NAFDAC In Partnership With African Food Regulators to Advance Continental Food Safety Cooperation
By allcitynews.ng In apparent bid to have food innovation, laboratory capacity, risk analysis and Codex engagement, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) participated in the Third African Food Regulatory Authorities Forum (AFRAF), held in Cairo, Egypt recently. The Director General, Professor Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye, FAS, led a five-member delegation to the three-day event. The National Food Safety Authority of Egypt hosted the meeting, in partnership with Africa’s Regional Economic Communities, African food competent authorities, and the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO). The programme was organised by the Global Food Regulatory Science Society (GFoRSS) under the theme “Advancing Africa’s Integrated Food Regulatory Future”. The Forum brought together heads of African food regulatory authorities, Regional Economic Communities, Codex contact points, development partners and the private sector. Discussi...