THE ROLE OF MoH ON FOOD SAFETY

ByALBERT K. LULE

(Sen. Nutritionist CH)

Responsibility of MoH • To formulate Policies and Guidelines on Food Safety

for Good Health for the People ;

• To Coordinate with Key Stakeholders (including UN agencies, CSO’s, Educational Institutes and other

government departments/ministries) on Food Safety;

• To Disseminate Food Safety Policies and Guidelines in the Country;

Responsibility Cont’d• To Produce and Disseminate Health Educational

Messages on Food Safety;

• To Monitor and Supervise the Appropriateness of the Developed Messages.

Key Areas of Focus• Promotion of Consumption of Food Free from Disease Causing Contamination (either deliberate, accidental or incidental);

• Persuasion of Codex Alimentarius Principles to Food Processors and Consumers;

• Mainstream Gender Disparity at Household and Community Levels for Safe Food Production and Consumption;

Focus Cont’d• Streamline Road-side Food Handlers for Safety of Consumers;

• Promotion of Food Hygiene and its Preparation in Sanitary Environment.

Way Forward• Educate Masses on Potential Dangers of Various

Traces that May Occur in Foods;

• Screen All Food Handlers of Disease Causing Pathogens;

• Periodically Scout Food Processing Lines to Conform for Standards;

Way Forward Cont’d• Check-out on Food Stockiest for Expired and Adulterated Products;• Make Track of those Articles on Food Safety as

Provided for in the Ammended Public Health Act 2000;

• Coordinate with Various Line Ministries for Food Safety

• Operationalize the Food and Drug Council to Emphasize Codex Alimeterius.

Thank You!

Together We Can.