Safe Food in ACP
Shortly…
Lead by COLEACP, CONSORTIUM with :
• Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire (ANSES, France);
• Centre de coopération International en Recherche Agronomique pour le
Développement (CIRAD, France);
• Ecole Nationale des Services Vétérinaires (ENSV, France) ;
• France Vétérinaire International (FVI, France) ;
• Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA, Grande Bretagne) ;
• Direction Générale de l'Alimentation (DGAl, France) ;
• National Food Institute/Technical University (NFI/DTU, Danemark) ;
• Natural Resources Institute (NRI, Grande Bretagne)
Budget 30 million Euros - 4 years (2010-2014)
Funded by EU on behalf of the ACP States Group
Why EDES?
Why?
Minimize impact of regulations on food safety on ACP export to EU
Duty of technical assistance
(Cotonou Agreement, SPS Agreement, Regulation 882/2004 …)
Risk of loss of trust among EU distributors towards ACP products
☞Prevent a negative socio-economic impact in ACP countries (poverty
alleviation)
Objectives?
Reassure European health authorities on the quality of SPS controls in
the country of origin (principle of equivalence)
EDES helps ACP countries to reinforce their «national (or regional)
Food Safety system »
How ?
Assisting the implementation of a Food Safety Policy
Setting up tailored, sustainable and economically viable systems in
ACP
Building a scalable system in order to adapt to new problems in the
long term
National food safety system
Assessment
Information
flows
Communication
Management
Transparency
Independence
Continuous improvement
EDES Interventions ?
EDES is active at two levels:
Authorities, to help them define a food safety policy
Other stakeholders, to set up tailored, sustainable and
economically viable systems in ACP
Food safety system : stakeholders
Any actor/operator with a responsibility in the process
Public Services: supervision and management
Private Operators (Prof. Associations….) : self-monitoring
Independent Experts: advice and scientific validation
Public & Private Service Providers: capacity building
EDES beneficiaries:
EDES : Methodology
Methods
1. Integrated approach: consistent actions at each
national level
2. Commitment from ACP Authorities and other
beneficiaries
 close collaboration private/public sectors
 private sector plays its part in risk management
(self-monitoring, traceability, risk control in businesses)
Methods
3. Highly sustainable actions
 Reinforce local capacity for the implementation and
maintenance of actions
4. Beneficiary-led
 Strong commitment of requesting ACP countries and private
sector professional associations in ACP
Action scope of the programme
Governance on food safety
Official controls
Best practices in businesses
Laboratories
Risk assessment
Risk communication
Programme entry points: Beneficiaries
Supervisory Bodies
Official Control Services
Technico-scientific Experts
Consultation Committees
Competent Authorities
Laboratories
Professional Associations
Local Standardization Committees and Organizations
Independent Control Services
Small Producer Associations
Public sector
Private sector
Type of support
Diagnosis and needs analysis
Dialogue facilitation between public and private sectors
Technical and management training
Technical support / development of good practices
Laboratory twinning
Help the development of expert networks
(national/international)
Support to the preparation and circulation of
information
Support sample: Risk asessment
Actors
Roles
Reinforcement
objectives
Support
Food safety
policy
Definition of Food safety policy
with stakeholders
Training
Ministry/
Agency
Implementation
of assessment
Management of assessment
activities
Training
Independant
scientific
assessor
Risk assessment
- Identify & assess risks
- Prepare reporting to
stakeholders
Training
- Opinions on regulation
Training
Supervisory
Authority
Advice to
Authorities
- Define the result indicators
Facilitation
Technical assistance
Coaching
EDES : Sequence of Actions
Cocoa in Ghana : EDES - supports
Training and technical assistance
Up dating regulations (Supervisory Authority)
Procedures for evaluation / registration Plant
Protection Product (Competent Authority)
Self-monitoring - with Competent Authorities
& Professional Associations : design, drafting &
implementation
ToT / Extension for small scalers (Safe use of
Pesticides / Crop Protection / Hygiene / Tracability)
Country
request
Workshop with food safety stakeholders
Letter of intent from supervisory bodies
National framework agreement
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Field
actions
Field
actions
Field
actions
Diagnosis/
Need assmt
EDES PROGRAMME
c/o COLEACP
130, rue du Trône / 1
B- 1050 Bruxelles – BELGIUM
Tél + 32 2 627 52 90
Fax + 32 2 627 52 99
E-mail : edes@coleacp.org
Web : www.coleacp.org/edes