Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association cooperates with the European Union to increase the yield, quality and food safety of raisins, dried apricots and dried figs, of which it is the world leader in production and export.
Mehmet Ali Işık, Chairman of the Board of Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association, said, “The European Commission General Directorate of Health and Food Safety is carrying out a mission visit to our country in order to control aflatoxin contamination in pistachios and ochratoxin in dried figs exported to the EU. The main purpose of the EU delegation is to supervise the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the system there.
Underlining that they have exported 1.6 billion dollars to nearly 170 countries worldwide, Mehmet Ali Işık said, “European Union countries and the USA come to the fore in our exports.
“We continue our sustainability efforts to feed this healthy product to the whole world in a healthy way. As EIB, we continue our efforts for sustainability in the supply chain, starting from the farmer to the shelf, through joint work with other institutions, universities, research institutes, fig research institute, agricultural provincial and district organizations, stock markets, chambers of agriculture, chambers of commerce.”