AU-IBAR, under the scope of the Veterinary Governance Programme and the Standards and Trade Secretariat, convened the seventh meeting for African National Codex Contact Points from 15th to 17th June 2016 in Nairobi, Kenya to examine the proposed Codex standards and related texts submitted for adoption during the 39th Session the Codex Alimentarius Commission to take place in Rome, Italy from 27th June to 1st July 2016.
Of attendance were fifty seven African Delegates from Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Botswana, Burundi, Chad, Cape Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, G. Equatorial, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Senegal, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Two observer organizations were in attendance namely the EU representative and IGAD.
The NCCPs agreed and adopted common positions that they will articulate during the 39th Session of CAC. The meeting also adopted a number of recommendations related to enhance AU member states’ participation in Codex work and better organization of national Codex committees.