On June 28-29, the U.S.-Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce, Inc. (USACC) and USAID Mission to Azerbaijan in partnership with Azerbaijan Investment and Export Promotion Foundation (AZPROMO) and the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Development Agency (SMEDA) are co-organizing the Hazard Analysis Critical Point (HACCP) Training Course for food processors and manufacturers in Azerbaijan.
The goal of the program is to help food processors and manufacturers in Azerbaijan, including individual entrepreneurs, small and medium-sized businesses and women-owned enterprises to learn and implement HACCP principles, minimize food safety risks starting from raw material production, procurement and handling, to manufacturing, distribution and consumption of the finished product, as well as introduce food safety culture within food production, procurement, handling (warehousing), distribution and consumption level. The candidates are selected by AZPROMO, SMEDA and USAID PSA Program.