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Quality Standards Developed for Seven Indigenous Food and Beverage Products, Including Injera and Tej
The Reporter (Amharic) · 3 days ago · Read the Full Story on The Reporter (Amharic)
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The Ethiopian Standards Institute has established quality assessment standards for seven indigenous food and beverage products, including injera and tej, which have now been integrated into the African Organization for Standardization.
- The Ethiopian Standards Institute has established quality assessment standards for seven indigenous food and beverage products.
- The seven standardized products are injera (teff), kolo, shiro, berbere, chuko, tej, and areke.
- The standardized products have been accepted and included in the African Organization for Standardization.
- The injera quality standard covers input quality, physical and taste characteristics, chemical safety, and proper packaging with food-grade plastic and labeling.
- Dr. Meseret Bekele stated that standardizing these products allows any legal African business entity to produce them and enables Ethiopian manufacturers to export globally.
- Chuko is currently among the indigenous products being exported in large quantities after receiving quality standard certification.
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