International Meeting 2007

Proceedings 26. Interntional Meeting Quality Control Fruit & Vegetables 05th March – 07th March 2007 © BLE, IAT- 2007 2 Inhalt 4 Welcome Dr. R. Kloos 7 Marketing standards within the framework of the reform of the market organization for fruit and vegetables Dr. Bernd Mönning 10 Quality Control in the Single Market – at the Example of Hungary István Ecsedi and Lajos Nemeth 16 Export Inspection in Israel – Added Value to the Industry Ran Ben-David 19 Explanation of the marketing standard for asparagus Lutz Böhme 22 Reasons for inward and outward quality defects in asparagus Prof. Dr. Peter- Jürgen Paschold 26 Asparagus - modern cultivation techniques in different asparagus–growing countries throughout the world Joachim Ziegler 28 Proof of origin by means of stable isotope technique and the asparagus database Dr Claus Schlicht 30 Withdrawal of the Regulation on Legal Commercial Classes for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables in Germany Johannes Graf 32 Discussion Forum on the “Standard Interpretation and Quality Control” Team: Istvan Ecsedi, Franz Egerer, Heinrich Stevens 42 Marketing standard for citrus fruit Hans-Georg Levin 45 Export control of citrus fruit from Morocco Dr. Zine El Alami 52 Citrus Production and Exports in South Africa – A Quality Management Perspective Cyril Julius © BLE, IAT- 2007 3 62 Degreening of citrus fruit – a blessing or a curse for quality Dr Ulrike Bickelmann 66 Draft proposal to amend the provisions on sampling – in case of non-conformity Heinrich Stevens 72 Genetic identification of fruit varieties – a service for practice Dr Haibo Xuan 76 Quality promotion in apple cultivation Kerstin Funke 80 Impressum © BLE, IAT- 2007 4 Welcome Dr. R. Kloos President, Federal Office of Agriculture and Food Ladies and Gentlemen, national Meeting comes to bear as its core ele- ment consists in connecting public and pri- welcome to the 26th International Meeting on vate inspection services with representatives Quality Control of Fruit and Vegetables. of industry and trade. 60 public and 8 private inspection services, 50 companies and one It is indeed a pleasure to see how many of you centre for consumer protection are gathered have once again accepted the invitation of in this hall. Ministry representatives partici- the Federal Office of Agriculture and Food. I pate in the discussion along with members of may thus welcome 236 representatives from the executive power, i.e. heads of inspection 26 countries here today, including partici- services and their staff as well as people who pants from 20 EU member states and the EC cater to consumer needs. The meeting thus Commission. I extend my particular welcome reaches across hierarchies, marketing levels to the delegates of Bulgaria who represent and national borders. the new EU members this year. We are also very pleased, of course, to welcome our That, ladies and gentlemen, provides us with guests from Switzerland, Turkey, Israel, Mo- a good basis to fight and stand for rules for rocco, South Africa and the USA who remind production and for the preservation of mar- us to keep our eyes open and look beyond ket transparency! EU borders, beyond Europe’s nose. We are especially pleased to see international orga- Where other agricultural or horticultural nisations represented here as the UNECE and products are concerned, similar forums for OECD are precisely the committees where information exchange and interpretative the basis for our marketing standards and the rules coordination can rarely be found. In respective explanatory brochures are worked food control, a similar initiative is in the ma- out. king, based on the EC Commission’s rules and regulations and supported by institutions All of you have come to Bonn to discuss created for that particular purpose. matters regarding marketing standards and control. You will contribute your various In the area of marketing standards and experiences from very differently structured quality control of fruit and vegetables there exporting or importing countries. You will are various committees which elaborate, and talk to each other about what it means to subsequently publish, harmonised interpre- produce, market and control in a northern tations. In recent years electronic media have or a southern country. And it is this exchange made their sudden entry and publications of which paves the way that leads to mutual these committees are increasingly available. trust and understanding. The OECD’s explanatory brochures will conti- We have gathered here because we want to nue to be available in their easy to use lose- avoid trade barriers. Because instead we want leaf format with excellent colour prints, but to assure that the control result an inspector recently their electronic versions have also arrives at in one country, e.g. at export level, become accessible, free of charge. In addition is accepted at the import level in another. Pro- to the official English and French versions ducers, traders and inspectors – people with the first brochures are now also available in quite a variety of intentions, that is – should, German translation. by means of agreed standards and their uniform interpretation, be able to arrive at In Germany, there is a committee similar to comparable results when they assess produce the OECD-Scheme for the application of inter- in different parts of the world. national standards for fruit and vegetables: the task force group Quality Control of Fruit, Success in that field requires both a lively ex- Vegetables and Ware potatoes, which com- change of information and open interaction. bines all inspection services on federal and This is where the long tradition of the Inter- national levels. This group will soon publish a © BLE, IAT- 2007 5 Welcome new product: an electronic catalogue show- In this context we shall also have to discuss ing defects and damage patterns. how we should deal with false information regarding origin, data which indicate a correct You shall have the opportunity to see and test production region but do not respect political publications in the foyer during the breaks, borders and which, by fraudulent representa- ladies and gentlemen. tion, try to achieve better prices or to outsell competitors. Now, our meeting offers a new chance to discuss current problems and to find solutions On the last day of the meeting various aspects which will subsequently be published and of control practice shall be highlighted. A shall be accessible for everyone. new practice-oriented approach towards sampling shall be presented. This approach The subjects treated this year seem to be out- intends to more strongly consider the fact dated. 12 years ago, citrus fruit were already a that products today are often offered in sales focal theme of our meeting, then still held in packages. Geisenheim. Then, too, the interpretation of The respective paper intends to start off a pro- the marketing standard was on the agenda, ject in which several countries participate to along with quality production and the identi- elaborate a suggestion which is to be submit- fication and assessment of defects. ted to standardisation committees and to the lawmaking EC Commission. Questions regarding these matters have become more modern, of course. Today, given The next paper shall present the latest achie- the fact that trade is eager to innovative, vements in terms of variety diagnostics for standard simplification is an issue because fruit because in that field a number of things standards should become more flexible and have happened since our last meeting. Two should at the same time stress internal fruit papers presented towards the end of the quality. meeting shall deal with colour as a quality cri- The fact that production conditions and pos- terion and shall illustrate that colour develop- sibilities have changed significantly during ment in fruit is not just a matter of beauty and the past ten years will be illustrated by our outward appearance but is indeed closely lecturers from Morocco and South Africa, and connected with internal fruit quality. those who know the market will be able to add their own observations to that effect. Today, at the start of our meeting, marketing standards as an instrument for market trans- While ten years ago the technique of de- parency and, implicitly, as an instrument for greening was an issue, today it is questioned consumer protection shall be the issue. Both whether de-greening is indeed a suitable roles can only become effective in combinati- instrument to highlight fruit quality. on with a certain extent of governmental control. The lecturers from Hungary and Israel 15 years ago, ladies and gentlemen, the shall soon tell us how this extent of control is interesting topic of asparagus was on the practically applied in various countries. agenda as well. Then, we dealt with varieties and aspects of quality production. Now we This year, Dr. Mönning of the Ministry for will take a look at production areas across the Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection globe, we shall talk about new varieties and shall lead the round dance of lecturers. Dear their advantages and about factors which Dr. Mönning, we do very much appreciate have an either adverse or positive effect on that despite the extra effort required by quality. Proving the origin of asparagus will the European presidency you have found also be an important subject. the time to tackle the subject of marketing standards and to present to us and discuss the Today, isotope technology is available to that approaches towards a reform of the Common effect. Comparable data are needed and we Market Organisation. shall hear how far joint efforts have come in terms of establishing a respective data base. Following this presentation, you, ladies and gentlemen, are welcome to contribute your © BLE, IAT- 2007 6 Welcome thoughts on the subject and help the ship called Market Organisation stay its course in the future.

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