About Choprabisco
The Royal Belgian Association of the Biscuit, Chocolate, Pralines and Confectionary, abbreviated Choprabisco, counts 109 members, going from the small company to the multinationals companies.
Economical importance
Among the different branches of the Belgian food industry, the Biscuit, Chocolate, Pralines and Confectionary branch represents 13,2% of its global turnover, 14,4% of its employment and 14,6% of its exports.
The Belgian sector for Biscuit, Chocolate, Pralines and Confectionary counts 350 companies, 10.408 employments and realise a turnover of 5,3 billion euro.
The market in consumer value amounts 1,6 billion euro.
Activities
- Represent and defend the common interets of our members by the different interlocutors (Federal authorities services : Economy and Public health, Ministerial Cabinets) on national level.
This collective defense of interest is mostly done in collaboration of organisations wherein Choprabisco is member such as CAOBISCO (www.caobisco.com the European organisation for chocolat, biscuits and confectionary products) and FEVIA (www.fevia.be the Belgian Food Industry federation).
- Hand out relevant information over the existent legislation concerning food policy and trade of the sector and collaborate to the accomplishment of an appropriated legal frame to promote the economical activities of our members.
More particular Choprabisco is active in
- Belgian and European food legislation as far as they are specific for our sector, for example legislation on chocolate, contaminants (acrylamid), nutrition (trans fatty acids) ...
- The elaboration of an "Autocontrol guide" to help the companies to implement the Belgian legal decision on autocontrol, obliged notification and tracability; the organisation of training in collaboration of IFP (the specific Belgian training organisation for the Food industry) to learn to the companies how to use the guide.
- Trade reglementation and the European policy on the dispositions of the market of agricultural raw materials (more particular sugar), import and export reglementation (export restitutions, active improvement) to maintain the competition of our companies save on the world market.
Subjects which are not specific to our sector, such as labelling, hygiene, GMO, authorized additives, are treated by FEVIA.
Files and questions on social and environmental affairs are exclusively followed up by FEVIA.
- Generic promotion of the image of the Belgian confectionary industry by
- working out a documentation about our products
- support actions in collaboration with the federations of sugar and soft drinks and the Olympic Health Foundation in the primary schools regarding "snacks" and "tooth hygiene"
- contesting the illegal use in foreign countries of the appelation "Belgian ..." for products which are not produced in Belgium (Belgian Chocolate Code).
Documents
Choprabisco vzw
Kunstlaan 43
B - 1040 Brussels
tel +32 (0)2 550 17 56
fax +32 (0)2 550 17 54
info@choprabisco.be |
