Asian Food Packaging Information Database

In order to assist food suppliers overcome these difficulties SIRA developed the Asian Food Packaging Information Database (AFPID) with financial support and endorsement from the Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation.

THE ROLE OF AFPID

• Product specific packaging data necessary for the physical handling and storage of Asian style foods in Asian markets. Asian food packaging systems, particularly fresh foods are rarely documented and not commonly known or accessible to foreign producers;

• National regulations relating to Asian Foods handling, storage and distribution. These legal constraints may be in the form of Customs and Quarantine or specific city and provincial regulations;

• National and regional standards directly relating to Asian style foods. Many Asian standards are not affiliated with western Standards Associations or are ad-hoc and implemented on a regional basis;

• Current national market food packaging characteristics. Whereas a product may have met all official packaging regulations and standards, it may fail to succeed due to inappropriate packaging characteristics that the consumer or retailer sees as relevant. The identification of such practices will assist Australian suppliers to present products with market acceptance; and

• A significant Asia-Pacific food information system. AFPID is the only regional packaging information resource covering food market realities. It is widely utilised within and outside the region by retailers, distributors, exporters, processors, Government and food suppliers.

COVERAGE

Provided in English, AFPID provides specific details on size, weight, closures, labelling and materials requirements in a readily actionable format. Whilst standard details on packaging presentation are provided, AFPID is not designed to provide interactive degrees of customized packaging design capability. Additional sources of market information are also indicated, where relevant.

The AFPID database is available from SIRA for only US$150 plus $10 courier postage. Numerous organisations, (Eg: World Trade Organisation, Broadway Industrial, Containers Packaging, Unilever) use AFPID for marketing, production and stratetic targeting.

System requirements are Windows 3.1, 3.11 or higher, IBM compatible 386 or faster, 4MB RAM, DOS 5.0 or higher, mouse, keyboard, 1.44MB floppy disk drive and 6MB of hard disk space. AFPID is supplied on 2 x 3.5" floppy disks.

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