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help promote industrial investment food, food packaged in hermetically sealed containers, dried food,
and development. By lending support bakery, fried food, freeze dried food, frozen food, juices, and herbal
to entrepreneurs in terms of product drinks. An emphasis will be placed on the development of products
development and export standards, and standard systems.”
the obstacles will be reduced and At present, the center can readily provide a full range of services
more opportunities will be created for that encompass tools for research, experiments, production, and
the industrial segment, especially for scientific tests – all of which can fully facilitate product development,
SMEs and community enterprises in manufacturing test runs, business consultancy, food quality and safety
14 provinces of Southern Thailand where a full range determination. The framework covers 8 types of services: 1)
of services will be conveniently accessible.” production line design, 2) packaging design, 3) manufacturing quality
“In the long run, this place is expected to become a regionally system consultancy, 4) industrial production and processing
accepted learning center that passes on production technology to consultancy, 5) consultancy regarding product research and
food and beverage business owners, thus leading to the development development, processing, experiments, and manufacturing
of processed food products in line with the local production potential, processes, 6) product quality determination in compliance with the
increased added value, higher competitiveness of SMEs entrepreneurs FDA regulations concerning food and packaging safety, 7) nutrition
in both domestic and international markets as well as boosted labeling, and 8) training and workshops.
consumer confidence in the standards and safety of Thai food Entrepreneurs can access any of these services, be it product
products” said Dr.Somchai Harnhirun, Deputy Minister of Industry. development, food quality and safety testing in compliance with
Mr.Yongvut Saovapruk, President of the NFI, Ministry of Industry, international standards, or improvement of manufacturing standards
commented that in the fiscal year of 2017 a budget for the construction such as GMP and Halal. In addition, the center also offers a
of the first Industrial Design and Inspection Center (Food Sector) in comprehensive OEM service by manufacturing food and beverage
Songkhla was allotted to the NFI by the Ministry of Industry. The products under the clients’ brands. This also entails raw material and
center, whose premise was provided by the Department of Industrial ingredient sourcing, formulation development, manufacturing,
Promotion, is located on the 2 and 3 floors of the Handicraft Center packaging, and product registration with the FDA.
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Building in the Industrial Promotion Center Region 11, Hat Yai, In the future, the NFI plans to collaborate with the Industrial
Songkhla. Promotion Center Region 5 to open another center in Khon Kaen
“The aim is to provide services to business owners in 14 provinces: and one more in Chon Buri, which will be the result of the collaboration
Chumphon, Ranong, Surat Thani, Phangnga, Phuket, Krabi, Nakhon with the Industrial Promotion Center Region 9. The objective is to
Si Thammarat, Trang, Phatthalung, Satun, Songkhla, Pattani, Yala, provide Northeastern and Eastern entrepreneurs with support and
and Narathiwat. The center is expected to annually serve 30 wide access to the aforementioned services.
entrepreneurs in various product segments such as seafood or fresh

Food Safety
Roadshow

Being a part of the sustainable success of Thai Food &
Beverage Industry, Food Focus Thailand has organized
“Food Focus Thailand Roadshow” to provide knowledge
to Food & Beverage entrepreneurs located out of
Bangkok. In 2018, we will hit the road under the theme
of “Food Safety Roadshow” to 6 major cities throughout
the country. #6
Friday, 9 November 2018
Holiday Inn Hotel @ Chiang Mai

FREE
Sponsored by:
SEMINAR

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