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Mali

General Information

• WHO Africa - Country Profile: http://afro.who.int/des/fos/country_profiles/mali.pdf
• The main food safety and quality problems encountered with the country’s exports are q uality control and the m ain food safety and quality problems encountered with the country’s imports are i nsufficient control at the border posts; insufficient human & material resources; and lack of adequate collaboration and fraud. The f ood laws include Projet de Loi portent Reglementation de controle de la qualite et du conditionnement; Decret d’application de la meme loi. Which are i mplemented at Central level by the Direction générale de la reglementation et de controle/direction nationale de la sante; at the Provincial level by the Direction regionale de la reglementation et du controle/direction regionale de la sante and at Local Level by the Les differents demembrements de la reglementation et du controle et de services de sante. Constraints to implementation include i nsufficient resources; insufficient information & awareness of the population; insufficient education of the public. However, the National food standards do not differ from Codex Standards.

January 2007

• See JOINT FAO/WHO FOOD STANDARDS PROGRAMME FAO/WHO COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR AFRICA, Seventeenth Session, Rabat, Morocco, 23-26 January 2007 "INFORMATION ON NATIONAL FOOD CONTROL SYSTEMS AND CONSUMER PARTICIPATION IN FOOD STANDARD SETTING" (CX/AFRICA 07/17/5): Reports from Ethiopia, Mali and Morocco. Available at: ftp://ftp.fao.org/codex/ccafrica17/ca17_05e.pdf

• See JOINT FAO/WHO FOOD STANDARDS PROGRAMME FAO/WHO COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR AFRICA, Seventeenth Session, Rabat, Morocco, 23-26 January 2007 "INFORMATION ON THE USE OF CODEX STANDARDS AND RELATED TEXTS AT NATIONAL AND REGIONAL LEVELS" (CX/AFRICA 07/17/6): Reports from Ethiopia, Mali and Morocco. Available at: ftp://ftp.fao.org/codex/ccafrica17/ca17_06e.pdf

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

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Information (listed by date)

2002

• Document: Improving Efficiency and Transparency in Food Safety Systems, Sharing Experiences.
• Source: FAO/WHO Global Forum of Food Safety Regulators, Marrakesh, Morocco, 28 - 30 January 2002.
• Extract: The paper describes the national food control and inspection system and its objectives. This control programme is focused on all imported foods. Conformity assessments are carried out not only on aspects relating to importation/exportation documentation, standard requirements but also on sanitary characteristics (food safety) of foodstuffs (microbiological quality, chemical and biochemical safety etc.). Food industries within the country are subject to regular inspection. In practice, frequency is highly variable and often less than the legal provision of once a year. In 2001, a National Health Laboratory Study showed that 80% of samples taken in small-sized food industries and restaurants did not conform to microbiological standards. However, approximately 10% of all food samples and 23% of water samples were not satisfactory in terms of physico-chemical or bacteriological standards. The paper stressed the importance of educational programmes of food handlers and consumers, through the national network of NGOs and radio-television programmes. Human resources involved in food control and inspection are few, relative to the national area requiring coverage, thereby resulting in insufficient controls of food imports. It is also noted that food contamination is reported from street-vended foods delivery points (gargotes) that are under the decentralized hygienic supervision of municipalities.
• Link: http://www.fao.org/docrep/meeting/004/Y3680E/Y3680E09.htm

Information last updated - February 2007