Food microbiology is an integral part of the Food Safety. International standards require three (3) major aspects of food safety namely: 1) physical hazard, 2) chemical hazard, and 3) microbiological hazard. Establishing a world class testing laboratory for micro and small enterprises is a big challenge in our industry in terms of cost and technical capability. It is to this effect that most if not all of the local food products made by our members may not be acceptable or suitable for export market due to stringent requirement on food safety. Putting a World Class Food Testing Laboratory (at par with latest equipment and technical skills) that can be used commonly and shared by our members is a big leap to help boost our member’s competitiveness. Putting it inside a Campus is an even better ingredient to accomplish the big picture by enabling the Laboratory to continually produce future Laboratory analyst that can be absorbed by the industry.
Establishing a world class testing laboratory for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) is a big challenge in our industry in terms of cost and technical capability. It is to this effect that most if not all of the local food products made by the members of PHILEXPORT may not be acceptable or suitable for export market due to stringent requirement on food safety. Putting a World Class Food Testing Laboratory (at par with latest equipment and technical skills) that can be used commonly and shared by PHILEXPORT members and food processing MSMEs in Cavite and the rest of CALABARZON, will drastically improve productivity, the safety and quality of the members’ product conforming to the export market standards. Also, it will serve as a big leap to help boost the said beneficiaries’ competitiveness. Setting it inside the National College of Science and Technology Dasmariñas Campus (a member company of Philexport Cavite) is an even better ingredient to accomplish the big picture by enabling the Laboratory to continually produce future laboratory analysts that can be absorbed by the food processing industry.