Angola

WHO Africa - Country Profile: http://www.afro.who.int/des/fos/country_profiles/angola.pdf
Food Laws in Angola include; Law of Fishing Nº 20/92 of 14/8/92; Laws Nº 13/99 and Nº 14/99 of 15/1/99 Regulation of the production & the inspection of the products of the Fishing; Law Nº 5/87 of 23/2/87 Sanitary Regulations of the Republic of Angola. The food laws are implemented atC entral level by the Ministry of Fishing; Health Inspection; Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Trade. However, the National food safety standards do not differ from Codex Standards.

See also International Portal on Food Safety, Animal & Plant Health

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2006

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Extract: Three agencies in Angola assume responsibility for food safety controls: the National Consumer Institute (INADEC), Codex Angola, and the Ministry of Agriculture. The Ministry of Agriculture sets standards and issues regulations for agricultural products produced, imported, and traded in the country. INADEC works to defend consumers’ rights by conducting laboratory tests for food safety and quality. Codex Angola coordinates government policy and strategy regarding food safety controls and is working to promote updated food safety and food quality legislation and to create a nationwide network of laboratories. Angola has one well-equipped testing laboratory used to test some imported foods. Angola does not currently enforce any labeling law. In early 2003, the Ministry of Industry issued a decree that requires labeling in Portuguese, but the rule has not been implemented. In practice, many imports are admitted into the country with little reference to health, testing, or weight standards.
Link: http://www.ustr.gov/assets/Document_Library/Reports_Publications/2006/2006_NTE_Report/asset_upload_file929_9220.pdf

2005

Document: Analysis of the food safety situation in Angola.
Source: FAO/WHO Regional Conference on Food Safety for Africa, Harare , Zimbabwe , 3-6 October 2005.
Extract: This paper describes the food control system in Angola. At the present time, there is no coordinated system to monitor the safety, quality and nutritional status of locally produced/processed and imported food products. The mechanisms for food quality control are ineffective, and implementation of the legislation in areas of import/export inspection and analytical procedures are far from being adequate to cope with the increased production or the influx of food products following the liberalization of the country’s economy. The national structure for the control of food safety is weak and shared amongst various laboratories, as well inspection and surveillance institutes, working independent of each other, without a clear demarcation of responsibilities and mandates, and dependent of different Ministries: Agricultural and Rural Development Ministry (MINADER), Fishing Ministry, Health Ministry and Trade Ministry. To overcome this situation, Angola needs to improve its capacity at different levels.
Link: ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/meeting/009/af078e.pdf

2003

Document: Report of the Fifteenth Session of the FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for Africa.
Source: Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme Codex Alimentarius Commission, 30 June – 5 July 2003.
Extract: The National Codex Committee in Angola is a multisectorial body composed of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural development, the Ministry of Trade the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Fishery and Environment, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Energy and Water and the Agostigno Netto University. The Codex Secretariat is composed of the President, the Executive Secretary and six coordinators of subcommittees: Technical subcommittee of Fishery Products; Technical subcommittee of Food hygiene; Technical subcommittee of Vegetable Products; Technical subcommittee for food of animal origin; Technical subcommittee for General Issues and Technical subcommittee Processed Products.
Link: http://www.codexalimentarius.net/download/report/407/Al03_28e.pdf

2001

Document: Report of the Fourteenth Session of the Codex Coordinating Committee for Africa.
Source: Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme,Codex Alimentarius Commission, Twenty-Fourth Session, Geneva, 2 - 7 July 2001.
Extract: The Codex Contact Point was located in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Although there is no National Codex Committee in place, there was an inter-ministerial group to promote its creation in 2001. This group, which was coordinated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, was comprised of the Ministries of Health, Industry, Trade, Fisheries and Environment Affairs. The Committee was informed that technical committees were in the process of working on food safety and the harmonization of food legislation. The coordinator of the inter-ministerial group was also the Codex Contact Point.
Link: http://www.fao.org/docrep/meeting/005/X9372E/x9372e09.htm#TopOfPage

Information last updated - 14 July 2006