Seminar on sanitary, phytosanitary certification for herbal medicines

Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) in collaboration with Nuclear Institute for Food & Agriculture (NIFA) organised a two-day workshop on "Irradiation as Phytosanitary Treatment of Herbal Materials and Products" under its awareness programme, here on Monday.
The seminar was aimed at highlighting the importance of Sanitary Phytosanitary certification for herbal medicines. Herbal medicine was gaining global popularity and its acceptance needed to be acknowledged as a source of export earning. The speakers highlighted the importance of the role of certification in present day trade regime. Good manufacturing practices were essential components of quality conscious market, they said, adding that the subject was treated in detail during the discourse. Special Secretary to Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Health Dr Noorul Eman was also present. He distributed certificates/shields among the participants. The speakers said that the government should properly patronise herbal medicines sector.