I was told that China want the RFID registered Swiftlet premises and health certificate from Ministry Of Health beside the Veterinary certification.
My friend from DVS agreed with me. Below is his view after reading Sarawak Bird’s Nest Import and Export Association president Mr Liu Thian Leong statement on RFID tagging & registration.
Dear all,
Sarawak birdnest business especially trading and processing plants has a long history and quite traditional system and sometimes secretive. In the past many processing centres have their products exported to HK, China and Singapore for so many years without much problems. There were little requirements and restriction for years they have been doing trading , import and export with the help of Sarawak government. Some even bought ebn from Indonesia (black nest) which is much cheaper and export them to Singapore and Hong Kong without problem. When this RFID things comes out , the putting it into the boxes, sealed and all ebn have to have it individually packed sealed and undergo temperature of 70 c for 3 secs . I understand the uproar. What DVS should do at the moment is to focus on the basic requirement - registration of swiftlet premises. That is all.
Further dialog with the swiflet operators and traders and exporter to mitigate the system on a win-win situation for both sides. We have to listen and try to improve on the rfid system. At the moment we should consider their opinion that individually packed ebn is not necessary as it is still considered raw not ready to eat or drink. eg Mushroom are packed according to the consumer and importer requirement according to weight eg.30 grams , 100 grams 250 grams etc. Exporter usually export the ebn wholesale bulk pack which will later be repacked by the importer into their smaller packing and their company logo. We have to undertand their trade. Quote : The Art Of War...." know the terrain, know the weather, know your " enemy" { people /swiflet operators} and know the trade "- then we can win the war.
Recently some members in Kuching listen to Sarawak traders president and want to remove the installed chips from the premises especially Haiyen Bird nest and sea products, who also have processing plant in Kuching and premises in Betong Pusa.
I have to do a lot of damage control, as i feel we are losing the propaganda war period. It was like approaching each individual and explaining what we are installing on the premise are different from what the newspaper said about RFID. We are only registering the ranches which will be given an ID number in the form of cips after which the premise may qualify for SALT [GAHP] certification and for disease control, high quality, safe and hygienic product and eventually for HACCP requirement for processing plants.
And they all believed was what the newspaper wrote which said is not necessary to install the rifd cips. Sorry to say that we were slow in responding and countering to the China press by the association. The swiftlet operators believed the newspaper 100%. DVS HQ both in Sarawak and Putrajaya may have to work closely to the Chinese press and spread the news the basic requirement of installing the cips and differentiate the concept of rfid [which means to swiftlet operators /players have to harvest into the box as per house and sealed it to the processing plant which they are very much against.]
The sprocess involve of RFID system in boxes for export to China should be separated literally and physically from the ongoing premise registration with rifd cips. Only the processing plant exporter follow the rfid track and trace if they want to export to China.
We have to make them feel that the registration of the swiflet ranch premises is a separate process under disease control - animal ordinance esp bird flu.
OF COURSE WE ONLY KNOW THAT WHEN TIME IS RIPE LATER ON, THE SWIFLET PREMISES CAN BE LINKED TO THE TRACK AND TRACE ANYTIME. IN THE MEANTIME WE HAVE TO SAY THAT IT IS DIFFERENT FROM THE RFID TRACK AND TRACE PROCEDURE IN BOXES
This opinion and suggestion is based on the feed back from the field in peninsular and East Malaysia especially Sarawak and my dialogue and discussion with ebn traders and swiflets operators.
Nevertheless in spite of all these storms and gloomy weather, we still have a sparkle of sunshine....After listening to my explanation and thinking wisely, we still have a few good supporters who are willing to follow the Track and Trace System all the way to China.
All the below have processing plant already registered with RFID and at least up to GVHP standard or HACCP (the food safety system)
1. D1A001 Kuching Wing Shen Food Industries HACCP compliance
2. D1A002 Kuching Swallow House. HACCP compliance
3. D1A006 Kuching Orient Union Birdnest SB
4. D1A011
5. D8A001 Mukah Blue Sky SB
6. D9A002 Bintulu Yanwo
7. D9A001 Bintulu Oriental Birdnest SB
8. D6A001 Sibu MJT SB
Thank you for your attention and for listening and for your continue support.
LIM EAM LAI Phd, MD[AM] India, BHMS, DHMS
Here, I also attach a report from Borneo Post recently.
KUCHING: Bird’s nest farmers and traders are very much against the use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and have dismantled the devices in some farms. Data from the RFID can show importers and relevant authorities where the nests were harvested or processed. Sarawak Bird’s Nest Import and Export Association president Liu Thian Leong said they were very firm in refusing to allow RFID to be installed in their farms and even factories as they found it to be an unnecessary measure. “There are already such cases occurring in Sarikei and Saratok where the farmers took apart the RFID which the Agriculture Department had installed in their swiftlet farmhouses,” he added. He said although the government only required RFID to be installed at processing centres or factories following protests from the farmers and traders the requirement was still found to be unnecessary.
Read more: http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/08/22/rfid-unnecessary-say-birds-nest-farmers-and-traders/#ixzz24KrWaRBO
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