Saint Lucia
Codex Contact Point
The Director, Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards (SLBS), National CODEX Contact Point (Saint Lucia), Bisee Industrial Estate, CP 5142, Castries, Saint Lucia
Telephone:
+1 758 453 0049
+1 758 456 0546
Fax:
+1 758 452 3561
Email:
[email protected]
[email protected]
Website:
http://www.slbs.org.lc
Competent authorities
Name of authority:
Ministry of Health Environmental Health department
Mandate/competence:
Public Health, restaurants, post mortem animal carcasses, inspections of food establishments
Name of authority:
Ministry of Agriculture
Mandate/competence:
Livestock, Fisheries, ante mortem swine, bovine, poultry, etc, port inspections
Name of authority:
Bureau of Standards
Mandate/competence:
food product labelling, mandatory standards monitoring, inspections, bottled water, www.slbs.org.lc
INFOSAN Emergency Contact Point
Ministry of Health
Environmental Health Division
Tel: 1758 384 5508 or 1758 4856499 or 1758 4518937
email: [email protected]
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
Once the need for a standard has been established, these experts meet to discuss and negotiate a draft standard. The national draft is circulated to the public for comment once experts are satisfied with the content.
Comments received are disposed by committee and once consensus is obtained, the final draft is submitted to the Standards Council for approval. If approved by the Standards Council draft becomes a national standard and gazette notice is issued.
Codex Committee Organizations include:
Ministry of Agriculture, Food Production, Fisheries, Co-operatives and Rural Development Veterinary & Livestock services Division
General Interest Expertd
Caribbean Agriculture Business Association
National Consumers Association
Ministry of Health, Wellness, Human Services and Gender Relations
Sir Arthur Lewis Community College
Baron Foods Ltd (manufacturer)
Saint Lucia Manufacturer’s Association
Saint Lucia Industrial and Small Business Association
Ministry of Commerce, Business Development, Investment and Consumer Affairs
Caribbean Public Health Agency
Saint Lucia Hotel and Tourism Association
Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards
Providers of scientific and technical input to national consultation on Codex
General Interest Expertd
Caribbean Agriculture Business Association
National Consumers Association
Ministry of Health, Wellness, Human Services and Gender Relations
Sir Arthur Lewis Community College
Baron Foods Ltd (manufacturer)
Saint Lucia Manufacturer’s Association
Saint Lucia Industrial and Small Business Association
Ministry of Commerce, Business Development, Investment and Consumer Affairs
Caribbean Public Health Agency
Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards
Codex Issues of relevance include items under the purview of CCFH, CCFFV, CCFL, CCFICS, CCLAC
Risk Assessments and Scientific Data
National bodies providing risk assessment and scientific advice
Ministry of Agriculture, Food Production, Fisheries, Co-operatives and Rural Development
Ministry of Health, Wellness, Human Services and Gender Relations
Risk assessment, risk profiles, scientific opinions
Official Laboratories
Official Laboratory:
No official labs exist. Government lab involved in some microbial testing. Commissioning of national diagnostic facility upcoming within 2019.
Official Competence:
E. Coli
Official Laboratory:
CARPHA
Official Competence:
HPC
Pseudomonas
E. Coli/Coliform