Координационный комитет по Африке был учрежден Комиссией “Кодекс Алиментариус” в 1972 году и отвечал за “общую координацию разработки стандартов, связанных с африканским регионом”. В первом заседании Комитета в ФАО, состоявшемся в 1974 году, приняли участие 19 стран.
После вступления в должность нового регионального координатора все более очевидной становится потребность в создании эффективной и действенной системы регулирования санитарных и фитосанитарных мер согласно вступившему в силу в 2020 году Соглашению об Африканской континентальной зоне свободной торговли (АКЗСТ). В частности, это касается мер обеспечения безопасности пищевых продуктов по всему континенту, открывшему свои границы для торговли.
В качестве штаб-квартиры регионального координатора было выбрано Национальное бюро стандартов Уганды – утвержденный законодательством орган при Министерстве торговли, промышленности и кооперативов, который в рамках своих полномочий отвечает за пропаганду и применение стандартов.
В качестве регионального координатора Уганда намерена тесно сотрудничать с остальными странами в рамках исследований, вебинаров и семинаров, нацеленных на выявление потребностей и намечающихся проблем и привлечение внимания к приоритетным вопросам безопасности пищевых продуктов и стандартам Кодекса. В целях более подробного изучения ситуации в сфере безопасности пищевых продуктов в регионе, планируется провести пилотное исследование. Благодаря укреплению сотрудничества с такими региональными организациями, как Африканский союз, Африканская организация по стандартизации и Секретариат Африканской континентальной зоны свободной торговли, Уганда сможет расширить просветительскую работу в регионе.
By Ms Sylvia Kirabo, Head of Public Relations and Marketing for UNBS and Hakim B. Mufumbiro, Regional Coordinator CCAFRICA
Policy and decision makers on food safety and Codex activities of the East African Community (EAC) held a meeting on 1 September, hosted by the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), which also serves as the national Codex Contact Point in Uganda, resolving to implement 11 actions to improve food safety control and Codex related systems in the region. The high-level participants from [...]
Members of the National Codex Committee (NCC) of Nigeria are undergoing capacity development training on the scientific basis of Codex and food safety risk analysis.
The training programme, which is funded by the Codex Trust Fund, will improve the technical capacities of NCC members and their knowledge on food safety risk assessment, the risk management framework, risk management activities and risk communication. The training will also improve Nigeria’s capacities to participate effectively in Codex and implement the revised NCC procedural manual.
At [...]
by Mohamed Aden Hersi, Codex Contact Point (CCP) for Somalia and Hakim Mufumbiro, Regional Coordinator, CCAFRICA
Wednesday 23 August 2023 marked a significant milestone for Somalia when the country’s 1st National Codex Committee (NCC) meeting was held, following two days of intensive capacity building sessions involving national stakeholders.
The sessions, held on 21 and 22 August in Mogadishu, Somalia, provided training on Codex work management and were attended by 27 different state and non-state stakeholders who are members of the NCC. Somalia [...]
To consolidate its national Codex structures and to increase its participation in international food standards drafting at the level of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, Mauritius has been filing for assistance from the Codex Trust Fund (CTF) since 2012. In 2020, Mauritius was successful in its application and was the sole country in the African region to benefit from CTF funding. Mauritius’ CTF project will run activities geared towards building a strong and sustainable national Codex structure, with the ultimate aim [...]
Recently two training sessions have taken place in Mali (a training session on Codex for the national media on 3 August 2023 and a training session on Codex for the country’s Economic, Social, Environmental and Cultural Council on 10 August 2023) as part of the 3-year Codex Trust Fund (CTF) project being implemented in the country.
A key component of the project involves awareness-raising activities for members of the country’s Economic, Social, Environmental and Cultural Council and for journalists. The training [...]
On Monday, 10 July 2023, the launch of the Codex Alimentarius Trust Fund 2 project in Guinea-Bissau took place in the capital Bissau at the Royal Hotel from 09.00 am.
Under the leadership of the Secretary General of the Ministry of Health of Guinea-Bissau, Doctor Quiletche Na Isna, the launching ceremony brought together representatives of State institutions, laboratories and representatives of the private food processing sector of the country and consumers. The Secretary General of the Ministry of Health was accompanied [...]
The Environmental/Occupational Health and Safety Directorate of Lagos State Ministry of Health, in partnership with the Lagos State Safety Commission of Lagos State Ministry of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Relations marked World Food Safety Day with the theme "Food Standards Save Lives" at Mile 12 International Market, the largest market of fresh farm produce in sub-Saharan Africa.
As a relevant stakeholder in the food industry, a food safety advocate and “acclaimed food evangelist”, Rasaq Oke of FOODDOTCOMACADEMY SERVICES was invited to [...]
The food safety training organization, HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) Academy Nigeria (HAN) spent the week of World Food Safety Day taking their expertise to the grassroots and raising awareness about good hygiene practices in various contexts.
For seven days, HAN experts talked with producers, vendors and consumers about avoiding food safety hazards. On day one of their World Food Safety Day campaign, the team visited a farm where they advised on good practices in crop production and about [...]
The Benin Food Safety Agency (ABSSA) is the competent authority responsible for organizing World Food Safety Day activities at the national level in Benin, in collaboration with international organizations.
Organizing and celebrating such a day involves communicating about food-related health risks. As such, ABSSA organized this year’s activities with the aim of raising public awareness and inspiring action to prevent, detect and manage food-borne health risks. Activities were rolled out in two phases: firstly, the activities were promoted in the media, [...]
On 7 June World Food Safety Day was celebrated in Chad under the theme "Food standards save lives".
As part of the celebrations, the manager of the Cabinet d’Expertise Six Sigma gave an interview to Télévision Tchad24, a private Chadian television channel based in N'Djamena, Chad. The interview focused on the issue of a food safety culture and the popularization of food standards in Chad.
Responding to journalists’ questions, the manager of Cabinet d’Expertise Six Sigma listed a few points, which can [...]
