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Tahun 2013, KPI DVS adalah 2500 premis dipersijilkan SALT.

Posted on December 19, 2012, Wednesday

GOOD BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY: Niah Birds Nest Trading Company personnel man an exhibition booth at the Malaysian International Food and Beverages Trade Exhibition recently.

KUCHING: Niah Birds Nest Trading Company will hold a seminar that promises 100 per cent opportunity in the swiftlet industry from 8am to 6pm on Dec 22.
It will be held on the first floor of Upper Foo San Supermarket at Jalan Semarak in Petra Jaya.
The company will share with participants what to do and where to start; how to reduce risks and investment amount; and how to ensure high returns. The seminar will also accelerate and simplify participants’ interest in the industry.
Niah Birds Nest Trading Company is a local swiftlet consultant actively working with the Department of Veterinary Services under the Ministry of Agriculture, and has been engaged by a number of local entrepreneurs to design, build and manage bird houses throughout Sarawak and Peninsular Malaysia.
Solutions for newbies and problem solving for existing but problematic bird house owners as well as investment opportunities are also available.
Exclusive strategies and concepts will be revealed to participants for quick and easy start ups.
Opportunities are open to all levels of government and private sector employees, pensioners and entrepreneurs who want to develop a new business division, individuals with large tracts of undeveloped lands or have extra funds for investments, plantation companies, cooperatives and societies.
The course fee per participant is RM350 which covers breakfast, lunch and tea break.
A live session on how to do a location test will also be conducted.
Each participant will be given an exclusive swiftlet audio CD and participation certificate.
Early registration is advised to avoid disappointment as seats are limited to 30 participants.
Call Saiful (010-8019363) or email niahbirdsnesttrading@gmail.com for more information

Read more: http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/12/19/seminar-on-swiftlet-rearing-anyone/#ixzz2FVtEZVP3

Sabah needs bird’s nest processing plant – Association

Posted on December 7, 2012, Friday

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah does not have a plant to process its raw edible bird’s nests because investors do not feel certain about their future in the industry, said Sabah Swiftlet Association (Tawau) executive chairman Datuk Kour Nam Ngum.

“People buying our bird’s nest products go to Sarawak. We are not protecting our own turf. The government must come in because we cannot progress as long as we don’t have a direction. Sabah and Sarawak were once the main bird’s nest ranches at one time,” he said to reporters during the Department of Standards Malaysia seminar on Malaysian standards for edible bird’s nest industry yesterday. “Sabah should have a main processing centre installed as it is at the centre of the BIMP-EAGA region,” Kour said.

He claimed that swiftlet ranchers were facing licensing problems and they hope the government through the Sabah Wildlife Department will issue the licences and not hold back. “Holding back is not the solution … doing so would kill the industry,” he said, adding that the State Government needs to support the industry because it is bigger than any high-value industry capable of generating income for the nation and eradicating poverty.

Meanwhile, Kour commended the organiser of the seminar, saying that it was important because it would help the industry to overcome obstacles and grow. “Malaysia is taking the lead in this RM5.2 billion industry in setting standards for edible bird’s nests,” he said.

Malaysia is presently the third largest world producer of edible bird’s nests after Indonesia and Thailand.

“If we don’t progress, we will be overtaken by the Philippines and Vietnam,” he warned. He said setting the standards represents an identity.

Picture below are among the 18 registered RFID EBN Processing plants in Sarawak, Malaysia. All of them are licence under the Veterinary Public Health Ordinance 1999.

Personal hygiene is strictly adhered

HACCP Compliance Processing Plant in Sarawak, Malaysia

GMP Certified Plant

Read more: http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/12/07/sabah-needs-birds-nest-processing-plant-association/#ixzz2EklirgHb

Pendaftaran Premis Burung Walit Nasional

Program Kempen Pendaftaran Premis Burung Walit Nasional Secara Pro-Aktif Di Lapangan Masih Di Jalankan oleh Jabatan Perkhidmatan Veterinar (DVS) dibantu oleh Unit Walit Negeri-negeri masing-masing.

Sukacita dimaklumkan juga walaupun 'RFID’dikeluarkan dari Protokol impot China, kaedah daya jejak masih dijalankan oleh DVS. Prosedur pengeksportan ke China masih memerlukan semua premis walit di daftarkan oleh DVS.

Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) pengeksportan ke dalam negara China serta pendaftaran loji Pemprosesan EBN dengan CNCA China memerlukan punca sarang burung walit dari premis walit yang mempunyai Kod nombor ID didaftarkan oleh DVS. Kod nombor ID  masih digunapakai serta dikekalkan seperti sistem yang telah dipersetujui dahulu.

Sementara  itu, logi pemprosesan dan traders boleh membangunkan system traceability  masing masing tetapi Kod nombor ID adalah diperlukan untuk export ke China.

Kod nombor ID ini adalah diperolehi semasa pemasangan RFID dimana pengusaha perlu mengisi borang permohonan pendaftaran premis terlebih dahulu. Borang Permohonan boleh dimuatturun dari http://www.dvs.gov.my/web/guest/sarang_burung_walit

Fasa selanjutnya iaitu untuk menyediakan buku premis (Blue passbook). Sebelum fasa ini dapat dilaksanakan satu operasi semakan dan pembersihan [ cleaning up] akan dijalankan oleh pegawai DVS Putrajaya bersama dengan DVS Negeri bagi semua premis yang telah didaftar dengan cip RFID . Operasi ini menglibatkan ”trouble-shooting”dan aktifkan pendaftaran ID yang tidak berjaya diaktifkan [ upload failed] di server MCMC.

Cip Kod nombor ID eg : D1A002 : D1=Kuching, Sarawak, A=Loji Pemprosesan, 002= No loji

Pemasangan cip no ID (RFID) di depan pintu premis

4000 Swiftlet ranching in Sabah

KOTA KINABALU: Swiftlet farmers in Sabah have been given 24 months from January 1, 2013 to stop their activities within the city, municipal and township areas.

Any queries on the matter can be directed to the State Government, said Tourism, Culture and Environment Ministry permanent secretary Datuk Michael Emban.

Speaking at a press conference after meeting with industry players at Wisma Tun Fuad, Emban said the directive is part of a set of 15 guidelines which would be enforced from January 1 next year to regulate swiftlet farming or rather ‘the fostering and propagation of swiftlets’ in Sabah.

The guidelines include among other things the needs and requirements before one could undertake swiftlet farming, and dissuade any swiftlet farmers from conducting their activities within cities, municipalities and towns in Sabah.

Swiftlet operators are also disallowed from starting their activities near all housing areas, public places, schools, clinics, houses of worships and water catchment areas.

The construction of swiftlet houses must be based on the relevant district plans or local plans, and must be sited in a 100-kilometer radius away from any airports and five kilometers radius away from runways.

Farmers intending to set up their swiftlet farming must enclose a map of the area where they are going to run their activities, which are allowed on titled land which states ‘agriculture’ as its land usage.

Swiftlet operators/farmers must control problems that may have ill effects on public health such as foul odours, breeding of mosquitoes and flies and environmental sanitation of their bird houses.

The use of loud speakers must not be more than 55dB, be pointed at an angle of 60 degrees towards the sky and can only be played between 6am and 7pm.

All swiftlet farmers are to abide by the good animal husbandry practice, the regulations set by any of the government agencies, conduct scheduled health and medical checks and abide by other directives from other government agencies from time to time.

Meanwhile, Tawau Swiftlets Association protem chairman Datuk Kour Nam Ngum, who was present at the press conference, said there are 4,000 swiftlet farmers in Sabah and 80 per cent of them would be adversely affected by the directive to close their operations 24 months from Jan 1, 2013.

Hence, he said, most members disagreed with the ruling.
He urged the authorities to defer the enforcement of the guidelines, saying they would be seeking the audience of Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Haji Aman on the issue.

“It is not fair to us,” he said, adding that investment in the industry in Sabah was around RM500 million.
Also present at the press conference was Sabah Wildlife Department director Dr Laurentius Ambu.


Read more: http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/10/05/swiftlet-farms-must-move-out/#ixzz2EBK5Zunt

Government to help bird’s nest traders soar again

SERDANG: The Government is committed to helping local exporters who are facing difficulties in understanding China's criteria for the re-entry of Malaysia's bird's nests.

The export of the nests to China is on hold pending Chinese authorities audit of Malaysian swiflet farms.

Deputy Agriculture and Agro-based Industries Minister Datuk Chua Tee Yong said swiflet farmers should meet the requirements stated in the Certification and Accreditation Administration of China (CNCA) form to qualify for the audit.

He has met exporters who had completed the forms during the ministry's first coordination meeting held recently. Chua will be meeting 36 others soon to help them.

“I have urged the Veterinary Services Department and the Health Ministry to work closely with the industry so that more of these farms can fulfil the CNCA criteria for audit and help revive the industry,” Chua said at the MAHA International 2012 agricultural show here yesterday.

The billion-ringgit swiflet industry has been hit by the ban on bird's nest exports to China for more than a year, after high levels of nitrate were found in the nests.

In September, both countries signed a protocol which gave hope for the local exporters.

Earlier, Chua launched several books published by the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (Mardi) in conjunction with the 10-day show.

Held at the Malaysia Agro Exposition Park here, it attracted more than two million visitors as of Thursday.