SAMS - Funding information

Within the EU funded SAMS-project, food safety certifications and labels were collected. They should be used on honey bee products to improve their value on the market. Information on funding, certificates and labels are provided, as well as the requirements to obtain the label/certificate and an instruction on how to apply to receive it, are provided.

Funding options were provided on 14.December 2020 and may be expired already. Please therefore check the related website to check.

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Funding
Funding
The term "funding" is a general term used to describe a printed information fastened/attached to a product to communicate about the product (typically retail products) from the manufacturer to consumers or product quality controlling bodies.

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Funding opportunities
Ethiopia	Indonesia	Other

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Little licensing glossary
General definition
In general, the definition of "License" is an official document that gives permission to a subject to do, use, or own something. The licensing options are categorized into 4 main groups, namely; business licensing, product licensing, trade licensing and intellectual property licensing.
Business license
A business license grants the owner the right to start and run a particular type of business in the city, county, state, or country that issues it. It is a type of permit indicating the company has the government’s approval to operate. Government agencies can fine or shut down a business that operates without a license.
Product licensing
Product licensing involves obtaining permission from a licensor to manufacture and sell one or more of its products within a defined market area.
Trade licensing
Trade licensing is a document/ certificate that gives permission to the applicant to commence a particular trade or business in a particular area/ location. However, the license does not allow the holder to any other trade or business than for it is issued. Furthermore, this license does not pass on any kind of property ownership to the holder of the license. This kind of license ensures that no one is carrying out any unethical business practices. This license creates a harmony in society that every business is following relevant rules, guidelines and obeying safety measures.
Intellectual property licenses
Intellectual property licenses in general can be defined as a way to protect intellectual property by using legal instruments such as patents, copyrights, trademarks, or other legal devices. Intellectual property licensing is an exclusive right for the creator or the right recipient to publish or reproduce his work or give permission for it without reducing the limitations according to the prevailing laws and regulations.

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Licensing opportunities
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Little label glossary
Product label
The term "product label" is a general term used to describe a printed information fastened/attached to a product to communicate about the product (typically retail products) from the manufacturer to consumers or product quality controlling bodies.
Purpose of a product label
The primary purpose of a product label is to identify type, quality standard, size, brand, product line, manufacturer and other product-specific information in order to inform the consumer/user and encourage a purchase. When used in the context of foodstuffs, it may refers to nutritional quality information located on food packaging.
Product label in medicine
In medicine, additional information about safety issue like active and inactive ingredients, concentrations of active ingredients and presence of habit-forming substances are required on the product label.

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Labels
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Little certificate glossary
Product certification
The term “Product certification” is a procedure by which a third party gives written assurance that a product, process or service is in conformity with certain standards.
Certificate
The certificate demonstrates to the buyer that the supplier complies with certain standards, which might be more convincing than if the supplier itself provided the assurance.
Certifier
The organization performing the certification is called a certification body or certifier.
Certification body
The certification body might do the actual inspection, or contract the inspection out to an inspector or inspection body.
Certification decision
The granting of the written assurance or "certificate", is based on the inspection report, possibly complemented by other information sources.

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Certificates
Ethiopia	Indonesia	Other