The Chairman's speech as delivered during the 53rd Annual General meeting of East African Tea Trade Association.
Chairman’s report at the 53rd Annual General Meeting of East Africa Tea Trade Association
26th March 2010
Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen. On behalf of EATTA, I would like to welcome you all to the 53rd annual general meeting of the association.
Eatta participated in the 3rd Global Dubai Tea forum and Mr. Brian Ngwiri Marketing Manager EATTA brings you the keynote activities and events during this successful conference in the Tea Industry.
This year more than 300 delegates attended the event. EATTA was represented by its Managing Director Dr. Kipkirui Arap Lang’at and the Marketing Manager Mr. Brian Ngwiri. While at the forum EATTA made very important contacts that we intend to develop and make use of for the benefit of our members. More on this will be shared later.
Awareness /Internal Auditor Training
Venue: OCIR THE -KIGALI RWANDA
Date: Friday 29th - 31st August 2011, Time 09h00 - 16h30)
Participants: Rwanda Tea Producing Factories
Training Body: Bureau Veristas Kenya Ltd
Participating Institutions:
DAY ONE
| Session | Title | Time |
| EATTA launch of Capacity Building Program |
0800-0900 | |
| 1. | Chapter 1 – Course Introduction | 0900-0930 |
| 2. | Exercise 1 – Introduction | 0930-1000 |
| 3. |
Chapter 2 – Product Hazards |
1000-1030 |
| 4. | Coffee break | 1030 -1100 |
| 5. | Chapter 3 – Controlling Product Hazards | 1100-1140 |
| 6. | Exercise 2 – Classification (Hazard, process failure and control measure) | 1140-1215 |
| 7. | Chapter 4 – Codex Alimentarius | 1215-1300 |
| 8. | Lunch | 1300-1400 |
| 9. | Chapter 5 – Why we need food safety | 1400-1500 |
| 10. | Workshop – Prerequisite Programmes | 1500-1530 |
| 11. | Coffee | 1530-1600 |
| 12. | Chapter 6 – Employee health and hygiene | 1600-1700 |
DAY TWO
| Session | Title | |
| 13. | Chapter 7 - Introduction to food safety management systems | 0900-0930 |
| 14. | Chapter 8 - Clauses of the standard | 0930-1000 |
| 15. | Chapter 9 – Planning and realization of safe products | 0930-1000 |
| 16. | Coffee break | 1030 -1100 |
| 17. | Exercise 3 - Documentation | 1100-1145 |
| 18. | Exercise 4 – Making a food safety management system | 1145-1300 |
| 19. | Lunch | 1300-1400 |
| 20. | Workshop 2 | 1400-1530 |
| 21. | Coffee break | 1530-1600 |
| 22. | Chapter 10 – Potentially unsafe products | 1600-1630 |
| 23. | Chapter 11 - Improvement | 1630-1700 |
DAY THREE
| Session | Title | |
| 24. | Chapter 12 – Audit management | 0900-0930 |
| 25. | Chapter 13 – NCRs and corrective actions | 0930-1030 |
| 26. | Coffee break |
1030-1100 |
| 27. | Exercise 5 – NCRs |
1100 -1230 |
| 28. | Chapter14 – Approach to the audit | 1230-1300 |
| 29. | Lunch | 1300-1400 |
| 30. | Chapter 15 – Performing an audit | 1400-1430 |
| 31. | Exercise 6 - Communication | 1430-1500 |
| 32. | Chapter 16 - Reporting | 1500-1530 |
| 33. | Course evaluation and feedback | 1530-1600 |
| 34. | Coffee break | 1600 |
| 35. | End of course |
At last it has happened !!! It is now official EATTA has been officially registered as a company limited by guarantee, registered under company number CPR/2009/10443 (the Company). The new company will retain the same name “East African Tea Trade Association.”
