Egypt

Codex Contact Point

Eng. Hanan Fouad Hamed Codex Contact Point Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality (EOS) 16 Tadreeb EL-Modarrebeen St., Ameriya, Cairo, Egypt

Telephone:
+20222845522
+201224083536

Fax:
+20222845524

Email:
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]

Website:
http://www.eos.org.eg

Competent authorities

Name of authority:
National Food Safety Authority-Egypt
Mandate/competence:
http://www.nfsa.gov.eg

INFOSAN Emergency Contact Point

National Food Safety Authority-Egypt

Food safety and consumer protection – laws and regulations

The current list of legislation, related to food safety and consumer protection in each country, is extracted from FAO's database on Food Legislation FAOLEX. While FAOLEX makes every effort to serve as a high quality, reliable source of information, no guarantee is given that the information provided in FAOLEX is correct, complete, and up-to-date.

The national Codex programme

National Codex consultative mechanism

Codex work received by Codex Contact Point in Egypt going first to specialized technical committees in the Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality (EOS)
Participants in the technical committees are from:
- Governmental Sectors
- Industrial Sector
- Private Sector
- Experts
- Academic and Scientific Institutions
- Customers

If the TCs sent any recommendations for scientific or market studies..., EG CCP transfers the documents to the relevant parties to be studied.
Final decision should come out upon national consultation with participating of all stakeholders and key sectors.

Providers of scientific and technical input to national consultation on Codex

- Governmental Sectors (Labs at the Ministry of Health and Population - Animal and Plant Quarantine at the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation - EOS at the Ministry of Trade and Industry)
- Industrial Sector (Companies at holding companies - Exporters - Importers)
- Private Sector
- Experts
- Academic and Scientific Institutions
- Customers (Customer Protection Agency)

Risk Assessments and Scientific Data

National bodies providing risk assessment and scientific advice

Till now there is no specific body, however most of them are related to Ministry of Health and Ministry of Agriculture
and each ministry has such as scientific committee and may request risk assessment studies from accredited bodies to be implemented

Risk assessment, risk profiles, scientific opinions

ACRYLAMIDE LEVELS IN HEAT-TREATED EGYPTIAN
FOODS
www.eulc.edu.eg/demo/Libraries/UploadFiles/DownLoadFile.aspx?RelatedBibID...
Risk Assessment of Lead in Egyptian Vegetables and Fruits from Different Environments
http://waset.org/publications/10003150/risk-assessment-of-lead-in-egyptian-vegetables-and-fruits-from-different-environments
THE MICROBIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF READY-TO-EAT-FOOD (LIVER AND KOFTA SANDWICHES) IN TANTA CITY, EGYPT
http://bvmj.bu.edu.eg/issues/25-2/19.pdf

Official Laboratories

Official Laboratory:
Central Laboratories (MOHP)
Agricultural Research Center (ARC)
GOIEC Labs
Official Competence:
- Performing tests for food and water.
- All MRLs, Chemical, Microbial, Pesticides...

Surveillance of foodborne diseases and monitoring of food contamination

National surveillance systems – foodborne disease in humans

ُEgyptian Food Security Information Center
http://fsic-eg.blogspot.com.eg/

National monitoring systems – foodborne hazards in the food chain

Ministry of Health