Dubai International Food Safety Conference

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• Dubai International Food Safety Conference
• Building Capacity to Enhance Food Safety in the
  Middle East
• Developing and using Laboratory and
• Technical Capacity Available in the Region
• By Atef Idriss
• CEO
• MEFOSA sarl
• Middle East North Africa Food Safety Associate

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Some definitions to start with..

• TechnoPark is being built on 21 million square
  meters of land, and will house 60,000 permanent
  residents and employ over 133,000 people. We will
  function as a hub that enables research partners
  to access the resources of academic and research
  institutions, and international associations
  worldwide.
• Vision To lead Dubais technological development
  strategy by providing the appropriate environment
  that would attract and enhance direct investment
  in manufacturing and research and development
  facilities with key focus on appropriate advanced
  technologies related to water desalination,
  energy, and environment.
• Mission Establishment of clusters of similar
  technology oriented industries. Collaboration and
  partnership among tech-oriented companies and
  institutional/academic partners on commercially
  feasible ventures. Contribution to the
  advancement of science technology in the
  region.

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Some definitions to start with..

• Capacity Building guide
• Capacity is the essential lubricant of
  development, more important even than finance.
  One weakness of capacity within a
  multi-stakeholder project will often condemn the
  whole to failure.
• The UN Development Programme has defined
  "capacity" as "the ability of individuals,
  institutions and societies to perform functions,
  solve problems, and set and achieve objectives in
  a sustainable manner".
• The terms "capacity building" or "capacity
  development" describe the task of developing
  levels of human and institutional capacity.
  capacity building remains one of the most
  challenging functions of development.

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What Is Capacity Building In Health and Food
Safety ??

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• 3-IFPRI Agriculture Food Safety and Food Born
  Diseases focus13 0506
• To improve the ability of farmers in developing
  countries to reduce the burden of food borne
  illness, government agencies need to take the
  following steps
• Implement a farm-to-table approach to
  agricultural health
• by focusing efforts on the prevention of
  potential food safety
• and agricultural health threats at all stages of
  the supply chain
• including production, processing, marketing, and
  retailing.
• Raise awareness among decision makers, public
  servants,
• producers, traders, and consumers about the
  potential sources of food safety problems and
  ways to protect against such problems.
• Encourage a multi-stakeholder approach to
  improving public
• health.
• Strengthen surveillance and diagnostic capacity
  in all
• countries to improve measurement of prevalence
  and detection of outbreaks.
• Strengthen risk analysis capacity to help
  decision makers in all countries to set
  strategies and priorities, to consider the many
  needs of the supply chain, and to increase their
  focus on the pre-harvest stage.

Switch from command-control policies to
performance based standards to meet national and
international food safety goals. Command-control
policies are often less flexible and have higher
fixed costs Improve infrastructure and access to
cold storage facilities to ensure the delivery of
highly perishable foods to distant
markets. Support efforts to improve supply chain
management to improve food safety along the whole
supply chain.
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Health and well- being of consumers
Consumers
Nutrition
Nutritional value / digestion / health impacts
Processing
Safety
Organoleptic impact
Environment
Safe, high-quality foods
Preparation
Storage / transport / retail
Processing
Production systems Agriculture / Fisheries /
Aquaculture
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means - to connect biological systems
research and economic innovation systems - to
tackle complexity issues at organization levels
beyond the life sciences
Knowledge based bio-economy - Complexity in
food and health
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• MEFOSAs VISION
• Middle East North Africa Food Safety Associates
  s.a.r.l believes that trading in safe food and
  feed are a prerequisite for sustainable
  development, and that Arab societies should
  develop their own food safety prerequisites in
  full recognition with their socio-economic
  priorities, and in harmony with international
  standards and norms, while respecting the
  culture, family values and quality of life
  throughout the MENA region.

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GHI aims toachieve consensus on the science of
food regulations and legislation, ensure the
global availability of safe and wholesome food
products for all consumers.
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In MENA Food Security/Safety Market Accesshas
been hindered by different impediments
Internal Impediments Include
Bureaucracy and Corporate Governance
Vague Institutional Framework
Dilution of Ministries and Agencies
Weak standardizing, testing and inspection
Lack of enforcement of regulations
Inadequate Legal Framework
Political Dissent
Alleged corruption
Limited Absorption Capacity
Public/Private Sector Resistance
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Strengthening Quality Management, Capabilities
and Infrastructure in Lebanon (QUALEB ) Project
No. EuropeAid/117725/D/SV/LB
Governmental Co-ordination
MoET Quality Unit
Legal Political/ Strategic infrastructure
Standardization Strategic infrastructure
Metrology Strategic infrastructure
Accreditation Strategic infrastructure
Market Surveillance
Quality project
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Strengthening Quality Management, Capabilities
and Infrastructure in Lebanon (QUALEB ) Project
No. EuropeAid/117725/D/SV/LB
INSTITUTIONAL COMPONENT (3)

• Testing and Testing Labs

• Market and needs survey for testing services,
  including analysis of international rejections
  of Lebanese products leading to priorities for
  specific test areas/types
• Inventory of existing labs, and development of
  investment guides, create experience exchange
  network, and application for investment support
  on the basis of lab investment plans
• Selection and signing agreement with labs
• Management assistance to (international) lab
  accreditation
• Provision of equipment to labs (international
  tendering)

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Some definitions to start with..

• Laboratory forecast for 2009Neil H. Mermelstein,
  Editor Emeritus, Food Technology
• Research during 2009 will continue to be
  conducted on new products and analytical methods
  for use in the laboratory, processing plant, and
  field. Instrumentation companies and university
  and government laboratories will continue to
  develop improved methods and instruments for
  analysis of foods, ranging from compositional
  analysis to quality control applications. Among
  the developments will be advances in instrumental
  methodswhether gas chromatography, mass
  spectrometry, olfactometry, infrared
  spectrometry, or othersas well as increased
  sensitivity and reproducibility,
  portable/miniaturized versions for field use, and
  less-expensive instruments providing comparable
  results.
• Companies will continue to develop test kits that
  can be used for quality control in the plant and
  in the field, such as test kits for bacteria and
  allergens. They will continue to improve
  equipment for determining viscosity and methods
  for determining the effects of ingredients on
  product viscosity and texture. There will also be
  improved sample preparation techniques and
  systems, improved reporting systems, better
  systems for traceability, continued development
  and validation of analytical methods, and more
  work on correlating sensory evaluation with
  analytical results.... include carbohydrate
  testing, nutrition software and labeling, texture
  and viscosity measurement, trace element
  analysis, microbiological testing, moisture and
  water activity determination, and advances in
  instrumentation.

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Diverse Industry and Association Collaboration
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Broad Technical Academic Collaboration
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Regional Collaboration/Across Agencies
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• it has always been and will continue to be the
  responsibility of a firms management to oversee
  and guarantee the companys adherence to food
  safety standards
• Management must provide evidence of its
  commitment to the development, implementation,
  and operation of its food safety system.
  Specifically, management should
• gtIllustrate how food safety is of utmost concern
  and communicate this throughout the organization.
  
• gtEstablish a food safety policy for all to see.
• gtMake certain the firm has the necessary
  resources to accomplish food safety objectives.
• gtEstablish an approved supplier program.
• gtPerform periodic reviews of the entire system.
• gthave an effective communication strategy
  externally as part of their role in the food
  chain
• Steven Wilson  Chief Quality Officer at the U.S.
  Dept. of Commerces National Oceanic and
  Atmospheric Administration
• VIDEO

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• Some Recommendations
• 1) Food Safety should be a regional program.
• 2) Built on private public shared vision , and
  full research partnership.
• 3) With the collaboration of Agro-economic
  regional stakeholders .
• 4) While focusing on consumer concerns ,addre
  -ssing health and food safety priorities.
• 5) Providing a preventive approach from the
  intention of consumption all the way through
  Agricultural and Environmental sustainable
  development initiatives .
• 6)With a Regional Common Agricultural Policy.
• 7) And a Pan Arab Food Safety Institute.
• 8) Upholding quality and related TQM,ISO HACCP
  principals.
• 9) Through a real win- win private / public
  partnership.
• 10) Confronting the challenges of poverty,
  desertification, global warming, other
  environmental challenges.
• 11) While considering other global concerns and
  the actions of the global Agri-food chain.
• 12) While empowering Arab SMEs with appropr-
  iate technologies capacity building.

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