Area 7

For MSMEs in the food processing sector of Myanmar, improvement in Food Safety standards is a critical step for succeeding in both domestic and export markets.

RBF has supported MSMEs with grants to demonstrate the ‘business case’ for investing food safety within the food processing, catering, and fisheries industries to improve their food safety infrastructure and processes.

MSMEs supported by RBF have invested in food processing equipment and facilities that have vastly reduced the costs of spoilage and food contamination, apart from increasing the quality and price realization of their food products.

Further MSMEs have been supported to enhance the export possibilities for their products by qualifying for essential certification standards such as FDA, ISO, HACCP and GMP.