Agenda Introduction/presentations (5 min each) Overview of ENVIROPAK project (Prof John Taylor, UP) (20 min) Technical Annex (10 min each WP leader) –reviewing Work Packages (WPs) –roles and responsibilities WP progress (15 min each WP leader) INCO DEV (Dr Janice Dewar, CSIR) (15 min) –reporting requirements –payment schedules –project meetings Next meeting – Norwich 3-5 July 2002 General

Reporting Report submitted to EC (month) Period covered (months) Report type 70-6Progress Scientific & Cost Progress Scientific & Cost Progress Scientific & Cost

Indicative dates for payments MonthDateEvent 001 Jan 2002Start of project 331 Mar 2002Payment from SIK 1931 July 2003Payment from SIK 3131 July 2004Payment from SIK ? After 38?after 28 Feb 2005 Final payment from SIK

Project meetings CSIR, SA (Jan 2002) IFR, UK (3-5 July 2002) UEM, Mozambique (Jan 2003) SIK, Sweden (June 2003) ITMC, Italy (Jan 2004) UOM, Mauritius (June 2004) UP, SA (Jan 2005)

EU INCO-DEV PROJECT ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY PACKAGING SOLUTIONS ENHANCED STORAGE AND QUALITY OF SOUTHERN AFRICA’S FRUIT AND NUT EXPORTS PARTNERS – SIK - Swedish Food and Biotechnology Institute – ITMC - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy – IFR - Institute of Food Research, UK – CSIR - South Africa – UP - University of Pretoria, South Africa – UEM - Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique – UOM - University of Mauritius

Work plan  Extract kafirin protein from available sorghum bran sources  Meanwhile, investigate conditions of tropical and deciduous fruits and cashew nuts after harvest  Develop coating techniques  Evaluate quality of coated fruit and cashew nuts  Investigate release from kafirin films and thermoplastic kafirin  Test coated fruit and cashew nuts under real conditions

Work packages 1. Establishment of base-line data of fruits and cashew nuts - CSIR 2. Isolation and optimisation of protein extraction procedures, and preparation and chemical modification of film materials - UP 3. Analysis and physical properties of protein, films and coatings - IFR 4. Investigation of thermoplasticity of film materials and development of thermoplastic processing techniques - ITMC 5. Development of coating techniques for fruits and cashew nuts - UEM 6. Evaluation of the quality of coated fruits and cashew nuts – UOM 7. Investigation of release of components from coatings and films to fruit and nuts 8. Commercial testing of improved products and technology transfer - CSIR