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
World Food Safety Day in Africa, webinar 7 June
The Joint FAO/WHO Regional Coordinating Committee for Africa (CCAFRICA) and the Africa Union Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources have organised a webinar to commemorate this year’s world food safety day as a region
The 2nd observance of WFSD on 7 June 2020 promises to leverage on the momentum created from the previous celebrations. Africa Union Member States are desirous to collaborate in unison to focus efforts of reaching state and non-state actors as well as those directly involved in food systems in the region in order to raise the profile of food safety.
The world is facing an unprecedented threat from the COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused social and economic disruption of extraordinary proportions and resulted in many businesses closing. The new normal calls for strengthening food hygiene and sanitation practices as well as implementing food safety management systems.
CCAFRICA and AU-IBAR, invites you to a webinar Conference to commemorate the 2nd World Food Safety day on 5 June 2020 at 14:00hrs East African Time.
Theme “COVID19 Pandemic and Food Safety- Building resilient national food control systems for consumer protection and safe trade”.
Please register in advance for your participation in the meeting (latest 4 June 2020) through the following link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcvceuvqDotGteTPBvjOvb926d-nBkzDtbQ
After registration, you will receive a confirmation email containing a link and information on joining the meeting.
Link: Agenda for the teleconference.
Interpretation will be provided in Arabic, English, French and Portugese
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