Syrian Arab Republic

Codex Contact Point

Mr Nedal Adra Head of food department Syrian Arab Organization for Standardization and Metrology (SASMO), P.O. Box 11836, Damascus

Telephone:
+963 11 6131852
+963 11 6131833

Fax:
+963 11 6131834

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

Competent authorities

Name of authority:
- Syrian Arab standardization and metrology organization (issuing food products standards)
- Ministry of internal trade and consumer protection (monitoring and analyzing food products)
- Ministry of health (monitoring of kids and infants food)
- Ministry of agriculture (Residues of pesticides veterinary drugs)
Mandate/competence:

INFOSAN Emergency Contact Point

not available now.
there was contact point with TBT in the past

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

by the contact point with codex

Providers of scientific and technical input to national consultation on Codex

- Syrian Arab standardization and metrology organization
- Ministry of internal trade and consumer protection
- syrian universities

Risk Assessments and Scientific Data

National bodies providing risk assessment and scientific advice

Syrian Arab standardization and metrology organization
Ministry of internal trade and consumer protection
Ministry of health
Ministry of agriculture

Risk assessment, risk profiles, scientific opinions

the current crisis in syria lead to the prevalence of:
- Hepatitis
- cholera
- unhealthy and uncontroled food
- bad nutrition for infants and kids

Official Laboratories

Official Laboratory:
- laboratory of Ministry of internal trade and consumer protection.
baboratory of thr Ministry of health (monitoring of kids and infants food)
- laboratory of the Ministry of agriculture.
- industrial Researches and tests center.
- laboratory of the ministry of transportation

Official Competence:

Surveillance of foodborne diseases and monitoring of food contamination

National surveillance systems – foodborne disease in humans

ministry of health

National monitoring systems – foodborne hazards in the food chain