Processed Food

SSF For Pineapple Processing

Batas is one of the barangays in Silang, Cavite that is known to be producing large volumes of pineapples. Of the total agricultural land are, two hundred hectares is devoted for pineapple plantation.On the average , it has achieved a production level of 31 metric tons per hectare, which is far higher than the provincial and regional averages of 10.8MT and 5.3 MT per hectare respectively.

Their organization as assessed has been at their highest level of maturity for a couple of years, so the Batas ARC wants to pursue entrepreneurship. That is through pineapple processing into tarts and pies utilizing mostly the rejects or undersized fruits. This would create more jobs, augment the   farmers’ income and ensure non-spoilage of rejects. Looking forward to increase their income and create additional jobs, they have to expand their business and spend further market coverage. In doing this, they also are required to apply for a license to operate. As a prerequisite to this, several tests of the products should be performed to assure food safety. However, the cooperative has been delimited by insufficient capital to pursue the project. They needed additional ovens and funds for plant improvement, food  analysis and testing and FDA-LTO registration, which was provided by DTI (baking ovens only).

SSF For Processed Food (Soya Products)

“PDOCCI” is an acronym for Person with Disability Organization in Carmona Cavite Inc., a federation consisting of 14 barangays  formed in 2012 that has agreed on one common project which is the Tofu and Soya production. DTI SSF program provided a grant  of necessary cooking  and Tofu making equipments to help the organization achieve their objective.

This organization was established to ensure that marginalized persons are provided with auxiliary services like employment that will restore their social functioning and participation in community affairs thus the common project which is the Tofu and Soya production.

This organization would not have been created and established without the help of CBR-Community Based Rehabilitation coordinators as well as the focal person of PDAO in Carmona. It all started when the LGU through the CBR gathered data of PWD’s residing in Carmona. This was done to have an inventory as to the number of PWD’s who live in the 14 barangays of the municipality. Each municipality elected their set of officers who will directly communicate with the LGU and raise concern on their behalf. The move was fully supported by their Chief Executive-Mayor Dahlia Loyola. Governed by Republic Act 7277, an Act Providing  for Rehabilitation, Self-Development and Self-Reliance of Person with Disability and their Integration into the Mainstream of Society and for other purposes of Magna Carta for Disabled Persons, the state should ensure that marginalized    persons are provided with the necessary auxiliary services like employment that will restore their social functioning and participation in community.

SSF For Agri-Based Food Production

In year 1993, through the R.A. No. 6657, or the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law, the municipality of Naic, Cavite was classified as one of the Agrarian Reform Communities (ARCs) in the province of Cavite. It was in year 1994 when the Palangue Agrarian Reform
Beneficiaries Association (PARBA) located at Brgy. Palangue 2 and 3, Naic Cavite was organized initially with seventeen members. Back in July 5, 1995, the Palangue Agrarian Reform Cooperative (PARC) was registered in Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) with 34 members whom were Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) and initial capital of 21,100.00 pesos.

Since then, the members of the cooperative were able to utilize the land awarded to them by producing rice and vegetables like tomatoes, cucumbers, strings beans, bitter gourds, corn, eggplants and other crops. The municipalities of Naic, Silang, Tanza, Indang and Trece Martires City benefitted from farmers of this cooperative as source of vegetables for their public market. In year 2005, PARC closed a contract with Waltermart Supermarket as supplier of vegetables in consignment but due to the huge volume requirement, they were not able to sustain the market.

The Shared Service Facilities (SSF) Project of the Department of Trade and Industry aims to improve the quality and productivity of microenterprises and SMEs by addressing the gaps and bottlenecks in the value chain of priority industry clusters through the provision of processing machines/equipment for the common use of the Microenterprises and SMEs within the said industry clusters all over the country.

CAFFMACO engages in the manufacture of quality feeds, operating a consumer store, livelihood projects such as Dispersal, Mara Farm and other services. Livestock and poultry production has generated the profitable component of farming system in the province of Cavite but the main problem of the industry and the livestock raisers was that the pork production is always faced with uncertainty such as the price, quality and marketing of the animals and inconsistent demand and supply which are affecting not only producers but then even the consumers who have to pay a high price for pork in market. The cost of meat is too expensive now a days and allowing them to spoil would mean throwing away a good sum of money.

The cooperative expect expansion in the field of agro-processing and think of some measures for the development of the projects as additional services to members. As such, the Board created a new department, the “Meat Processing Department. Meat Processing is the generic term used to describe the industry. However, a number of terms are used to describe the facilities at which a meat processing occurs, including abattoirs, slaughterhouses and meat packing plants. The terms abattoir and slaughterhouse are synonymous and refer to plants which slaughter livestock and dress carcasses only, often with limited or no processing of by-products. Meat packing plants undertake slaughter and carcass dressing, but also undertake the further processing of meat products and by-products.

To provide members with good quality processed meat that were not infested by disease and/or imported, Caffmaco also engages in meat processing.

The project can also be a market outlet for the produce of members. The processed meat includes skinless & native longanisa, bacon, tocino, lumping shanghai, pork tapa, hamburger patties and embutido. These products were branded as Caffmaco’sBest.

Food microbiology is an integral part of the Food Safety. International standards require three (3) major aspects of food safety namely: 1) physical hazard, 2) chemical hazard, and 3) microbiological hazard. Establishing a world class testing laboratory for micro and small enterprises is a big challenge in our industry in terms of cost and technical capability. It is to this effect that most if not all of the local food products made by our members may not be acceptable or suitable for export market due to stringent requirement on food safety. Putting a World Class Food Testing Laboratory (at par with latest equipment and technical skills) that can be used commonly and shared by our members is a big leap to help boost our member’s competitiveness. Putting it inside a Campus is an even better ingredient to accomplish the big picture by enabling the Laboratory to continually produce future Laboratory analyst that can be absorbed by the industry.

Establishing a world class testing laboratory for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) is a big challenge in our industry in terms of cost and technical capability. It is to this effect that most if not all of the local food products made by the members of PHILEXPORT may not be acceptable or suitable for export market due to stringent requirement on food safety. Putting a World Class Food Testing Laboratory (at par with latest equipment and technical skills) that can be used commonly and shared by PHILEXPORT members and food processing MSMEs in Cavite and the rest of CALABARZON, will drastically improve productivity, the safety and quality of the members’ product conforming to the export market standards. Also, it will serve as a big leap to help boost the said beneficiaries’ competitiveness. Setting it inside the National College of Science and Technology Dasmariñas Campus (a member company of Philexport Cavite) is an even better ingredient to accomplish the big picture by enabling the Laboratory to continually produce future laboratory analysts that can be absorbed by the food processing industry.

The Likhang Kabitenyo Foundation Inc. is an organization that promotes and assists MSMEs in the Province of Cavite. It consists of more than one hundred entrepreneur-members, majority of which are engaged in food production and categorized in the micro industry. Likhang Kabitenyo Foundation Inc. encountered a lot of difficulties in the accessibility of printing/labeling materials for the packaging of their products because of the absence of available services that could provide them with cheaper printing and labeling services and lesser quantity order so that the working capital can be adjusted to the available budget at hand. Aside from the high cost and maximum order requirements, the Cavite entrepreneurs are taking hard time to look for a nearer service provider for the said facility. It is in this context that a Digital Printing/labeling and Digital Duplicating machine is being proposed for members and non-members of LKFI to avail under the DTI Shared Service Facility program.