Bhutan

Codex Contact Point

Director General, Bhutan Agriculture and Food Regulatory Authority (BAFRA), Ministry of Agriculture & Forests, PO Box 1071, Thimphu, Bhutan

Telephone:
+975 2 327031
+975 2 325790/325993

Fax:
+975 2 327032
+975 2 335540

Email:
[email protected]
[email protected]

Website:
http://www.bafra.gov.bt

Competent authorities

Name of authority:
Bhutan Agriculture & Food Regulatory Authority, Ministry of Agriculture & Forests
Mandate/competence:
http://www.bafra.gov.bt/

INFOSAN Emergency Contact Point

Name: Ms. Gyem Bidha
Designation: Deputy Chief Laboratory Officer, BAFRA
Telephone # +975 2 327031/325790
Fax# +975 2 327032
Email: [email protected] /[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

It is done through the National codex committee meeting which consist of experts from relevant agencies as well as pvt. sector representative.

Providers of scientific and technical input to national consultation on Codex

The stakeholders are the experts from the National Codex Committee members comprising of :

1. Ministry of Agriculture & Forests (MoAF)
2. Bhutan Agriculture & Food Regulatory Authority, MoAF
3. Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health (MoH)
4. Department of Agriculture, MoAF
5. Department of Livestock, MoAF
6. Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry
7. Bhutan Standards Bureau
8. Department of Trade, Ministry of Economic Affairs (MoEA)
9. Department of Industry, MoEA
10. Thromde (Municipality), Thimphu Dzongkhag

Risk Assessments and Scientific Data

National bodies providing risk assessment and scientific advice

In Bhutan, there is no such scientific bodies to provide risk assessments and scientific advice to support risk management decisions. However, the experts from parent technical departments such as Department of Public Health,Department of Agriculture, Department of Livestock and also experts from UN agencies are consulted as and when required to support risk management decisions.

Risk assessment, risk profiles, scientific opinions

There is no any public domain that is being published separately. Any risk assessments carried out by each parent department is published in their respective websites.

Official Laboratories

Official Laboratory:
National Food Testing Laboratory, BAFRA,MoAF
Royal Center for disease Control, DoPH, MoH
Official Competence:
Testing in microbiology & chemical discipline
Testing in Microbiological discipline

Surveillance of foodborne diseases and monitoring of food contamination

National surveillance systems – foodborne disease in humans

National Early Warning Alert & Response surveillance (NEWARS), Royal Center for Disease Control, Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health

National monitoring systems – foodborne hazards in the food chain

Inspection & monitoring Program