Fifty employees of local offices of the National Food Safety Agency of Moldova were trained by Turkish experts. The Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency TIKA, together with the National Food Safety Agency, staged a training course with the aim of enriching employees’ knowledge of the norms of production in accordance with the European standards so that the Moldovan products of animal origin become more competitive on the domestic and foreign markets, IPN reports.

According to a press release of the organizers, besides theory on the hygiene of milk products, poultry and eggs, slaughtering procedures and norms of the food safety management system ISO 22000 HACCP, the program also included production practice.

The course is the first held within the program “Safety of food products and life in countries of Eastern Europe and the Balkans”. Afterward, training trips will be organized to Turkey and Moldova to improve the association capacity of goat and sheep breeders and dairy producers.

The participants in the seminar received certificates in a festive ceremony. Attending the event, National Food Safety Agency acting director Grigore Porcescu said such courses are very important for Moldova, which aims to increase exports to other countries, and thanked TIKA for support.