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KENYA – The World Food Programme (WFP), a major partner of Kenya in the effort towards food sufficiency for the past 30 years, has funded the setting up of seven Food Safety and Quality (FSQ) mini laboratories across Marsabit county at a cost of Sh7 million (US$ 63,996.26) to enhance its risk analysis framework to ensure that food is produced…
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U.S – The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is set to reverse one of the Trump administration’s most fraught public health decisions on the application of chlorpyrifos pesticide on fruits and vegetables as it is linked to neurological damage in children. The EPA was prompted to act by a scathing federal court decision in April that blasted the Trump administration’s…
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ZAMBIA/ZIMBABWE – The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) through its Virtual Learning Centre for Southern Africa (SFS-VLC) has launched an online course to bolster the capacity of Farmer Field School (FFS) facilitators and master trainers in Zambia and Zimbabwe to prepare and run quality poultry-focused FFS. The course will broaden their knowledge and skills in FFS facilitation in…
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KENYA – The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) has issued a ban on several maize meal and composite flours from being sold to the public in Kenya, a move that has seen some of the leading flour milling companies as well as smaller players in the country getting caught up in the dragnet. In a letter addressed to the Retail…
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GHANA – The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) in Ghana has admonished Palm Oil Producers across the country to refrain from using the Sudan dye to mix the red oil before sending them to the market or risk facing strict regulatory sanctions that will be applied to all persons who are caught in this act. The FDA warned that Sudan…
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GLOBAL – Food fraud, an economically motivated adulteration, is a food risk that is rapidly gaining recognition and concern.Cesare Varallo, Food Lawyer & Founder, FoodLawLatest.com and Dr. Hellen Onyeaka, Ph. D Lecturer, University of Birmingham dived into the conversation during the virtual Africa Food Safety and Quality Summit 2021. They noted that Economically Motivated Adulteration (EMA), is a serious cause…
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UGANDA – The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), has echoed the need for manufacturers to get their products certified and warned those engaging in illegal certification processes. The Public Relations Officer at UNBS, Victoria Namutebi, informed that people planning on manufacturing products should seek the bureau’s services for technical guidance before large scale production is commenced. “For those who…
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U.S – The timeline given by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for manufacturers to establish compliance requirements for fermented and hydrolyzed foods, or foods that contain fermented or hydrolyzed ingredients, and bear the “gluten-free” claim is finally past. The authority drew up the Final Rule on gluten-free labelling of fermented and hydrolyzed foods on August 13, 2020 and…
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UGANDA – Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has entreated Ugandan companies to implement Management Systems Certification to give their products and services a fair chance of competing locally, regionally and internationally. Management Systems Certification (MSC) is a confirmation from an independent, competent, and accredited agency that the business adheres to the requirements of an internationally recognized quality management system…
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AUSTRIA – The Global Harmonization Initiative (GHI), a network of individual scientists and scientific organizations working together to promote harmonization of global food safety regulations and legislation through sound science, has announced the launch of the Whistleblower Food Safety Incident Report Site. Across the world, most food industry employees dare not report information about safety concerns externally because of the…
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