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2004

• Document: Farm -to-Fork Food Safety Approach: The Role of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in Production of Fresh Agricultural Products for Consumption - Prepared by Sudan.
• Source: Second FAO/WHO Global Forum of Food Safety Regulators Bangkok , Thailand , 12-14 October 2004.
• Extract: Ministries in Sudan such as the Ministry of Planning and Finance, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Irrigation, Ministry of Animal Wealth and Fisheries play very important roles in the food production process. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry plays the leading and most important role by virtue of the country's characteristics and its specialization. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry being at the federal level is mainly responsible for the strategies, policies, planning, federal legislations, training and the overall monitoring and evaluation at the national level. In all these activities, though the food security is a major objective, but safety of food as well as facilitation of food trade are important objectives. The state Ministries of Agriculture and the localities play these roles within their boundaries but according to the federal directives. The direct administrative and field work is more concentrated at the state and localities level. In Sudan the food industry is not yet well developed and thus most of the agricultural products are consumed or exported fresh or raw or semi-raw. This magnifies the role of the Ministry of Agriculture in aspects of food safety. The farm -to- fork approach reflects that it is the responsibility of all agencies to adopt the scientific, administrative and legal systems and means that will assure the production of safe food for the consumers. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in Sudan adopts this approach at the farm level through the application of the Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) system.
• Link: http://www.foodsafetyforum.org/global2/crd_en.htm

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