Value addition and food processing are critical for the growth of the African economy, yet several challenges limit its potential to unlock economic growth. Agriculture provides employment to more than 60% of the population in Africa and this will in...

The article is about the National Food Safety and Quality Council to be set up. This would be an institution in place to monitor food and feed safety risks. This is so as to prevent foodborne illnesses. It would also enable the Nigerian food sector...

There are nine articles on the regulations for the importation of transgenic grains or genetically modified grains. The regulations were agreed upon by the ministers of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The regulations are a way...

In Africa, public expenditure is one of the main tools enabling governments to alleviate poverty, fight hunger, and accelerate the transformation of agriculture. Agriculture remains an essential sector of the economy, providing jobs and acting as a...

This Decree, consisting of 21 articles and 1 Annex, approves the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development (MAPDR). It establishes composition, duties, and responsibilities of the above mentioned Ministry, entitled to implement Governm...

This Law approves the Animal Health Basic Legislation. This Legislation, consisting of 7 Titles, divided into 164 articles, regulates the sanitary and veterinary norms to perform animal production and carry out epidemiological controls on animal dise...

This Decree-Law, consisting of 17 articles and 3 Annexes, aims at approving the hygiene and sanitary regulations for any foodstuff destined to be put on the market, in order to guarantee human health and better protection of consumers. This Decree-La...

This decree establishes the list of food additives authorized in the treatment of fishery products.

This decree sets out the sanitary inspection procedures for fishery products and the means of production and processing of fish, mollusks, and crustaceans, in particular the sampling plans, the criteria for assessing freshness, and microbiology.

This decree sets the hygiene conditions applicable onboard fishing vessels and factory vessels.

The purpose of this ordinance is to protect consumers, to ensure fair trade practices, and to contribute to the promotion of trade by appropriate control of the quality of products and foodstuffs and by the repression of fraud. Its provisions apply t...

This decree establishes the sanitary inspection procedures for fishery products and the means of production, processing of fish, mollusks, and crustaceans, and the standards for the assessment of freshness.