FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for Africa (CCAFRICA)

by the CCP of The Gambia On the margins of the 49th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC49), The Gambia, in its capacity as Coordinator of the FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for Africa (CCAFRICA),...

by the Codex Contact point of Uganda Twelve CCAFRICA Member Countries, including Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda, and the United...

With the support of the European Union-funded Market Access Upgrade Programme Phase II (MARKUP II), which is implemented through the International Trade Centre (ITC), the East African Community (EAC) partner...

by the Codex Contact Point of Uganda and the Coordinator for CCAFRICA   The Codex Committee on Fats and Oils (CCFO) held its 29th Session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, bringing together member countries and...

The FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for Africa (CCAFRICA) celebrated a significant milestone on 26 January 2026, with the official handover ceremony of the CCAFRICA Coordinator from Uganda to The Gambia....

By Hakim B. Mufumbiro, Codex Office, UGANDA On the margins of the recently concluded 48th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC48), a high-level advocacy event for African Missions in Rome...

by Rosine Niyonshuti, CCP Rwanda From 10 to 13 November 2025, the Rwanda Standards Board (RSB), in the capacities of Rwanda’s Codex Contact Point, held a training workshop for members of the National Codex...

An event titled “Bridging the gap between the parliamentary community and Codex” was held in the margins of the 48th Codex Alimentarius Commission meeting Tuesday and brought together key Codex and FAO...

Nairobi, Kenya, 3 October 2025 – Delegates from across Africa gathered in Nairobi for an intensive three-day workshop to sharpen their skills in participating in all aspects of Codex work. Organized under...

In an effort to create awareness among the high-level decision and policy makers in the country, the Republic of South Sudan organized a National Workshop on Advocacy and dissemination of food safety policy...

A new country story has been published showcasing the benefits of the Codex Trust Fund (CTF). In it, the former Codex Contact Point for Burkina Faso, Sansan Cyrille Régis Kambire, tells how, having succeeded...

By Hakim B. Mufumbiro, CCAFRICA Coordinator, Uganda As part of the transition of the CCAFRICA coordination role from Uganda to the Gambia, a benchmarking and mentorship session for The Gambia Codex Secretariat...

By Lusubilo Mwamakamba (WHO AFRO), Hakim Mufumbiro (CCAFRICA), Sansan Kambire (FAO RAF)  On 10 September 2025, the regional offices for Africa of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations...

The National Workshop on Advocacy and Dissemination of Food Safety Policy Briefs to high level policy and decision makers was held on 14 August 2025 in Dodoma, Tanzania, with support from the FAO/WHO Codex...

With the support of the Independent Regulatory Authority for Health (ERIS), Cabo Verde has been strengthening its national capacities in Codex Alimentarius matters through the FAO/WHO Codex Trust Fund...

Nigeria's Codex Contact Point convened a training programme for new National Codex Committee (NCC) members on understanding the structure and functioning of Codex. This was followed by the 3rd quarter,...

Zambia, with support from the Codex Trust Fund and African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR), held a hands-on training 29-31 July 2025, in Livingstone, Zambia, to equip national...

A regional East African Community (EAC) Training of Trainers (ToT) session on data generation to support Codex standards setting activities was held in Zanzibar, Tanzania, 23–25 July 2025. The event was...

Djibouti, 1 June, 2025 The Djibouti Agency for Standards and Quality (ADN) organized a training and orientation workshop for members of the Technical Committee for Food Standardization (CTN001) 1–2 June...

By Hakim B. Mufumbiro, Regional Coordinator, FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for Africa Food Safety Experts drawn from 23 African countries (Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Congo, Djibouti,...