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Time’s ripe for Kenya to adopt food safety standards
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Residents of far-flung parts of Isiolo Countyhave embraced horticultural farming.[Bruno Mutunga,Standard]
The horticulture industry in Kenya has for many years been regulated by a myriad of both public and private tools.
This is in the form of market requirements, labour standards, environmental stewardship, pesticides control and post-harvest handling of produce.
However, interceptions as a result of Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) and documentation issues indicate that there are still problems with the compliance of these regulations, which affects the industry, threatening its sustainability and market access.
This has further been confirmed by research that links lifestyle aliments to what people consume from uncertified food.