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Togo

General Information

• WHO Africa - Country Profile:http://www.afro.who.int/des/fos/country_profiles/togo.pdf
• The mechanism for monitoring food imports in Togo is available. The f ood laws include Loi N°. 98-019 du 23 dec 1998 relative à l’exercise de la profession vétérinaire; Loi N°. 99-002 du 12 feb 1999 relative à la police sanitaire des animaux; Loi N° 99- 011 du 28 Sept 1999 portant organization de la concurrence au Togo; Loi sur la réglementation Phytosanitaire 03 juillet 1996; which are implemented at Central level by the Les ministeres suivants: Agriculture Elevage et peche; Santé; Commerc; and at Provincial level by the Directions Régionales du ministeres cités. Constraints to implementation of the food laws include resistance of food vendors/handlers. However, the National food standards do not differ from Codex standards.

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Information (listed by date)

2005

• Document: Report of the Sixteenth Session of the FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for Africa.
• Source: Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme, Codex Alimentarius Commission, Twenty-eighth Session , Italy , 4 – 9 July 2005.
• Extract: Various ministries ensure control of the safety of foods and all of them are members of the National Codex (CNCA). The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries acts as the focal point of CNCA. It performs this function through the Division of Nutrition and Food Technology under the Department of Laboratories of the Togolese Institute of Agronomical Research (CINTA/DL/IIRA). At the national level, the National Standards Board (CNS) is established by Decree 1’83- 118 of 21 June 1983 and composed of five technical committees, was restructured by decree 132-2001/lR, with support of the Quality Programme of UEMOA. This new structure reports to the Cabinet of the Ministry of Industry, Transport and the Development of tax-free Zone. The National Codex Alimentarius Committee has been established since March 2004, supported by the Programme of Quality of UEMOA, but its function is yet to be determined. Togo has prepared since 1979 a draft law to regulate food control. This document provided a basis in the elaboration of the National Plan of Action Food and Nutrition, adopted in November 2001. Soon the draft law will be submitted to the Council of Ministries, which will introduce it to the Parliament to be voted as law. The current possible development in food quality in Togo has been characterized by the efforts made within the Quality Programme of UEMOA on the system of standardization, accreditation and promotion of quality, initiated by eight countries. Thus significant strengthening of capacities is in progress. Three laboratories have been selected to be assisted for accreditation. The Quality programme will help the eight countries to have a common policy in matters related to Codex. A training workshop on standardization was held in Burkina Faso, March 2004 on UEMOA and Codex. In Togo, consumers are organized within the Association of Togolese Consumers (ATC), which, in turn, is represented in the National Codex Committee. Consumer representatives are always present at all meetings and on food control and safety events.
• Link: http://www.codexalimentarius.net/download/report/632/al28_28e.pdf

Information last updated - 14 July 2006