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Street food or food sold on the street plays a growing socio-economic role in all African cities. This mode of feeding, which has become a phenomenon of modern societies, enables more than 80% of urban populations to meet their nutritional needs, generates income that enables many households to meet their expenses, and creates jobs for many people without qualifications or schooling. Despite its importance, street food poses several health problems due to Foodborne Toxins (FTIs). Ignored food-borne infections often lead to large-scale deaths, as sometimes reported in the press in many countries. This report relates the activities of NGOs (ASMADE) and financial partners (EU, SolSoc/FCD) technical and scientific (UO/CRSBAN, CNRST/DTA, LNSP and CEAS) and municipal structures (DAS) of Ouagadougou towards the development sector constituted by associations of restaurateurs and processors of local products. These actions were aimed at improving the production conditions of food sold on the public highway in Burkina Faso.