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.