The Malawi National Codex Committee (NCC)  attended a three-day training session 15 to 17 November 2023 as part of the country’s Codex Trust Fund project.

The training, which was about data generation for Codex Alimentarius, informed the Malawi NCC of the basic principles of toxicology, risk profile, exposure and consumption data and gave an overview of the FAO/WHO committees and the general Codex framework of risk analysis and risk assessment.

Speaking at the opening function of the training, the Director-General of the Malawi Bureau of Standards, Dr Bernard Thole, who is also the Codex Contact Point in Malawi, encouraged the participants to take note of the areas of interest to Malawi under the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meetings on Pesticide Residues (JMPR). He further said that the training is one of the critical stages in the development of national and regional food standards, as well as Codex standards.

In his official opening remarks of the training, the co-Chairperson of the NCC in Malawi, Dr Julius Chulu, encouraged the participants to take the training seriously as the knowledge gained will assist Malawi to effectively participate in the development of Codex and national standards.

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