voluntary Third-Party Assurance (vTPA) Workshop
June 18-20, 2024|Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Mr. Lloyd Orellano of the BBS presented on the National Quality Infrastructure in Belize.
The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), through funding from the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF), invited Public and Private Sector Representatives from Belize and Honduras in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, from June 18-20, 2024, to share their experiences, benefits, and challenges with implementing the pilot project for voluntary standards, eg. Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), GlobalG.A.P. to satisfy market access for export as well as nationally.
Mexico, Columbia, and Argentina delivered presentations on the benefits and challenges of voluntary implementation of standards to their local businesses and for access to export markets.