Aug 4, 2009, Shanghai - Life Sciences and Materials Sciences Company
DSM hosted 41 trainee food safety officials from 20 developing countries in
Asia, Africa, Europe and America on a visit to the DSM China Headquarters and
R&D Centre. After being introduced to DSM’s approach to food regulations,
showcasing the company’s commitment to quality, reliability and traceability
in the food chain, the trainees visited the R&D and application labs.
The Seminar on Food Safety Management for Developing Countries is under the
auspices of the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China and
organised by the China National Research Institute of the Food and
Fermentation Industries. As a training program funded by the Chinese
government, the seminar targets government officials from developing countries
and provides them with one month’s training in the field of food safety
macro-management. In addition, the Ministry of Commerce also organises a
regular two-month seminar on product quality and food safety inspection and
quarantine for technicians and officials from developing countries. Since
2005, eight successful courses have been held and received highly compliment
by officers of Ministry of Commerce, trainees, as well international
associations such as United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. The two
seminars are becoming a platform and bridge for the communications on the
topic of international food safety.
In addition to the theoretical element, the program also encourages
enterprises to become their partners, especially leading local and
international companies in the food safety area. Trainees are expected to get
practical hands-on experience of food safety with a visit to the company. As
the world’s leading supplier to the nutrition industry, DSM has cooperated
with the Chinese government on this program by receiving visits and sharing
and exchanging their experience in food safety. DSM believes that implementing
a ‘whole food chain' concept and increasing the quality and traceability of
foodstuffs and additives is an effective approach to food safety. DSM's
products are involved with foodstuffs ‘from farm to fork’: from their source,
through the entire food production chain, until their inclusion in a final
product. DSM has rich experience in managing the control and traceability of
each segment along the whole food chain. The DSM R&D centre explores
diversified activities in the nutrition area, such as product and process
innovations in food safety. Meanwhile, the newly launched Quality for Life™
seal conveys DSM’s commitment to product safety and quality, as well as
assuring customers that the ingredients they buy have been manufactured to the
highest quality, using optimum safety standards and sustainable practices.
Dr Weiming Jiang, President of DSM China, says:”We are willing to share our
sustainable quality concept and principles, via mutual communication and
learning, with all stakeholders. This joint activity with government is one
piece of evidence showing DSM’s commitment to sustainable development in the
food safety area in China. It’s a major responsibility of ours to promote food
safety and sustainability, and we will keep supporting and participating in
this kind of program in the future. “
