Food Standards and Food Safety Issues in Africa
CCAFRICA21 will take place in Yaoundé Cameroon from 27 – 30 January 2015 at the Hilton Hotel.
The session will discuss FAO/WHO Activities relevant to the region, identifying priorities and capacity development needs.
Other items on a busy agenda include a discussion on national food control systems, consumer participation in food standards setting and the use of Codex standards at the national level.
The meeting will also discuss proposals for the development of regional standards for food products produced in Africa that are likely to be traded intra-regionally or internationally and for which regional orinternational standards could be developed. These include: Dried meat, Kilichi, Baobab (fruits), Leaves from GnetumAfricanum (Eru), Karite Butter and Manioc (batons).
A workshop sponsored by the Codex Trust Fund on Risk Communication is held the day before the start of the meeting.
At the heart of the Codex mandate are the core values of collaboration, inclusiveness, consensus building and transparency. Governmental and non-governmental, public and private organizations alike play a vital role in ensuring Codex texts are of the highest quality and based on sound science.
Codex would have little authority in the field of international standard setting if it did not welcome and acknowledge the valuable contributions made by observers. Expert technical bodies, industry and consumer associations
contribute to the standard-setting process in a spirit of openness, collaboration and transparency.
Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) can apply for observer status in Codex in order to attend and put forward their views at every stage of the standard-setting process.
Current Codex Alimentarius Commission
Food Standards and Food Safety Issues in Africa
CCAFRICA21 will take place in Yaoundé Cameroon from 27 – 30 January 2015 at the Hilton Hotel.
The session will discuss FAO/WHO Activities relevant to the region, identifying priorities and capacity development needs.
Other items on a busy agenda include a discussion on national food control systems, consumer participation in food standards setting and the use of Codex standards at the national level.
The meeting will also discuss proposals for the development of regional standards for food products produced in Africa that are likely to be traded intra-regionally or internationally and for which regional orinternational standards could be developed. These include: Dried meat, Kilichi, Baobab (fruits), Leaves from GnetumAfricanum (Eru), Karite Butter and Manioc (batons).
A workshop sponsored by the Codex Trust Fund on Risk Communication is held the day before the start of the meeting.
Codex and Observer
around the world since ancient times.
We might not always know where it comes from,
but we expect it to be available, safe and of good quality.
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