Towards better food safety regulatory systems : the Moroccan experience

Increasingly, governments are recognizing that the traditional approach to food safety regulation, relying on end-product sampling and repressive measures against regulatory violations, is inadequate to meet both public health and commercial goals for product quality. Modern control systems, based on public-private partnerships, shift the emphasis to preventive measures and industry self-monitoring. This requires both regulators and industry staff to gain a wider set of skills in quality control. To be more effective, regulatory systems should streamline their efforts to avoid confusion from overlapping jurisdictions. Consumer organizations also need to play a bigger role in standard setting. This article describes Morocco's recent efforts to modernize its regulatory system using these principles.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Majdi, Mohammed
Format:	conference_item biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	CIRAD
Subjects:	Q03 - Contamination et toxicologie alimentaires, produit alimentaire, hygiène des aliments, contrôle de qualité, protection de la santé, consommateur, secteur économique, secteur agroindustriel, modernisation, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3032, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3019, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6401, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3512, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_28315, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2477, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_208, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4882, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4940,
Online Access:	http://agritrop.cirad.fr/514120/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/514120/1/ID514120.pdf
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