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

Year of publication 2020

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 9

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Every 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responsible for food safety, resulting in the duplication of roles and gaps in the enforcement of regulations; outdated, punitive and reactive food safety legislation; and weak laboratory capacity to ensure efficient, preventive monitoring.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.

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