
Codex Contact Point | |
Director, Bhutan Food and Drug Authority (BFDA), Ministry of Health (MoH), Royal Government of Bhutan, PO Box 1071, Thimphu, Bhutan | Tel: +975 2 327031 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.bafra.gov.bt |
Competent authorities
Name of authority
Bhutan Agriculture & Food Regulatory Authority, Ministry of Agriculture & Forests
Mandate/competence
http://www.bafra.gov.bt/
INFOSAN Emergency Contact Point
Name: Ms. Gyem Bidha
Designation: Deputy Chief Laboratory Officer, BAFRA
Telephone # +975 2 327031/325790
Fax# +975 2 327032
Email: [email protected] /[email protected]
The national Codex programme
National Codex consultative mechanism
It is done through the National codex committee meeting which consist of experts from relevant agencies as well as pvt. sector representative.
Providers of scientific and technical input to national consultation on Codex
The stakeholders are the experts from the National Codex Committee members comprising of :
1. Ministry of Agriculture & Forests (MoAF)
2. Bhutan Agriculture & Food Regulatory Authority, MoAF
3. Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health (MoH)
4. Department of Agriculture, MoAF
5. Department of Livestock, MoAF
6. Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry
7. Bhutan Standards Bureau
8. Department of Trade, Ministry of Economic Affairs (MoEA)
9. Department of Industry, MoEA
10. Thromde (Municipality), Thimphu Dzongkhag
Risk Assessments and Scientific Data
National bodies providing risk assessment and scientific advice
In Bhutan, there is no such scientific bodies to provide risk assessments and scientific advice to support risk management decisions. However, the experts from parent technical departments such as Department of Public Health,Department of Agriculture, Department of Livestock and also experts from UN agencies are consulted as and when required to support risk management decisions.
Risk assessment, risk profiles, scientific opinions
There is no any public domain that is being published separately. Any risk assessments carried out by each parent department is published in their respective websites.
Official Laboratory
National Food Testing Laboratory, BAFRA,MoAF
Royal Center for disease Control, DoPH, MoH
Official Competence
Testing in microbiology & chemical discipline
Testing in Microbiological discipline
Surveillance of foodborne diseases and monitoring of food contamination
National surveillance systems – foodborne disease in humans
National Early Warning Alert & Response surveillance (NEWARS), Royal Center for Disease Control, Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health
National monitoring systems – foodborne hazards in the food chain
Inspection & monitoring Program