On July 8, 2022, SENASA Peru organized a training session about Health and Safety in Apiculture addressed to beekeepers, in the Alto Mayo region (provinces of Rioja and Moyobamba). The veterinarian team of SENASA San Martín, Dr. Lenin Torres and Dra. Lilian Chea, also participated in the training.

The conference explained the techniques and good practices necessary to achieve the safety measures established by the Peruvian regulation. In this way, producers can extract honey and pollen that meet the standards established for consumption.

The talk gave a preventive approach covering the entire chain: from the installation of the hive to the extraction and packaging of honey.

Mainly, it focused on the need to control the area where the hives are installed, ensure feed and drinking water for the bees, and prevention and work measures that the personnel handling with hives must know.

On the other hand, the hygiene and disinfection measures, sanitary, waste and harvest management, and the points to follow to obtain the authorization of the primary processing companies were also detailed.

SENASA Peru organizes this type of training periodically to strengthen the capacities of producers and workers on the good practices necessary to obtain quality products that allow them to be competitive in the market.