Samoa

Codex Contact Point

Roger Toleafoa, Assistant CEO, Fair Trading & Codex Development, Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Labour, P.O. Box 862, Apia, Samoa

Telephone:
+685 20441
+685 24084

Fax:
+685 20443

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

Competent authorities

Name of authority:
Ministry of Health
Mandate/competence:
https://www.health.gov.ws/

INFOSAN Emergency Contact Point

Ministry of Health
Animal and Health Protection Division
+685 68100

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

- Consultations
- one on one meetings
- monkey surveys

Providers of scientific and technical input to national consultation on Codex

Scientific Research Organization of Samoa (SROS)

Risk Assessments and Scientific Data

National bodies providing risk assessment and scientific advice

Scientific Research Organization of Samoa (SROS)

Risk assessment, risk profiles, scientific opinions

Official Laboratories

Official Laboratory:
Scientific Research Organization of Samoa (SROS)
Official Competence:
Ministry of Health (MOH)

Surveillance of foodborne diseases and monitoring of food contamination

National surveillance systems – foodborne disease in humans

National monitoring systems – foodborne hazards in the food chain