FOCUSOCTOBER 2018
EXPERIENCE
QUALITY
PERFORMANCE
VIETNAM 2 THAILAND 3 INDIA 4 PAKISTAN 7 MYANMAR 9 PHILIPPINES 10 SINGAPORE 11 N° X • XXXXXXXXOCTOBER 2008 2018
VIETNAM
In Vietnam, SGS has a countrywide •• Draft survey •• Fumigation of wood packaging network of offices and laboratories •• Hold/hatch survey materials (ISPM 15) supporting the rice and agriculture •• Damage survey •• Checking imported cargoes for industries. Our experts provide a full insects TESTING SERVICES range of inspection, testing, fumigation •• Insect identification and pest control services. •• Physical analysis •• Gas free tests Serving a demanding domestic market •• Pesticide residues – more than 900 •• Pest control services and growing exports markets, Vietnam’s pesticide residues according to EU, In September 1997, SGS Vietnam Ltd rice industry is predicted to produce US FDA, Codex, and Vietnamese (established 1989) became the first some 45 million metric tonnes (MMT) regulations, amongst others international, independent inspection, of rice this year. Of this, some 15% will •• Mycotoxins be exported to markets including China, testing and certification company to •• GMO testing the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and be granted a 100% Foreign Owned •• Heavy metals Africa. Company License. •• Microorganism Our experienced team provides services Contact our local team to learn more •• Nutritional facts nationwide. about our rice inspection, fumigation FUMIGATION AND PEST CONTROL (PCO) and pest control services, can support INSPECTION SERVICES SERVICES your activities. •• Loading supervision for weight/ •• Fumigation for bulk cargo with quality/packing J-system •• Sampling and testing •• Fumigation of containers (including •• Tally Kraft and desiccants), vessels and THOI NGUYEN cargoes in warehouses/silos Business Manager [email protected]
OFFICE Thoi Nguyen Business Manager Minh Bui Sales Manager Oanh Tran Rice Section Manager Si Nguyen Operations Manager Bao Nguyen Cantho Branch Manager Xu Lam Food Laboratory Manager Minh Thai Fumigation Manager Tuyen Nguyen Marine Supervisor Chau Tran PCO Coordinator Vuong Ngo Laboratory Supervisor
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THAILAND
In Thailand, SGS offers a wide range •• Aromatic testing using the 2AP/ •• Minerals of services to support the country rice GC-MS analysis method (gas •• Food contaminants industry. chromatography mass spectrometry •• Heavy metals Once again, this year’s production will analysis) •• Mycotoxins reach new heights – achieving 23 million This builds on our existing array of •• GMOs metric tons (MMT) in 2018. Of this, services, which include: •• Pesticide residues some 11 MMT will be exported. Exports •• Inspections In Thailand, SGS is a large, diverse and are up on 2017, bolstered by increasing •• Packing and weighing supervision integrated business, delivering market demand in Indonesia, Malaysia and the •• Loading supervision leading services to the country’s rice Philippines. •• Pre-sampling farmers and traders. We are also a OUR SERVICES •• Tally and sealing leading provider of certification in quality and environmental management Drawing on local expertise, our rice •• Container/hold cleanliness checking systems, social accountability, hygiene industry services include inspection, •• Draft survey and food safety. fumigation, testing and system •• Physical analysis certification, either standalone or as part •• Laboratory testing and analyses SGS has been meeting the needs of of bespoke service bundles. •• Fumigation Thailand’s rice industry since 1951. Our local experts offer prompt, cost- This year we have continued to invest •• Training courses efficient solutions and access to global and develop our services and now also TESTING SERVICES resources, as well as local knowledge. offer: To meet the needs of domestic and •• Rice DNA testing services for Hom export markets, we offer testing SUCHAI PREEDAWANPEN Mali rice, Pathumthanee 1, Chainat services including: and Khor Kho 43, fragrant rice, Hom Business Manager •• Microbiological Nin black rice, and riceberry [email protected] •• Nutrients
OFFICE TEAM Nattapon Boonprachuay Supervisor
Suwit Somsri Grain Department Manager
Suchai Preedawanpen Business Manager
Yoottana Chantrasri Assistance of Division Manager / Operation Manager Angvara Srangsomvong Coordinator
Porjai Wisetchart Sales & Marketing Manager
Nuttamon Damronghud Sales & Marketing Executive Sutima Rittichot Coordinator
Piyarat Jaisa-ard Assistant Department Manager Mayuree Thumkhuntod Documentation Officer
Thunyapat Kaewpradit Supervisor
Sasiwan Technician Rattanakangwanwong Sukanwadee Doungdara Sales & Marketing Executive
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INDIA
Established in 1950, SGS’s operations TESTING SERVICES Additionally, we can carry out tests for in India offer a wide range of testing, Continued investment means, we specific requirements such as amino inspection, and certification services, have again broadened the spectrum of acid profile, starch and amylose and to secure the quality and quantity of agrochemical residues testing in rice choline content. commodities. to 600+ molecules covering MRLs For paddy grains, our seed lab can Estimates for this year’s rice production for the EU, FSSAI and other country conduct germination and vigor testing. stand at 111 million metric tonnes specific requirements. Testing is carried All testing on rice is carried out in (MMT), of which 9-10 MMT will be out following multi-residue and single accordance with international and exported. residue methods and can quantify the national standards, as well as in-house molecules at 0.01 mg/kg. validated and accredited methods. QUALITY SERVICES This builds on our existing capabilities Beyond the laboratory, and at every step Delivered from facilities and by experts for the testing of rice and cereals for: of the supply chain, our fumigation and strategically located across the country, •• Heavy metals pest control services minimize the risk we offer quality services including: •• Mycotoxins of damage to your goods and prevent •• Visual inspections •• Naturally occurring toxins the spread of pests. •• Sampling and testing •• Microbiological testing •• Quantity and weight determination •• Quality parameters •• Packaging and label verification •• Nutritional fact testing •• Transport cleanliness •• DNA-based authenticity and varietal •• Loading supervision SATHANANTHAN SANGARAN identification of basmati rice •• Transport sealing Business Manager •• GMO identification (to a limit of •• Real time reporting and cargo [email protected] 0.01%) monitoring
CENTRAL TEAM Vinay Joshi Manager Ajay Ukande Senior Executive Mukesh Dubey Operation Incharge Jagdish Bairagi Executive Alok Dubey Executive
TRANSPARENCY
GLOBAL NETWORK
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SOUTH TEAM M Jayashree Executive A Ganesh Senior Executive AV Abraham Laboratory Manager R Palani Inspector T. Ganesan Executive D. Kannan Senior Executive M. Saravanan Assistant Manager S. Arumugam Executive G. Karthikraja Inspector V. Kalusalingam Senior Executive M. Loganathan Inspector A Ponkumar Executive S. Srijishkumar Inspector E. Sekar Executive V. Shanmugam Inspector M. Yuvaraj Inspector V. Karthik Inspector L. Sunder Ganesh Inspector
NORTH TEAM Hardit Singh Operations Ramakrishnan Customer Care Ramaswamy Business Development Ravi Thakur Manager JB Tyagi Sales & Operations Chandana Walia Customer Care Garima Loona Sales & Operations Monika Tyagi Customer Care Amit Pandey Basmati Laboratory Analyst Manish Sharma Customer Care Pramod Kumar Basmati Laboratory
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WEST TEAM Luciano Rebello Assistant Manager Prabhakar Padge Cargo Inspector Shekhar Kasar Operation Executive Ambadad Dhoke Chemist Surendra Kale Laboratory Incharge Yogesh Sambare Senior Cargo Inspector Sheshnath Sharma Cargo Inspector Srinivas Kambli Senior Cargo Inspector Jagdish Hardasmalani Senior Executive Anand Sharma Assistant Manager
EAST TEAM Chanchal Sarkar Field Inspector B. Mondal Field Inspector R. Nandy Field Inspector S. Dutta Field Inspector D. Chowdhury Field Inspector Kuntal Samanta Field Inspector Mrinmoy Kayal Field Inspector
TRUST
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PAKISTAN
With more than six decades of expertise TESTING SERVICES •• Fumigation of stored goods or prior and a presence across the country, our Our experience and trained technical shipment team in Pakistan delivers high quality staff deliver efficient services to help •• Disinfection and fumigation for services with pinpoint accuracy bringing safeguard quality and safety throughout containers you peace of mind at every step of the the whole supply chain, from field, •• Pre-shipment treatment of wooden supply chain. paddy, and brown rice to finished packaging materials according to Pakistan exports more than 2.5 million polished rice. Our ISO-17025 accredited International Standards tons of basmati and non-basmati rice and GAFTA approved laboratory offers •• Non-toxic pest management systems around the globe. With this in mind testing and analysis services, including: •• Documented pest management we deliver our services 24/7 at mills, •• Visual and chemical analysis systems warehouses and ports. •• Variety identification •• Auditing •• Heavy metals and pesticide residue INSPECTION SERVICES For more details of how our rice analysis Ensure quality and quantity with SGS. inspection, fumigation and pest control We control and analyze your products •• Mycotoxins services, can support your activities, to be sure they meet quality, safety •• Genetically modified organism (GMO) contact our local team. and compliance requirements for all testing your global destinations. Our qualified •• Basmati rice authentication through experts deliver services and solutions DNA analysis including: •• Germination testing FAISAL NISAR •• During production sampling and •• Microbiological analysis Business Manager analysis •• Halal testing [email protected] •• Sampling and inspection •• Field trials •• Tally and weighing supervision FUMIGATION AND PEST MANAGEMENT •• Packaging and bag marking Prevent insect-related risks and damage verification during the transportation and storage of •• Container and hold cleanliness your commodities. Our fumigation and checking pest management services include: •• Loading supervision •• Draft Survey
SAFETY
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NORTH TEAM Muhammad Rehan Anjum Deputy Manager Inam Ullah Assistant Manager Kanza Najeeb Sr. Executive Officer Muhammad Ramzan Grain Analyst Salman
SOUTH TEAM Faisal Nisar Business Manager Dr. Naushad Zafar Technical Manager M. Ali Jaferi Assistant Manager Huma Jamal Assistant Manager Wajiha Ali Assistant Manager Imran Ayub Assistant Manager Ahmed Raza Sr. Executive Officer Zill-e Haider Executive Officer Imran Hussain Executive Officer Muhammad Waqas Mian Executive Officer Usman Tahir Executive Officer Fizzah Abid Executive Officer Manzoor Ahmed Field Inspector Muhammad Sajid Field Inspector
LABORATORY TEAM Nudrat Amir Manager Fariha Yousufi Assistant Manager Sajjad Khan Biotechnologist Hakim Tariq Grain Analyst Khawar Askari Chemical Analyst Mishal Amanat Microbiologist Mazahir Shah Sr. Grain Analyst Muhammad Kamran Grain Analyst Muhammad Fahad Executive Officer Agha Jafar Grain Analyst Anum Zafar Food Technologist Aqib Khan Chemical Analyst Muhammad Rizwan Sr. Executive Officer Syeda Areeba Ali Food Technologist Raheel Sattar Food Technologist
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MYANMAR
SGS is Myanmar’s longest serving rice and broken rice exported, border •• Physical analyses – visual checks inspection, verification, testing and trade surpassed sea trade in rice export for defects, shape classification and certification company, and one of its – accounting for 56.7% of total exports. identification oldest multinational companies. We •• Chemical analyses – moisture, protein, OUR SERVICES work closely with clients across the fat/oil, ash, starch/carbohydrate, country to ensure their success in the We deliver a truly nationwide inspection milling degree & age determination of rice market. and testing services to meet the milled rice, germination (for paddy) demands of Myanmar’s domestic and In a country of 56 million people, rice •• Pest control and fumigation services – production for the 2018/19 season is export rice markets: in storage or in transit expected to reach 13 million metric tons •• Inland – supervision of intake and •• Gas free tests (MMT), of which about 3.6 MMT will be outtake at warehouses and rice mills Set up 70 years ago to deliver rice and exported. In recent years, rice, parboiled •• Cargo preparation at supplier’s rice and 100% broken rice has been timber inspection services, today, our warehouses exported to Europe, China, Bangladesh, team of experts operates across the •• Pre-shipment – quality and quantity Sri Lanka, Philippines, and South Africa, country to deliver inspections for all among others. assessment of cargo before loading agriculture products in Myanmar and •• Trade – supervision of packing, laboratory service for the widest range MARKET UPDATE weighting, tallying and loading of of commodities. Choose SGS, your ideal The short-term forecast, for the next containers and vessels partner. six months, is for rice and broken rice •• Pre-shipment Sampling exports to reach 2 MMT. The final •• Rice analysis training total may be less than the same period •• Draft survey/ Hatch Inspection last year after floods damaged around •• Damage cargo inspection AUNG KYAW HTOO 400,000 acres of paddy plantations this •• Container cleanliness inspection Business Manager season, which has impacted production. •• In- field rice grading and check stocks [email protected] In the last year, which saw 3.6 MMT of
OFFICE TEAM Chit ko ko Section Head Htun Htun Operation Manager Tin Oo Chief Supervisor Nu Nu Yi Documentative Manager Aung Kyaw Htoo Business Manager Thin Thin Maw Laboratory Manager Tin Tin Nwet Physical Laboratory Incharge Tin Me Me Hlaing Section Head Zin Min Tun Supervisor Min Tin Maung Oo Chief Supervisor
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PHILIPPINES
With more than 1,000 employees and a As agricultural goods progress from •• Paddy network of offices strategically located farm to fork they require attention, •• Moisture content across the Philippine archipelago, SGS tracking and integrity. Across our •• Milling degree has long been helping the rice industry network of laboratories, we deliver the •• Age of stocks to thrive. following testing capabilities specific to •• Crop year Rice remains the basic staple food rice: SGS in the Philippines supports every of the country’s growing population. •• Physical testing & analysis: aspect of the rice industry to ensure To support the country’s increasing •• Whole kernels quality, reduced risk, improved quality demand for rice, supply is ensured by •• Size of broken and better sustainability through an the National Food Authority through •• Damaged grains extensive range of inspection and local production and importation via: •• Yellow/discolored grains testing services. •• Government to government imports •• Chalky kernels •• Open bidding •• Immature kernels •• Red kernels •• Private imports •• Foreign matter JENNIFER M. PACANNUAYAN •• Weed seeds and other crop seeds Sector Manager & International Sales [email protected]
Jennifer Sector Manager & International Pacannuayan Sales Marses Pacaldo Key Accounts Coordinator- Food Ysabel Ventura Operations Manager - Food Jerome Mante Junior Operations Executive - FPM Emmard Edralin Surveyor Charmie Furton- Laboratory Specialist Acosta Meden Peneyra Laboratory Operations Manager Audreanne Bernardo Junior Operations Executive for Instrumentation Rosario Pajaro- Technical Head for MCL Castillo Testing and Related Services Noemae E. Lim Operations Executive - General OFFICE TEAM Santos Laboratory Jinelle Picones Sales Manager - Food Mari Sherlin Salisi- Technical Head for Chemical Erika Robel Key Accounts Management Head - Food Chua Testing Eden Estolano Key Accounts Specialist - Food Ronnel Mesario QHSE Coordinator Maylene Vertucio Operations Coordinator Celine Mabaga Technical Sales Specialist Mary Francis Relova-De Customer Care Supervisor Imee Reyes Technical Sales Specialist Guzman Jessica Pusod Technical Sales Specialist Danica de Guzman Technical Sales Specialist Reynald Joseph Technical Sales Specialist Manalang Rico Mera Operations Executive- Agriculture Jeremiah Macias Business Manager
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SINGAPORE
Connecting clients with experts, both •• Operations local and international, SGS in Singapore •• Sales supports customers active in the South •• Customer care East Asia Pacific (SEAP) regional rice We have ben operating in the country markets. since 1971 and look forward to The team based at our regional supporting your business operations. Agriculture Food and Life desk, in Singapore, ensure the seamless delivery of services across the region. You can BIPIN KARNIK rely on our expertise to coordinate all International Sales Manager activities, including: [email protected]
OFFICE TEAM Cheryl Tay Customer Relationship Manager Bipin Karnik International Sales Manager Jessica Ho Administrative Assistant
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