The CCNE Region - Regional Coordinator Saudi Arabia
In 1999 the 23rd session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission established the Regional Coordinating Committee for the Near East, bringing together countries in the Near East Region (for FAO) and the Eastern Mediterranean Region (for WHO). The committee held its first meeting in Cairo, Egypt in 2001.
The current regional coordinator for the Near East is based in the Saudi Food and Drug Authority in Riyadh.
The coordinator’s goals in leading the region in Codex include developing and strengthening Codex Contact Points and National Codex Committees as well as improving communication and coordination amongst CCNE members, with other regions and the Codex Secretariat.
A further objective is to develop the exchange of scientific and technical expertise amongst experienced and less experienced countries in the region.
The coordinator aims to promote the use of Codex standards as a basis for national legislation and regulations and continue work developing and reviewing Codex standards taking into account regional interests.
CCNE Coordinator
All information on Codex is public and free.
For regional enquiries contact:
CCNE Secretariat
Saudi Food & Drug Authority
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Tel: +966 11 2038222
Ext: 3347
Email: [email protected]
Saudi Food and Drug Authority celebrates World Food Safety Day 2021
The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) participated in the celebration of World Food Safety Day through a series of events and activities under the theme “Safe food now for a healthy tomorrow.”
In a video address, Dr Hisham Al-Jadhey, CEO of the SFDA, stated that “Foodborne diseases annually cause 420,000 deaths worldwide”. He emphasized “today the whole world celebrates the World Food Safety Day, because ensuring food safety along the food chain affects food safety, human health, increases economic prosperity, agriculture, and also contributing to sustainable development to meet future needs.”
Watch the message from Dr Hisham Al-Jadhey, CEO of SFDA
Saudi Arabia, represented by the SFDA, celebrated World Food Safety Day through a series of events and activities, which included a number of online events. These involved a lecture entitled “‘Food safety, everyone’s business” to highlight the role of the authority in ensuring food safety and to raise awareness about the need for “safe food now for a healthy tomorrow.” A second lecture was entitled “How to protect your food", and it highlighted the role of the authority in the field of feed safety and the scientific assessment and monitoring of contaminants in feed. In another event there was a discussion about how to improve the safety of feed products, which, in turn, also improves human health.
The Saudi Food and Drug Authority published awareness infographics through its social media account, in addition to initiatives that highlighted bad practices in the home or in the manufacturing process that may affect the safety of food. The authority also conducted an internal awareness raising exercise with SFDA staff.
Further, Saudi Arabia participated in a meeting of the Codex Coordinating Committee for the Near East, that was convened to celebrate World Food Safety Day and where Saudi Arabia and the member states of the region reviewed what they had organized for the celebration day, and what they had achieved.
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