Third Meeting of the African Food Regulatory Authorities Forum (AFRAF) • 30 September – 2 October 2026 • Cairo, Egypt

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DOCUMENTATION

Day 0: 30 September 2026 

• Session A – ATCMA Session (From Risk Analysis to SPS Strategy: Strengthening Food Control and Enabling Predictable Trade in Africa):
  • Foundations of a Robust, Riskbased and Predictable Food Regulatory System
  • From Risk Analysis to SPS Strategy: Strengthening Food Control and Enabling Predictable Trade in Africa
• Session B (From SPS Frameworks to Implementation: Strengthening REC Coordination and Defining Concrete Actions):
  • From SPS Frameworks to implementation: Strengthening REC Coordination and Defining Concrete Actions
• Session D – AFRAF Academy Session (Advanced Analytical Methods for Food Contaminants):
  • Building African testing capacity for pesticides, mycotoxins, heavy metals and authenticity — together.
  • The challenges and Opportunities of Deforestation Legislation
• Debrief Session on AFRAF Working Groups:
  • Discussion paper: African Food Risk Assessment Hub: English • Français • العربي
  • Presentation : African Food Risk Assessment Hub
  • Terms Of Reference: Working Group on Capacity Building Coordination and Enhancement (AFRAF Academy)
  • Terms Of Reference: Working Group on Regulatory Transformation to Support Food Innovation
  • Terms Of Reference: Working Group on Risk-Based Food Regulatory Oversight

Day 1: 1 October 2026 

• Session 1 (Keynote Interventions – Key Leaders of Food Safety in Africa and Globally):
  • Africa Trade, Competitiveness and Market Access (ATCMA) Programme
  • Importance of Risk Analysis for Food Regulatory Integration
  • International Food Risk Assessment Networks Serving Africa’s Capacity Development: the ILMERAC Example
• Session 2 – ATCMA Session (Advancing SPS Integration in Africa: REC Achievements, Priorities and Opportunities for Collective Action):
  • Advancing SPS integration in West Africa: achievements, priorities and opportunities for collective action
• Session 3 – ATCMA Session (Modernizing Food Control Systems in Africa: Regulatory Innovation, Data and New Approaches to Oversight):
  • Data-driven oversight to support risk-based regulatory approaches
  • Compliance – The Importance of Information
• Session 5 (Food Science and Innovation Serving the Development of Integrated Food Regulation in Africa):
  • Mobilizing Food Science in Support of Food Regulatory Development in Africa
  • Presentation: Towards an African Consortium of Food Science and Technology Organizations
  • Achievements and Future Directions – AFRAF Expert Working Group on Regulatory Transformation to Support Food Innovation in Africa
    • Summary Report: AFRAF Expert Working Group on Regulatory Transformation to Support Food Innovation in Africa (See more on: https://afraforum.org/innovationwg-inaugural/)
    • Terms Of Reference: Working Group on Regulatory Transformation to Support Food Innovation
  • Discussion concept: Towards an African Consortium of Food Science and Technology Institutes

Day 2: 2 October 2026

• Session 6 (African Food Regulatory Leadership: AFRAF as a Catalyst for Cooperation among African Heads of Food Agencies):
  • Draft resolutions: Presentation • Document
  • Mauritanian Food Safety Agency (Mauritania) – Activities and perspective
  • The National Food Control System in The Gambia
  • Directions of Food Safety Regulations and Control in Nigeria
  • Enhancing Multisectoral Coordination to Respond to Food Safety Events: The Sierra Leone experience
• Session 7 (Mainstreaming Risk Analysis in Africa: Building Sustainable Risk Assessment, Data
  and Scientific Capacity):
  • Morocco’s Experience in Food Risk Management: Sharing Expertise and Contributing to Capacity Building in Africa
  • The xORA Initiative: Building International Networks and Cooperation for Risk Assessment
  • International cooperation and sustainable risk-assessment capacity building
  • Scientific Expertise, Reference Laboratory Networks and Risk Assessment Capacity
  • International cooperation and partnerships for strengthening food-safety scientific capacity
• Session 8 (Strengthening Codex Engagement in Africa: Cooperation between CCAFRICA and CCNE): 
  • • Regional Leadership in Codex From Strategy to Action
    • Arab Codex Initiative and Opportunities for InterRegional Cooperation
    • Strengthening Codex Engagement in Africa: Cooperation between CCAFRICA and CCNE
    • Identify a clear, practical, and sustainable path towards stronger collaboration between CCAFRICA and CCNE