The Global
Partnership for Safe and Sustainable Agriculture”
UNCTAD
Sub-Regional Workshop on Environmental Requirements and Market
Access for Hoticulture, in Bangkok, Thailand, 29th September
– 1st October 2004.
- National Policy Dialogue on Hoticulture Market Access Issues
Manila, Philippines, 2nd – 3rd December 2004.
Christie F. Robert, Managing Director of qa plus, served as
a resource person at the above UNCTAD supported workshops giving
presentations on EUREGAP and Implementation of Good Agricultural
Practice.
UNCTAD
workshop in Bangkok, Thailand in August 2005
UNCTAD workshop in Hanoi, Vietnam in September 2005
ITD
Workshop in Bangkok, Thailand in November 2005
UNCTAD
workshop in Manila, Philippines in December 2005
