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    Wednesday, November 20, 2019

    Danish Firm FOSS Analytical Partners Nigerian Firm PAGI to Boost Food Production, Safety

    FOSS Analytical Business, a leading manufacturer of innovative high-end analytical instruments from Denmark has partnered Prime Atlantic Global Instruments Ltd (PAGI), an indigenous firm to boost production, food safety and chemical analysis.

    The launch of the partnership between FOSS Analytical Business and PAGI took place in Lagos on Monday.

    Speaking at the launch, Mr Michael Moller, the Area Sales Manager of FOSS, said that the decision to partner with Prime Atlantic Global Instruments Ltd. (PAGI), a Nigerian company, was because of professionalism.

    According to him, the new partnership is meant to provide Nigeria’s food and agro-processing industries with a range of analytical solutions and services that would boost healthy food production.

    “We have chosen to cooperate with PAGI because of their professionalism and experience from working with international companies.
    “We believe this partnership will also give us the opportunity to look for new markets in palm oil, cocoa and coffee,’’ he said.

    Speaking in the same vein, Mr Bode Balogun, the Deputy Managing Director of PAGI, said that the partnership had become important, especially now that emphasis was being placed on local capacity development.

    “We expect to improve quality of food production, whilst at the same time eliminating waste. There is the need for us to improve our food quality from the stage of raw materials to finished products.”

    The Danish Ambassador to Nigeria, Amb. Jesper Kamp, who was present at the launch, said his home government is now committed to creating job opportunities for Nigerians than giving them financial aids.

    “We are currently focusing very much on market development over aid for the reason that we actually use aid money to foster our projects in Nigeria.
    “We now believe in creating jobs for the Nigerian youths. We cannot continue to give aid because it cannot be forever, but business and sustainability are forever.

    “Very soon, Arla Foods Global Nigeria, a Danish company, would be creating about 25,000 jobs for Nigerians in its project in Kaduna.
    “The essence of this project is to provide Nigerians with the capacity to produce milk for local consumption,’’ he said.

    According to him, Denmark is at the front of global discussions around food safety and security, and has since 2016 been hosting the annual ‘World Food Summit’.
    He said that the summit was aimed at promoting discussions on ensuring safe, healthy and sustainable food systems for people.
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