Trade Awareness Campaign East London 28 August 2008

introduction & background supply/cold chain logistics act 9 of 1983 – ppecb act (supply/cold chain logistics) establishes and mandates ppecb provides for control & management of South African perishable products export processes act 119 of 1990 – aps act (export certification) appointed assignee/public service provider (1991) ensures export food safety and quality standards of regulated agricultural products are complied with. act 1 of 1999 – pfma act (corporate governance) regulates financial management and good governance in government and public entities reports to government

leadership and governance structures board of directors management executive committee human resource committee audit committee minister of agriculture

To build competitive capacity in our people & systems in Industries we serve in order to instill world-wide confidence in South African Perishable Products) A Partner in Global Competitiveness of South African Perishable Products Our vision Our mission

PPECB service categories -product and equipment certification -systems certification & auditing -cold chain management -laboratory services -standards and protocol management - statistical information -advisory services and training -export control and certification - special shipments(steri) certification

executive management – Board reporting 298 employees + Seasonal/Contract workers deployed in decentralised production areas in SA skilled and experienced people = key competency to deliver on required standards state of the art computer infrastructure and technology internal structures, resources and processes

PPECB permanent staff compliment 2008 Head Office46 Cape Town38 Paarl27 Grabouw23 Worcester13 Ceres19 Citrusdal14 Port Elizabeth29 Durban26 Lab5 Kempton Park28 Tzaneen17 Nelspruit13

Cape Town  George   Port Elizabeth  East London  Durban  Maputo (seasonal) Lesotho  Upington (seasonal)  Kimberley  Bloemfontein  Johannesburg Zimbabwe Mozambique Namibia PPECB offices Tzaneen Nelspruit Citrusdal Ceres Worcester Grabouw Paarl

Cape Town  George   Port Elizabeth  East London  Durban  Maputo Lesotho  Upington  Kimberley  Bloemfontein  Johannesburg Zimbabwe Mozambique Namibiapomestone sub-tropical citrus grapes other production regions 

ppecb stakeholders citrus grapes pome / stone fruit maize, grain, groundnuts vegetables subtropical fruit processed products canned products flowers and bulbs marine products dairy and eggs shipping lines ppecb provides services in the export supply chain to the following industries

product certification systems act as assignee of DoA – mandated from government end point inspection (epi) on 200 product types at 1500 locations port auditing apply international best practices and is committed to protect a R7 billion perishable industry maintain credibility of export certificate - export certificate = phyto certificate

food safety assigned under aps act as assignee under R707 of 13 May 2005 all regulated plant products intended for export participate in the development and implementation of systems and structures to ensure that products are handled under hygienic, safe and traceable conditions – farm to port

accreditations & certifications ppecb is accredited to.. the first SA based service provider accredited to deliver globalgap certification under ISO 65 guidelines at the start of 2002 the first SA CB accredited to ISO to grant HACCP certification services. achieved iso – mycotoxin analytical laboratory services eu 1148/2001 as official SA inspection authority ppecb is a certification body accredited by SANAS to perform.. globalgap, haccp, brc, and tnc audits 0

ppecb in the supply chain

ppecb creating world-wide confidence in south african perishable export products CERTIFIED TO ISO 9001