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N T I S2010Table 7.2Technical Regulations for Food Products in Nepal*CategoryNumber of Technical RegulationsFats and Oils 16Fruits and Vegetable Prodiucts 17Spices and Condiments 20Tea, Coffee and their products 3Salt 2Cereals, Pulses and their Items 19Processes Drinking Water 1Sweetening Agent 3Sweets and Confectioneries 3* DFTQC, 2009: Annual bulletins of Department of Food Technology and QualityControl (DFTQC) in website: http://www.dftqc.gov.np and personal interviewsand information collection.Process StandardsAltogether 408 process standards (guidelines, methods of analysis/tests/sampling/measurements, etc.) havebeen introduced by the NSC (Table 7.1). These include some of the most important management systemstandards of the ISO adopted as national standards such as: QMS (ISO 9001:2000) EMS (ISO 14001:2004) ISO/IEC 17025:2005 ISO 22000:2005WTO Notifications by SPS National AuthorityBetween July 2005 and December 2009, the national notification authority for SPS, under the Ministry ofAgriculture and Cooperatives (MoAC), notified 18 technical regulations and directives/guidelines to the WTO.Only three notifications were directly related to product regulations and the rest were related to guidelines/directives.Notifications on product regulations include the technical regulations set before joining the WTO, a few proposedmandatory product standards (maize, paneer [cottage cheese], clove powder, cornflakes, preservatives, heavymetals, fennels, green tea, luncheon meat, and rice) and a voluntary standard (wheat flour).Food Related Technical Regulations and Codes of PracticeAlthough the general labelling requirements are specified in the Food Regulation 2027 (1970), therequirements of labelling and specific types of packaging containers are spelt out explicitly in some of thetechnical regulations such as for infant milk foods, infant foods, skim milk powder, chewing gums or instantnoodles. Codes of practice for biscuits, instant noodles, pasteurized milk, edible vegetable oils, and processeddrinking water have also been prepared by the DFTQC.7.5 Product CertificationThe NBSM is implementing a product certification scheme. This is a voluntary scheme that assures quality ofgoods from Nepalese industries. Manufacturers whose products are certified are awarded licences to use theNepal Standards (NS) certification mark under the provision made by the Nepal Standards (Certification Mark)NEPAL TRADE INTEGRATION STRATEGY 2010BACKGROUND REPORT173
N T I S2010Act 1980. So far, 130 firms have been awarded licences for a total of 55 product categories. 9 Out of these, 35firms have received the NS marks for ten food products.The NBSM has been successful in issuing licences to only a few products of export interest, including instantnoodles, vegetable ghee, biscuit, beer, iron products (rods/GI sheets, etc.), paints, cement, GI/HDPE pipes,steel bars, insulated cables/wires, and others.7.6 Strengths and Weaknesses of Regulatory AgenciesStrengths Agencies like the NBSM, DFTQC, and DDA are mandated by Acts and regulations to prepare productand process/system standards (both voluntary standards and technical regulations) and issuedirectives and guidelines, to serve as a regulatory authority to introduce product or system certificationschemes, to monitor and enforce implementation of technical regulations, and to perform conformityassessments; The NBSM and DFTQC both have sizable number of well-trained personnel and fairly well-equippedtesting laboratories for setting standards, for performing conformity assessments, and for monitoringcompliance with technical regulations; In recent years, the NBSM and DFTQC have benefited from a number of bilateral and multilateraltechnical assistance to enhance their capacities for standard development and harmonization,international accreditation of laboratories, product and system certification, and operation of TBT/SPS enquiry points. Significant efforts are underway to upgrade facilities and build human resourcecapacity at both NBSM and DFTQC.Weaknesses There are two critical dimensions in introducing a culture of standards and quality: infrastructuredevelopment and awareness creation. On both fronts, most of the Nepalese regulatory agencies areat a very early stage. A fully developed quality infrastructure (QI) in the areas of technical regulations,conformity assessment, quality, and metrology has yet to be developed; None of the government laboratories have been internationally accredited. Hence, their conformityassessment reports or product certification have yet to gain recognition in international markets; The role of government agencies like NBSM and DFTQC in facilitating trade has yet to be clarified.DFTQC and NBSM have been set up primarily as regulatory agencies; so, their facilitative role tends tobe ambiguous and conflicts of interest prevail. Accordingly, the business community tends to avoidtheir services. The NBSM is not proactive in standards-related services in terms of neither standardsformulation nor service delivery that can facilitate exports. This may be due to the lack of clear policydirectives or the lack of staff motivation; Several projects (SMTQ I and SMTQ II and EU-WTO Project, JICA) have been implemented between2005 and 2009 for enhancing the capacity of the NBSM and DFTQC in trade facilitation. However, thecapacity to tap those projects appears to be very low because of the slow decision-making processesand apparent low priority of these agencies in implementing these projects; Frequent changes in the parent Ministry’s structure and leadership and difficulties in retaining welltrained, professional staff in the related jobs are issues that have a negative impact on required capacitybuilding; The NBSM operates a product certification mark scheme. The Nepalese product certification is notaccepted by other countries, including India, with which Nepal has a sizable trade. A similar situationprevails with the DFTQC where their conformity assessment reports are yet to be recognized in Indiaand many other countries.9NBSM, 2010: home page http://www.nbsm.gov.np and personnel interviews and information collection174NEPAL TRADE INTEGRATION STRATEGY 2010BACKGROUND REPORT
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Table of ContentsForewordAbbreviati
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Table 2.17 Acreage and Production o
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