Food Product Registration(Market Authorization)

Naim KHALIDNov 2013

Ministry of Public Health (MoPH)National Food and Medicine Board (NMFB)

Secretariat

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Who am I?• Sayed Naim KHALID• Food Technical Advisor • National Medicine and Food Board of Ministry of Public Health

• Contact: NMFB secretariat, MoPH, Wazir Akbar Khan

sayednaim@outlook.com+93 77 37 68 295http://moph.gov.af

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Contents

1. Introduction 2. National Medicine and Food Board3. Environmental Health Directorate4. Quality Control Laboratory5. Process of imported food product authorization?6. Conclusion

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Mission of the MoPH

“improve the health and nutritional status of the people of Afghanistan

[…].”

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Core values of MoPH• Right to Health• Partnership and Collaboration• Community Participation and Involvement• Evidence-based decision-making• Results-oriented culture• Quality • Transparency• Sustainability• Dignity and Respect• Equity

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National Medicine and Food Board• Chaired by MoPH minister• NMFB secretariat (permanent office in MoPH)• Members:• 22 permanent members (gov. departments) and 7 observer

members (INGOs)• Two main committees• Food (11 members) , Medicine (12 members) • Committees functions as scientific and technical adviser to

NMFB• Purpose and role:• Advisory , oversight (food and medicine affairs) and

coordination (food and medicine safety, efficacy & quality)6

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Environment Health Directorate

• Mission• “Improve and ameliorate the living environment of Afghanistan in

terms of air, radiation, water, food, waste management and occupational health”

• Food Safety Unit• 9 officials • Functions more as policy and regulation makers• Food establishments/business authorization• Food sampling (with relevant stakeholders)

• Constraints: • Lack of technical staff, novelty of the unit, lack of coordination

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Quality Control Directorate• Mission:• “Assure by testing that the different food and medicine products

imported or locally produced are safe and complying with standards”.

• Two sections:• Food Lab and Medicine Lab

• Food Lab:• 7 staff available • Tests food products for compliance with standards• Help Environmental Health Unit in food sampling

• Constraints: • High-tech machinery, lack of basic equipment, and technical staff 8

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Trader

Import

customs

EHD

Sampling

QC

EHD Compliance

No

No

Reject food

Release food to market

Food Product Market Authorization

Purpose To reduce and prevent food

safety hazards .

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Conti…

Ideal trader• The trader study national law,

regulations, standards, guidelines• Then, go a bring samples,

certificate of analysis , certificate of origin and register a pro-form

• Then, import the food• The sampling is done, the QC

check for compliance• If the product is matching the

requirement, it is issued a permit to the market

• Result: profit!

Afghan trader• The trader decides to import a

new food• Go to foreign country and do

the purchasing• Food arrives to Afghan customs• Custom inform the EHD for

sampling• EDH take sample, QC test it • Then, it is decided whether

food should be released or no.• Result: problems !

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Food Business Health Permit

Ideal

Microsoft Word Document

In Afghanistan

• Owner business idea• Study all legal docs• Refer for experts(food,

business, legal)• Start up affairs • Ask gov. for authorization

(docs)• Gov. conduct location, staff

and technical inspection• Offers the permit, ONLY if the

business meets the legal requirements

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• Owner Business Idea• Refer to AISA• Refer to EHD• EHD refer it to NEPA• More in

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Recommendations/conclusion

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Conti…• Food safety is possible only when a farm to table concept is

implemented.• Food safety is the responsibility of food business operator

(90%), and the consumer (10%)• Food safety is achieved when all stakeholders give their inputs

for success. • Food product authorization is tiny but IMPORTANT step

toward SAFE FOOD!

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Thank you!

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