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2nd
December 2008
Forums on food safety management systems
vital – Ekelege
Food safety management systems need
to be adhered to by developing countries
so as to do away with problems in food
safety management caused by population
growth and urbanization.
The Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS)
Director, Mr. Charles Ekelege made the
remark recently, when opening a National
Seminar on Food Safety Management
Systems held at Kempisk Hotel in Dar es
Salaam.
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Some of the
participants of the National Seminar on Food
Safety Management Systems held at Kempisk Hotel
in Dar es Salaam, recently. |
Mr.
Ekelege said population growth and
urbanization have led urban services to
be stretched beyond their limits,
resulting in inadequate supplies of
potable water, sewage disposal and other
necessary services that impact
negatively on food safety management. He
said a forum like this can indeed assist
in coming up with mechanism of how to
address the problem.
The Director said the situation stressed
food distribution systems which were
poor due to the fact that food must be
transported from rural to urban
locations in an environment that is not
conducive to hygiene and sanitation.
“Food safety hazards could occur at any
time, it is the responsibility of all
stakeholders in the food chain to ensure
food is safe,” he insisted.
Already the International Organization
for Standardization (ISO) has published
a standard, ISO 22000:2005, Food safety
management systems -- Requirements for
any organization in the food chain, with
a view to provide framework for
internationally harmonized requirements
for systematically managing safety in
food supply chains.
The three days seminar which attracted
more than 50 participants dealing with
food was funded by the Swiss State
Secretariat of Economic Affairs (SECO).
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