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Date: 2010-07-26

International fine food show ‘CULINARIA’ will premier in Belgrade, September 23-25, 2010. This fair will focus primarily on trade buyers and represents the first specialty food show in south-east Europe.

CULINARIA will gather the leading fine food producers and key regional and European trade buyers under one roof. The fair will host some of the leading buyers from all marketing channels, including exporters, importers, traders, brokers, supermarket chains, specialty food stores, HoReCa and food services.

Date: 2010-06-29

USAID Agrbusiness project and Agropress, with the support from the Ministry of agriculture and Ministry of energy and mining, are organizing a Conference titled "Agribusiness and renewable energy sources - potentials and obstacles". This event will be organized in Belgrade, on July 29, 2010, 09-13h, with the goal to provide agricultural producers with information on: government stimulation measures for the production of 'green' energy, different options available to producers (use of solar energy, biomass pelletization, digestors et), and how to use them to their own benefit, while at the same time benefiting the natural environment as well as the economy.
Minister of agriculture Sasa Dragin and USAID Mission Director will open the conference.

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Conference: Food Safety- risks and challenges
Date: 2010-03-17

March 17, 2010. | Hotel Continetal, Belgrade, halls Mediteran and Adriatic| 9-14h

USAID Agribusiness Project and AGROPRESS are inviting you to a conference on food safety.

TOPICS

  • How is the new Food Safety Law being applied?
  • Importance of certification of production and compliance with food safety requirements;
  • Food safety and export potential of Serbian products;
  • Capacities of existing laboratories to perform controls required by export markets;
  • Specific export market food safety requirements
  • Level of harmonization of Serbia’s food safety system with the food safety system in the European Union.

ATTENDING

  • Saša Dragin,  Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management
  • Marilyn Schmidt, Deputy Mission Director of USAID
  • Miloš Bugarin, President of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce
  • Dušan Pajkić, Director of the General Inspectorate
  • Dejan Krnjaić, Director of the Accreditation Body
  • Jan Boćanski, Director of the Plant Protection Directorate
  • Uroš Ungurović, Director of the Directorate for National Reference Laboratories
  • Zoran Keserović, Director of the Department for Fruits and Vegetables
  • Andriy Yarmak, Russian and Ukranian Market Specialist
  • Representatives of the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Trade and Services, Customs Administration, and organizations for protection of consumer rights
  • Representatives of Producer and Processor Organizations and Associations
  • Representatives of leading exporting companies
  • Representatives of international organizations and the diplomatic corps
  • Representatives of the non-governmental sector
  • Media

In order to attend the conference, please be advised to register by sending an e-mail with your details to: office@agropress.org.rs or by telephone +381 64 1781 234.

Registration of participants will begin at 8:30h in front of the halls Mediteran and Adriatic of the Continental hotel. The receptioon will take place at 13:00h in the Continental hotel.