The scope of the national food safety policy
The scope of the national food safety policy is to build a sensitive responsive and resilient food safety system that assures the right to quality food in Ghana. The policy shall recognise national, regional and international practices, principles, guidelines, standards and agreements governing food safety systems. It applies to all stakeholders involved in the food continuum: production, processing, storage, transportation and marketing.
Policy Framework
Vision: Safe and suitable food for a healthy population
Goal: To build a resilient system that assures safe and suitable food for all consumers
Policy Objectives
The specific objectives of the National Food Safety Policy are as follows:
- To strengthen food safety governance in Ghana
- To Strengthen institutional coordination and collaboration
- To promote and ensure harmonization, synergy and enforcement of laws and regulation on food safety in Ghana.
Guiding Principles
The National Food Safety Policy covers the laws, institutions, organizations and systems dealing with food related issues and how they interact to ensure national food safety. The policy also recognizes the development objectives of Ghana as well as international guidelines and conventions which Ghana has ratified. The following guiding principles underpin this National Food Safety Policy:
- Inter-sectoral collaboration and coordination –
- Inclusiveness
- Transparency
- Risk assessment
- Protection of consumers interest
- Traceability
- Precautionary principles
