The CCAFRICA Region - Regional Coordinator Uganda
The ‘Coordinating Committee for Africa’ was established by the Codex Alimentarius Commission in 1972 with a mandate to “exercise general coordination in the preparation of standards relating to the region of Africa”. The committee held its first meeting at FAO in 1974, with 19 countries in attendance.
As the new regional coordinator begins their term, the Agreement of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), which came into effect in May 2020, has reinforced the need for an efficient and effective system for managing sanitary and phytosanitary measures, in particular food safety, across the continent as its borders open for trade.
The regional coordinator is based in the Uganda National Bureau of Standards, a statutory body under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Co-operatives which oversees, as part of its mandate, the promotion and use of standards.
As regional coordinator, Uganda intends to engage closely with countries via surveys, webinars and workshops to identify needs and emerging issues, create awareness of priority food safety issues and of Codex standards. A pilot study will also explore the food safety situation in broader terms across the region. By strengthening engagement with regional bodies such as the African Union, the African Organisation for Standardisation and the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat, Uganda also aims to enhance advocacy work in the region.
CCAFRICA Coordinator
All information on Codex is public and free.
For regional enquiries contact:
CCAFRICA Secretariat
Uganda National Bureau of Standards Plot 2 - 12, Bypass Link, Industrial
& Business park, Kyaliwajala road,
P.O Box 6329 Kampala, Uganda
Tel: +256 (041) 7333250 / 0417333251 / 0417333252
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.unbs.go.ug
Mali launches Codex Trust Fund project
Food safety experts and officials from Mali took part in the launch of a Codex Trust Fund project on Thursday, 12 September 2019 at the International Conference Center in Bamako. The launch was chaired by Sékou Oumar Dembélé, technical advisor of the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs and is part of national capacity building programmes to strengthen food safety in Mali
This initiative aims to inform and raise awareness amongst all stakeholders dealing with food safety and nutrition in the country and gain their support for the activities and vision of the Codex Alimentarius.
“The project will without doubt increase our ability to take part actively in Codex”, said Dembélé. "When we talk about food safety, all countries must ensure this safety, which we already provide but which we must strengthen".
Gaoussou Keita, Director General of the Mali Food Safety Authority said the project would, “strengthen national stakeholders’ ability to participate in the work of the Commission”.
“This project will without doubt increase our ability to take part actively in Codex. It will reinforce the effectiveness of food controls and support advocacy among policymakers”.
📽 | #Mali🇲🇱 has launched a #CodexTrustFund Project to strengthen national Codex structures and participate more effectively in the work of the Commission.
— Codex Alimentarius (@FAOWHOCodex) September 16, 2019
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