MPOB;s Codes of Practice

Ainie K., . and Mohd Mokmin B., . and Mohd Basri W., . and Chan K. W., . (2009) MPOB;s Codes of Practice. [Proceedings Paper]

Malaysian Palm Oil Board Codes of Practice launched in 2007 by the Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities is now being implemented at various oil palm facilities on a voluntary basis. The codes of practice COPs derived is based on Good Practices in Crop Production comprising of six viz. Nursery Agriculture Milling Kernel Crushing Refinery and Bulking Installation in order to standardize the industry along the whole oil palm supply chain for food safety quality process verification and traceability. With the stringent requirements of the importing countries Malaysian palm oil is always geared towards self-improvement. Thus the voluntary implementation of these COPs by some companies showed their pioneering interest towards the betterment of the production of their palm products. MPOB had carried promotional activities of the COPs initially through roadshows at six regions in both Peninsula and East Malaysia. This promotional activity created an awareness of the COPs among the industry such that there are now nineteen voluntary participants. In order to be competent auditors MPOB research officers underwent hands-on practical training backed up by theoretical knowledge through courses and on-the-sites evolution of job expertise that were conducted under the guidance of qualified lead auditor. To date MPOB has completed Phase J and Phase 2 audits on seven facilities nationwide. All seven facilities have met the COPs requirements and recommended to be certified. Seven other facilities had undergone Phase J audit and six of them are ready for Phase 2 audit at anytime. The elements in the requirements of MPOB Codes of Practice consist basically the main standard operating procedures of the process from the nursery to the bulking installation and transport. The important requirements are food safety quality and sustainability. Through evidence adduced in the field elements that compromise food safety quality and sustainability are categorized as non-conformance while those that need to be improved will be judged as observations. All observations must be followed by appropriate corrective actions otherwise if not addressed they will become non-conformance. There are some elements which the industry is encouraged to comply with in order to improve the implementation of the system process. Our observations have shown that generally the oil palm industry has the process system but it is not fully documented and there area jew gaps that need to be covered. This paper will illustrate the requirements of the codes and will show some of the gaps in the process system.

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Malaysian Palm Oil Board Codes of Practice launched in 2007 by the Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities is now being implemented at various oil palm facilities on a voluntary basis. The codes of practice COPs derived is based on Good Practices in Crop Production comprising of six viz. Nursery Agriculture Milling Kernel Crushing Refinery and Bulking Installation in order to standardize the industry along the whole oil palm supply chain for food safety quality process verification and traceability. With the stringent requirements of the importing countries Malaysian palm oil is always geared towards self-improvement. Thus the voluntary implementation of these COPs by some companies showed their pioneering interest towards the betterment of the production of their palm products. MPOB had carried promotional activities of the COPs initially through roadshows at six regions in both Peninsula and East Malaysia. This promotional activity created an awareness of the COPs among the industry such that there are now nineteen voluntary participants. In order to be competent auditors MPOB research officers underwent hands-on practical training backed up by theoretical knowledge through courses and on-the-sites evolution of job expertise that were conducted under the guidance of qualified lead auditor. To date MPOB has completed Phase J and Phase 2 audits on seven facilities nationwide. All seven facilities have met the COPs requirements and recommended to be certified. Seven other facilities had undergone Phase J audit and six of them are ready for Phase 2 audit at anytime. The elements in the requirements of MPOB Codes of Practice consist basically the main standard operating procedures of the process from the nursery to the bulking installation and transport. The important requirements are food safety quality and sustainability. Through evidence adduced in the field elements that compromise food safety quality and sustainability are categorized as non-conformance while those that need to be improved will be judged as observations. All observations must be followed by appropriate corrective actions otherwise if not addressed they will become non-conformance. There are some elements which the industry is encouraged to comply with in order to improve the implementation of the system process. Our observations have shown that generally the oil palm industry has the process system but it is not fully documented and there area jew gaps that need to be covered. This paper will illustrate the requirements of the codes and will show some of the gaps in the process system.

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Item Type:	Proceedings Paper
Additional Information:	Available at Perpustakaan Sultan Abdul Samad Universiti Putra Malaysia 43400 UPM Serdang Selangor Darul Ehsan Malaysia. mal TP684 P3I61 2009 vol. 1 Call Number
AGROVOC Term:	Palm oils
AGROVOC Term:	Code of practice
AGROVOC Term:	Sustainability
AGROVOC Term:	Transportation
AGROVOC Term:	Auditing
AGROVOC Term:	Training centres
AGROVOC Term:	Food safety
AGROVOC Term:	Quality
AGROVOC Term:	Sustainability
Geographical Term:	MALAYSIA
Depositing User:	Ms. Suzila Mohamad Kasim
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 05:15
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12377

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