El Comité Coordinador para África fue creado por la Comisión del Codex Alimentarius en 1972, con el mandato de ejercer “la coordinación general en la preparación de normas relativas a la región de África”. El comité celebró su primera reunión en la FAO en 1974, con la asistencia de 19 países.
Al iniciarse el mandato del nuevo coordinador regional, el Acuerdo sobre la Zona de Libre Comercio Continental Africana (AfCFTA, por sus siglas en inglés), que entró en vigor en mayo de 2020, ha reforzado la necesidad de contar con un sistema eficiente y eficaz para gestionar las medidas sanitarias y fitosanitarias, en particular la inocuidad alimentaria, en todo el continente a medida que sus fronteras se abren al comercio.
El coordinador regional tiene su sede en la Oficina Nacional de Normalización de Uganda, un organismo estatutario dependiente del Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Cooperativas que supervisa, en el marco de su mandato, la promoción y el uso de las normas.
Como coordinador regional, Uganda tiene la intención de colaborar estrechamente con los diferentes países a través de encuestas, seminarios web y talleres para identificar las necesidades y los nuevos problemas, y generar conciencia sobre los temas prioritarios en materia de inocuidad de los alimentos y sobre las normas del Codex. También se analizará la situación de la inocuidad de los alimentos en la región en términos más amplios a través de un estudio piloto. Al fortalecer la colaboración con organismos regionales como la Unión Africana, la Organización Africana de Normalización y la Secretaría de la Zona de Libre Comercio Continental Africana, Uganda pretende asimismo mejorar la labor de incidencia en la región.
The government of Kenya in partnership with African Union Commission (AUC), East African Community (EAC), TradeMark Africa (TMA), Microenterprises Support Programme Trust (MESPT), and Concern worldwide and other development partners organized and conducted a 3-day conference 5 to 7 June 2023 to commemorate World Food Safety Day in Nairobi, Kenya. Delegates were invited from across the African region representing over 30 member countries and 2 economic blocks. The objectives of this event were to:
Create awareness of the importance of food [...]
The Ministry of Health in Botswana will host a World Food Safety Day event on the 7 June 2023. The Minister of Health, the Honourable Dr Edwin G. Dikoloti will deliver a keynote address and the Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Local Government and Rural Development will give Remarks. Meanwhile, the Minister of Entrepreneurship will give closing remarks.
The target audience is Food Business Operators, consultants, laboratories, packaging material suppliers etc, to sensitize them on food regulation and standards, as [...]
In order to participate in the international drive to raise awareness on food safety, and as part of the celebration of World Food Safety Day, Group Réponse organizes an annual forum called the International Forum of Food Safety (FISSA) to inform, raise awareness and communicate on the importance of food safety in Benin.
Health safety is everyone's business. FISSA 2023 will be held in hybrid mode (face-to-face and online) from June 6 to 10, 2023 at the Agence Territoriale de Développement [...]
The University of the Witwatersrand will be hosting food safety awareness week as part of the World Food Safety Day commemoration this year.
The celebration will be undertaken for a period of five days, starting from 5 June 2023 and running to 9 June 2023. Activities will include food safety information stalls to be stationed around campus, where food safety quizzes and information sessions will be held with students and staff. On 9 June 2023, the University will be hosting World [...]
In Diamniadio, Senegal, the AFRICA MiTH forum will celebrate World Food Safety Day on 5 June in their “gastronomy pavilion” with the message that promoting food safety can change things: “it is everyone’s business”.
The event will seek to increase public awareness about food safety and encourage people to act to prevent, detect and manage foodborne risks, thus contributing to food security, human health, economic prosperity, agricultural production, access to markets, tourism and sustainable production, according to organizers.
The day of activities [...]
A two-day Food Safety Summit will take place on 30 and 31 May this year in Johannesburg to commemorate World Food Safety Day. The event, organized by Anelich Consulting, will be followed by a week of podcasting to lead into World Food Safety Day itself. With a focus this year on people, speakers from around the world will discuss:
The importance of the right culture in an organization, for success in food safety
Why are we still getting the basics wrong and [...]
The NGO Je Mange Santé in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is planning a series of World Food Safety Day events over a 2-week period starting on 27 May. The organization is aiming to promote food standards and food safety for and within families that experience different forms of malnutrition and food-related diseases.
Between Saturday 27 May and 3 June, in the city of Goma interviews will be carried out with people involved in food safety. These will go towards [...]
By John Oppong-Otoo, Food Safety Officer at AU-IBAR and Hakim Mufumbiro, Regional Coordinator CCAFRICA
The Codex Africa Think tank comprised of 12 Member States (Cameroon, Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, Senegal, Seychelles, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, The Gambia, Uganda and Zambia), Regional Economic Communities with observer status in Codex (Economic Community for West African States and Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa) and representatives from the African Union met from 15 to 17 March 2023 in Mahe, Seychelles to reflect on the [...]
By Lusibilo Witson MWAMAKAMBA WHO
The African Union Commission (AUC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) held a successful webinar on 23rd February 2023 in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Codex Coordinating Committee for Africa (CCAFRICA). The webinar was held on the heels of the recently concluded African Union Year of Nutrition, 2022 and highlighted the inextricable links between food safety and nutrition to achieve optimal health [...]
Abdoulie Jallow, Senior Scientific Officer Food Safety and Quality Authority, Gambia
The National Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Committee of the Gambia was launched on 21st of February 2023, at a ceremony held at the premises of the Food Safety and Quality Authority of the Gambia.
SPS Measures are vital instruments used by the World Trade Organization (WTO) and other relevant international multilateral agencies to ensure food safety, protection of plants and animals from pests and diseases and the facilitation of international agricultural [...]
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