Le Comité de coordination pour l’Afrique a été créé par la Commission du Codex Alimentarius en 1972, avec pour mandat «la mise en application d’une coordination générale dans l’élaboration de normes liées à la région de l’Afrique». Le Comité a organisé sa première réunion à la FAO en 1974: 19 pays étaient présents.
Alors que le nouveau coordonnateur régional entamait son mandat, l’Accord portant création de la zone de libre-échange continentale africaine (ZLECAf), entré en vigueur au mois de mai 2020, a souligné le besoin d’un système efficace de gestion des mesures sanitaires et phytosanitaires, notamment dans le domaine de la sécurité sanitaire des aliments, sur tout le continent alors que ses frontières sont ouvertes au commerce.
Le coordonnateur régional opère au sein du Bureau national de normalisation d’Ouganda, établissement public placé sous l’égide du Ministère du commerce, de l’industrie et des coopératives, qui surveille, dans le cadre de son mandat, la promotion et l’utilisation des normes.
En tant que coordonnateur régional, l’Ouganda souhaite s’impliquer davantage auprès des pays, notamment au travers d’enquêtes, de séminaires web et d’ateliers, afin d’identifier les besoins et les problématiques émergentes, mais aussi sensibiliser aux questions prioritaires de sécurité sanitaire des aliments et aux normes du Codex. Par ailleurs, une étude pilote s’intéressera plus largement à l’état de la sécurité sanitaire des aliments dans la région. En renforçant son engagement auprès d’organismes régionaux tels que l’Union africaine, l’Organisation régionale africaine de normalisation et le secrétariat de la zone de libre-échange continentale africaine, l’Ouganda vise aussi à améliorer le travail de plaidoyer dans la région.
As part of their World Food Safety Day celebrations the Beninese NGO, Food for All, wanted to raise public awareness on the issue of food safety.
Through a video published on YouTube and Facebook they have emphasized the fact that all actors in the food chain, from producer to consumer, have a role to play in ensuring food safety and food hygiene.
They also raised awareness about the different types of hazards in food.
Watch the video
https://youtu.be/uQtcyw_0OHk
For World Food Safety Day, the Food Safety Ambassadors’ Network (FOSAN) organized the 8th Regional Food Science and Technology Summit at the Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology, the University of Ibadan. FOSAN coordinator, Professor Folake O. Henshaw was the event speaker.
The audience was made up of stakeholders in the food and agricultural industry, food scientists, food manufacturers and other stakeholders in the food chain. Henshaw gave some background to how World Food Safety Day was established by the United Nations. This the [...]
In the run-up to World Food Safety Day on 7th June, an NGO in Guinea Conakry, Nutrition pour Tous (Nutrition for All) plans to carry out a study on the state of food safety within the capital city, Conakry. The report resulting from this study will be the subject of a 7 June conference to which decision-makers from the health sector, trade and agriculture, as well as representatives from NGOs and international organizations will be invited.
"In effect, this important day [...]
University of the Witwatersrand Services Department will be celebrating World Food Safety Day awareness for five days, from 6 to 10 June 2022. Activities will include food safety information stalls to be stationed at all campuses scheduled for 6, 8, 9 and 10 June, where activities such as food safety quizzes and information sessions will be held targeting ‘Wits’ students and staff.
On 7 June 2022, the University will be hosting World Food Safety Day workshop targeting retail outlets, dining hall [...]
South Africa’s Food Safety Summit 2022 was launched on the same day as the launch of World Food Safety Day, with a programme tailored to requests from former attendees and with the message that “‘Local is lekker*’ but we are part of the global village, so we will hear from our international colleagues too!”
The virtual event will take place on 7 and 8 June and will include several panel discussions with experts in their fields.
According to the organizers, Anelich Consulting [...]
Nigeria’s Consumer Advocacy for Food Safety and Nutrition Initiative (CAFSANI) will hold a World Food Safety Day webinar on the subject of “mycotoxins and pesticide residues in some selected Nigerian crops ad products”.
The event will take place on Monday 6 June and will be hosted and moderated by Olugbenga Ogunmoyela, President and CEO of CAFSANI. Joining him will be:
- John O. lgene from the Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology and Professor of Research and Innovation at the University [...]
The Cabinet d’Expertise Six Sigma in Chad is to celebrate World Food Safety Day over the first week of June and has called upon local influencers to promote the planned events across social media.
Between 1 and 7 June, a series of “tasting” sessions will be hosted by restaurants around the capital city, N’Djamena, which will be accompanied by relevant food safety messages.
Around 250 people have been invited to events on 7 June, which have been scheduled to take place at [...]
A week of food safety awareness to start in Nigeria
A food safety academy in Nigeria named after the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point system (HACCP) is organizing a week of awareness-raising activities in honour of World Food Safety Day.
The HACCP Food Safety Academy Nigeria is planning daily events as of 1 June as follow:
Day 1 – farm visit
Day 2 – visit to logistics companies
Day 3 – school visit
Day 4 – visit to a market
Day 5 – food safety podcast
Day [...]
On 25 May, the National Codex Committee of Senegal, together with the national offices of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO), will host a World Food Safety Day “science day” on this year’s theme, “safer food, better health”.
The French-language event will involve conferences, round tables and discussions and will take place at the Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Odonto-Stomatology (FMPO) at Dakar’s Université Cheikh Anta Diop. Two plenary sessions on [...]
By Hakim Mufumbiro, Regional Coordinator CCAFRICA
On Tuesday, 3rd May 2022 at the Tribe Hotel in Nairobi, the Codex Contact Point (CCP) Officers from Burundi, Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda met to formally launch the East African Community (EAC) Codex Trust Fund Project for the five countries to pave way for implementation of priority planned activities. The group project seeks to build solid and sustainable Codex systems within the EAC Partner States.
The launch and regional workshop was held to mainly [...]
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