Strengthening Fishery Products Health Conditions Benin Togo and Cameroon
Region: Africa
Country: Benin
Date: 2006
Strengthening Fisheries Products Health Conditions (SFP) in Benin, Togo and Cameroon.
The EU regulations on sanitary controls of fish products are becoming more and more challenging, especially to ACP countries, which lack capacity to comply with these requirements (Good Manufacturing Practices, HACCP, ISO, Traceability...). MEP has been selected by the EU/ACP Secretariat, to implement a two years project to contribute to the Capacity Building of the Competent Authorities in charge of the food safety controls of fisheries products, and to develop new strategies to reinforce the ability of both industrial and artisanal fisheries to access markets and more particularly, the right to export to the European Union.
MEP has four specialists, among whom one is permanently based in Cotonou, Benin, as well as one local administrator for each of the three countries.
Training sessions are being held and new infrastructure (landing sites) enabling a more efficient handling and control of fish and fish products are planned to be built.