By PIA 4A February 22, 2020 Women coffee processors in CALABARZON attended a training at the DOST Calabarzon regional office in Los B...
February 22, 2020
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| Women coffee processors in CALABARZON attended a training at the DOST Calabarzon regional office in Los Banos on Feb 10-13, 2020. The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) CALABARZON organized the training in support to Philippine Commission on Women’s (PCW) focus area on Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) and in preparation for the assistance to be provided for them. (Photo by DOST CALABARZON) |
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna -The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) CALABARZON spearheaded a series of forum and trainings for women micro entrepreneurs specifically for women coffee processors in Calabarzon on February 10-13, 2020 at the DOST Calabarzon regional office in Los Banos.
According to DOST-CALABARZON, the series of forum and trainings were organized in support to Philippine Commission on Women’s (PCW) focus area on Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) and in preparation for the assistance to be provided for the women coffee processors.
DOST-CALABARZON, in partnership with PCW-WEE project, eyes to assist women entrepreneurs in complying with basic food safety standards to acquire license to operate (LTO) and certificate of product registration (CPR) from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
During the training, Ms. Anna Rina Evangelista talked about the processes involved in securing LTO and CPR from the FDA while the Food Safety Team of DOST CALABARZON discussed basic food hygiene, good manufacturing practices and food safety hazards.
The participants commended the initiative of DOST-CALABARZON and PCW to capacitate women entrepreneurs in CALABARZON.
Dr. Estela Taño of Green Rescue said “Nakita ko ang mga dapat gawin to acquire LTO at CPR. Gayundin, ang mga dapat bantayan sa negosyo ng pagkain: contaminants; hazards; at toxins. Mapapataas din ang quality ng finished product, self-confidence in the business, at consumer’s confidence/[trust].”
(I learned the steps in acquiring LTO and CPR. Also, those things to be watched in the food business like contaminants, hazards, and toxins. The quality of the finished product will also be improved, gain self confidence in the business and consumer’s confidence/trust.)
“Malaking tulong po ang seminar na ito dahil ito po ay nagbigay sa amin ng kaalaman kung paano magiging safe at quality ang aming produkto at paano o ano ang mga dapat naming gawin para maka comply sa requirement ng FDA. Maraming salamat po! Please, more quality seminars like this.” Ms. Emmalyn Rubrico of AbsMush added.
(The seminar is a big help because it gave us information on how to make our products safe and with quality and what to do to comply with the FDA requirement. Thank you so much.)
Next activities laid out for this plan is the writeshop on Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) manual and records preparation, implementation, mock audit, and turnover of packaging and labelling assistance to the MSMEs.
PCW-WEE is a project supported by DOST-CALABARZON that aims to provide women “access to and control over high-value productive resources”. It supports women in accessing more and better jobs, starting and doing businesses, and having greater livelihood security. WEE envisions women to have “decent jobs and humane working conditions, while enjoying benefits from wealth-creating opportunities equal with men” (Philippine Commission on Women, 2009). (Myrrh Caithlin L. Gutierrez, DOST-CALABARZON/PIA-4A)
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