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In 1976 a Coordinating Committee for Latin America, established by the 10th Codex Alimentarius Commission in 1974, held its first meeting in Rome with eight countries from the region in attendance. At its third session a proposal was made to change the name of the committee to its current form (Coordinating Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean) as this better reflected the membership of the region. In 1984 at its 31st session, the Executive Committee, acting on behalf of the Commission, agreed to this change.

The region of Latin America and the Caribbean is an important actor in the production and trade of food at a global level. The region produces enough food to supply itself and to export, with both water and land resources to produce even more.

The region has enormous natural wealth, a flourishing agricultural industry and a family farming sector that is essential for its population. The promotion and strengthening of food safety must be continued at the level of all regions to guarantee the health of consumers and fair and equitable trade.< /p>

The coordinator, Ecuador is based in AGROCALIDAD an agency attached to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock. They aim to create synergies between countries in the region, to provide mutual support in order to overcome regional problems and examine solutions to common challenges.

The coordinator further aims to strengthen collaboration among countries and strengthen the participation of developing countries in the Commission and its subsidiary bodies.

CCLAC Coordinator

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For regional enquiries contact:
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‍CCLAC Secretariat
Agencia de Regulación y Control Fito y
Zoosanitaria AGROCALIDAD
Avenida Eloy Alfaro y Amazonas
Quito
Email: [email protected]

El Salvador / CONACODEX signs Strategic Plan of the National Codex Program

Sep 24, 2021, 12:00 PM by System

On 23 September 2021 the Strategic Plan of the National Codex Alimentarius Program was signed by the members of the National Codex Committee – CONACODEX – in the presence of the President of the National Quality Council, Maria Luisa Hayem Brevé, Dr. Carlos Gabriel Alvarenga, Vice Minister of Health Management and Development, Dr. Giovanni Escalante representing PAHO / WHO in El Salvador, and Lic. Raúl Peralta, Regional Director of Food Safety, of the International Regional Organization for Agricultural Health (OIRSA), the latter in their capacity as witnesses of honor.

(left to right) Director of OSARTEC Raquel Martínez, Dr. Carlos Gabriel Alvarenga, Vice Minister of Health Management and Development, Minister Maria Luisa Hayem Brevé, Raúl Peralta, Regional Director of Food Safety, OIRSA, Dr. Giovanni Escalante, PAHO/WHO El Salvador

The Strategic Plan is the first of its kind since it has been defined jointly by the public, private, academic and consumer sectors, with the purpose of consolidating the actions of the National Codex Program in El Salvador and aiming for the standards that emanating from the Codex Alimentarius are a reference in all public policy decisions in health related to food safety.

Likewise, this Plan constitutes the first product of the El Salvador-Guatemala Binational Project of the FAO / WHO Trust Fund of the Codex Alimentarius, led by the Salvadoran Organization for Technical Regulation-OSARTEC.

The Director of OSARTEC, Ms. Raquel Martínez, considers the signing of this plan as: “ a historic achievement of the articulated work of the different national sectors in favor of consolidating the National Codex Program, strengthening the national objectives in matters of food safety and trade. In this way, it is evident that, in El Salvador, food safety is everyone's business”.

Minister María Luisa Hayem Brevé (left) and Director of OSARTEC Raquel Martínez

The Codex National Strategic Plan will be implemented in a period of 3 years, beginning in 2022 and ending in 2024, with its implementation it is expected to achieve a significant improvement in the protection and health of consumers at the national level and facilitate the international food trade.

“With the signing of this plan, one of the objectives is to promote the increase in exports of this sector (agro-industry, food and beverages), providing tools that help them to produce with quality. The assurance of safety constitutes, without a doubt, the ideal passport for our food exports”, Minister Hayem stated.

"The Bi-national Project (El Salvador/Guatemala) - Codex Trust Fund - ¡Juntos por la Inocuidad! supports the strengthening of the National Codex Alimentarius Commissions of El Salvador and Guatemala, where it has been collaborating in a significant way to improve the capacities and intersectoriality required in these countries,” said Marco Vigilato Adviser, Veterinary Public Health at PANAFTOSA/SPV-OPS/OMS “The goal of  the Strategic Plan of the National Codex Programme of El Salvador is to improve national capacities for the safety and mitigation of ETA as well as to better position the country in the international food trade. The Veterinary Public Health Area of the OPS, through the Food Safety Unit, provides technical cooperation to countries in the implementation of the Codex Trust Fund projects in the Americas”.

 

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Publication: Codex Trust Fund Year in Review 2018