KwaliteitsControleBureau Mat Kersten KCB Holland UNECE workshop South

Kwaliteits-Controle-Bureau Mat Kersten KCB Holland UN-ECE workshop South Africa 20 -22 April 2010

Content presentation • KCB • Client Import • Quality problems detected by import UN-ECE workshop South Africa 20 -22 April 2010

KCB • Founded in 1924 • Primary task in 1924 export inspections quality fresh fruits and vegetables • Appointed by Government • Independent • Accreditation UN-ECE workshop South Africa 20 -22 April 2010

Tasks KCB (changing in 2007) • Only public tasks • Supervision on regulations on quality of fresh fruits and vegetables Import and export inspections, monitoring and issuing export certificates • Fytosanitary inspections import and export and issuing fytosanitary certificates Mandate by Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Foodquality UN-ECE workshop South Africa 20 -22 April 2010

Organization chart KCB Board Directors Qualitymanager Department Financial & Personal Department Qualification & Knowledge District North. West NL Directors Assistent Field Organization District Mid. West NL Department P&C District South. West NL UN-ECE workshop South Africa 20 -22 April 2010 Department ICT & Statistics District East NL

District office North West NL Aalsmeer (32 employers) District office Mid West NL Poeldijk (26 employers) Amsterdam District office South West NL Barendrecht (31 employers) Den Haag Rotterdam Vlissingen Venlo District office East NL Geldermalsen (16 employers) Maastricht UN-ECE workshop South Africa 20 -22 April 2010

Qualifications inspectors - Quality inspections vegetables Quality inspections fruit Fytosanitairy inspections horticultural products Fytosanitairy inspections fruit and vegetable Fytosanitairy inspections Flowerbulbs Fytosanitairy inspections Potatoes (consumption) Fytosanitairy inspections others Fytosanitairy inspections seeds (import) UN-ECE workshop South Africa 20 -22 April 2010

Organization structure in the districts -District manager -Planning -Adminstration -Assistent fytosanitaire measures -Assistent quality measures -Inspectors UN-ECE workshop South Africa 20 -22 April 2010

Statistics KCB 2008 Import • Import shipments (vegetables, fruit, flowers …. ) 186. 000 • Import reduced checks (only documentery check) 104. 000 • Physical import checks KCB 82. 000 Export • Fytosanitair certificates (FC’s) bij export 85. 000 • Physical export shipments inspections (fytosanitair) 41. 000 • Quality documents 80. 000 UN-ECE workshop South Africa 20 -22 April 2010

Locations of inspections • Till 1995: Inspections in the ports of Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Vlissingen and on the airports • Since 1996 inspections would be done on approved locations for inspections (importers and traders). Transportation from point of entry (ports) to location for inspection and release, is going on under document. UN-ECE workshop South Africa 20 -22 April 2010

Demands for approved inspection locations • Licensens from costumer • Good conditions to perform inspections (mobil table, lighting, separate parts of consignmemnts etc. ) • Storageroom(s) for consignments which are refused or rejected UN-ECE workshop South Africa 20 -22 April 2010

1. Import • Products from 3 th countries must be checked before release for free circulation (100% or Reduced Checks) • Conformity check for each imported lot and when conform with required marketing standard: issue certificate of conformity; Exclusions for: • Approved third country trading products with sms: 5%; the goods are accompanied by a certificate • RIK companies: 5% (KCB – quality system) UN-ECE workshop South Africa 20 -22 April 2010

AD RANDOM SELECTION BY COMPUTER SYSTEM 1. The computer system selects consigments for inspection 2. The computer system selects consigments for reduced inspection UN-ECE workshop South Africa 20 -22 April 2010

• Requests for Inspections import – CLIENT + fax export – internet, telephone + fax All inspections transferred into the inspection management system (IBP) UN-ECE workshop South Africa 20 -22 April 2010

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The planner transfers the information to the PDA (hand held computer) of the inspector - company - distance between inspectionlocations - import quantity - service level - qualifications of inspectors UN-ECE workshop South Africa 20 -22 April 2010

After inspection(DIF) the inspector puts the inspection results into the PDA and transfers them to the inspection management system (IBP) UN-ECE workshop South Africa 20 -22 April 2010

Inspector put the results in the PDA and transfers them to the M. S. (IBP) UN-ECE workshop South Africa 20 -22 April 2010

Quality problems detected by import 1. Skindefects (depend of country of origin) Scarring, trips, damaged fruit, sooty mold, oleocellosis and grooving 2. Mold (green and white) stem end invasion 3. Other ( Medfly and/or blackspot) UN-ECE workshop South Africa 20 -22 April 2010

Rejections 1. Depend of origin 2. Till 3% of major defects is acceptable, for instance open damage, decay and mold UN-ECE workshop South Africa 20 -22 April 2010