Strengthening the National Food Control System in Zimbabwe - TCP/ZIM/3602

dc.coverageZimbabwe
dc.date2023-04-27T13:21:55Z
dc.date2023-04-27T13:21:55Z
dc.date2020
dc.date2020-05-08T11:19:22.0000000Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-28T00:36:19Z
dc.descriptionEvery human being has a right to safe food, and it is the responsibility of governments to make sure that this is attained. To ensure this, countries need functional and effective national food control systems. Against this background, in 2015 the Government of Zimbabwe requested that FAO provide support to implement food safety commitment in their national Food and Nutrition Security Policy. To ensure that holistic support was provided, FAO commissioned a number of studies to assess the country’s food control system. The resulting assessments revealed several weaknesses, including low capacity of food safety technical persons; poor coordination among the various government departments and institutions responsible for food safety, resulting in the duplication of roles and gaps in the enforcement of regulations; outdated, punitive and reactive food safety legislation; and weak laboratory capacity to ensure efficient, preventive monitoring. The project aimed to address these issues in order to strengthen the national food control system in Zimbabwe.
dc.format9
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.identifierhttps://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/ca8995en
dc.identifierhttp://www.fao.org/3/ca8995en/ca8995en.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/313756
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherFAO ;
dc.rightsFAO
dc.rightsCC BY NC SA 3.0 IGO
dc.titleStrengthening the National Food Control System in Zimbabwe - TCP/ZIM/3602
dc.typeProject

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