Preparing Clean Corridors

Strengthening Phytosanitary Risk Management in Fresh Supply Chains

7 December, Johan Bremmer (WEcR), Gert Mulder, Inge Ribbens (GFH),

George Franke (VBN) and Herman Helsen (WUR-fruit)

Why creating Clean Corridors?

The Netherlands has as international hub a great responsibility for

quality, safety and security of plants and plant products

In case phytosanitary risks (repeatedly) occur, national authorities

(NPPO’s) have to take measures, and focus on the responsibility of

the NPPO in the country of origin of imported products. Therefore,

sanctions are imposed at country level

This system lacks incentives for individual firms and supply chains to

improve phytosanitary risk management

Therefore we need a system which can serve as a basis for

differentiation at chain level, with increased responsibility and

competence for private stakeholders

Definition of Clean Corridor

A Clean Corridor is:

A supply chain of fresh products produced and delivered by

fixed chain partners

Which have applied a systems approach:

consisting of measures to prevent and manage

phytosanitary risks

Optimized over the whole supply chain and

Selected by the chain partners themselves

In order to reduce the phytosanitary risk to an

acceptable level

Compliant to existing phytosanitary requirements

Concept of Clean Corridor (1)

Application of systems approach to dedicated international supply

chains of horticultural products. This requires cooperative efforts of

Governments

Inspection authorities

Private chain partners

Optimizing the application of potential measures in the supply chain

(systems approach) contributing to the reduction of phytosanitary

risk to an acceptable level (e.g. citrus black spot, false codling moth):

● Preventive measures

● Inspections at several links: growers, traders, logistic service

providers, exporters

● Pest control measures

Concept of Clean Corridor (2)

Integrating production, handling and logistics of fresh products

embedded in a quick comprehensive response system triggered by

interceptions

Under the condition of compliance to all sustainability conditions

requested by importing countries

Case:

● Citrus trade chain South Africa – EU. Case organisms:

● False Codling Moth (Thaumatotibia leucotreta)

● Flowers from East Africa – EU. Case organism:

● False Codling Moth (Thaumatotibia leucotreta)

Validation by official inspection authorities before shipment and after

arrival in The Netherlands

Objectives of Clean Corridor Concept

Short term

● Development of a risk assessment tool for supply chains

● Minimizing phytosanitary risk by optimization of effective and

efficient measures over the whole supply chain

● Reduction of costs and losses

● Safe chains providing phytosanitary clean and sustainable

products

● Ensuring market access by compliance to existing prescriptions

● Firm continuation

Long term

● Serving as basis for international discussion about

differentiation in phytosanitary policy on the basis of safe

chains and not on the basis of countries

Modeling and analysing the chain

Grower

Transport and storage

Trader/ cooperation

Shipment

Importer

Retailer -consumer

Measures:- Prevention- Inspections

(on farm, pre-shipment)

- Pest Control

Import Inspection: validation

Analysingdata withquickcompre-hensiveresponse systemImprovingthesystem

Deve-loping theClean Corridor System:• RAT• DSS• Gover-

nance

Analysis withChain Risk Model

Objectives of SMP project

Development of international Consortium in two cases:

Citrus – South Africa

Citrus Growers Association

Citrus Research International

Dutch Embassy

Flowers – Kenya

Kephis

Kenya Flower Council

Dutch Embassy

Development of proposal

South Africa (1)

South Africa, Nelspruit – end of October

• Gert Mulder, Inge Ribbens, Herman Helsen and Johan

Bremmer

• Visits of

• citrus growers,

• cooperation and

• packing station

• Meeting with representatives of

• Citrus Growers Association

• Citrus Research International

South Africa (2)

• Results

• Full commitment for participation (including Embassy)

• Focus on FCM: emerging risk, regulated at 1 January

2018; CBS not included: too few options for

improvement of disease management

• 2018 is a crucial year for data collection

• Careful analysis of interceptions of FCM on

citrus; not only living but also dead larvae

• Additional analysis of larger samples for

effectiveness of measures and treatments.

• Development of quick comprehensive response

protocol to collect all relevant information of

measures applied to explain non conformity

Visit of citrus orchard

Kenya (1)

Kenya, Nairobi – end of November

• George Franke and Johan Bremmer

• Visit of rose farm

• Meetings with

• Dutch Embassy

• KEPHIS

• Kenya Flower Council

Kenya (2)

Results:

Full commitment for participation of KEPHIS, KFC and Embassy

Emphasis on sustainability in development

Sense of urgency to prevent infestation of flowers with

quarantine organisms (especially FCM) needs to be increased

in the flower supply chain in order to safeguard market access

No Research Infrastructure present in Kenya capacity

building requested

Conditions at farm level and at industry level (KFC Code of

Practice) present for elaboration and implementation of Clean

Corridor concept

Visit of Rose Farm

Conclusions

In both South Africa and Kenya full support for elaboration and

implementation of Clean Corridor Concept

No time to lose start with preparations

Future plans

Preparations in 2018:

● Collection and analysis of interception data of FCM in both

cases with the help of a quick comprehensive response

protocol Facilitated by Phytotech PPS

● Capacity building for phytosanitary risk management in Kenya

request for additional project

● Creating necessary (legal) conditions for development of the

Clean Corridor e.g:

● Analysis of citrus with living and dead larvae

Future plans (2)

Continuation with formation of consortium:

● In The Netherlands:

● NVWA (discussion ongoing)

● KCB

● In Kenya:

● Research partner: university and/or private

Development of a PPS-proposal to be submitted in spring 2018

Intended deliverables (1)

Risk assessment tool for governments and inspection agencies

• Critical control points

• Level of risk

• Necessary risk reduction measures

Quick comprehensive response system

● Analysing interceptions

● Detecting vulnerable links in the chain

● Adjustment of measures

Intended deliverables (2)

Decision support system for chain partners

● Simulation of effect (which, when) on phytosanitary risk of

measures: prevention, control and monitoring

● Cost-benefit analysis of measures

● Optimizing risk reduction strategy

Governance system of Clean Corridor

● Maximum private responsibility

● Institution of private guarantees

● Full compliance to existing risk monitoring and inspection

system

Contribution to topsector goals

Sustainable plant production: guaranteed phytosanitaryquality of horticultural products

● Short term: import

● Long term: also export

Consumer, Market and Society: Supply chain taking responsibility for high-quality, healthy, safe and sustainable products

Thanks for

attention!

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