How products are authorized to enter into market in Afghanistan.

1. Food Product Registration
(Market Authorization)
Naim KHALID
Nov 2013
National Medicine and Food Board - Ministry of Public Health
Ministry of Public Health (MoPH)
National Food and Medicine Board (NMFB)
Secretariat

2. • Sayed Naim KHALID
• Food Technical Advisor
• National Medicine and Food Board of Ministry of Public Health
• Contact:
NMFB secretariat, MoPH, Wazir Akbar Khan
sayednaim@outlook.com
+93 77 37 68 295
http://moph.gov.af
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Who am I?
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Introduction
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Environmental Health Directorate
Quality Control Laboratory
Process of imported food product authorization?
Conclusion
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Contents
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4. “improve the health and nutritional
status of the people of Afghanistan
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Mission of the MoPH
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Right to Health
Partnership and Collaboration
Community Participation and Involvement
Evidence-based decision-making
Results-oriented culture
Quality
Transparency
Sustainability
Dignity and Respect
Equity
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Core values of MoPH
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6. • Chaired by MoPH minister
• NMFB secretariat (permanent office in MoPH)
• Members:
• 22 permanent members (gov. departments) and 7 observer
members (INGOs)
• Two main committees
• Food (11 members) , Medicine (12 members)
• Committees functions as scientific and technical adviser to
NMFB
• Purpose and role:
• Advisory , oversight (food and medicine affairs) and
coordination (food and medicine safety, efficacy & quality)
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7. • Mission
• “Improve and ameliorate the living environment of Afghanistan in
terms of air, radiation, water, food, waste management and
occupational health”
• Food Safety Unit
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9 officials
Functions more as policy and regulation makers
Food establishments/business authorization
Food sampling (with relevant stakeholders)
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Environment Health Directorate
• Constraints:
• Lack of technical staff, novelty of the unit, lack of coordination
between different gov. departments
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8. • Mission:
• “Assure by testing that the different food and medicine products
imported or locally produced are safe and complying with
standards”.
• Two sections:
• Food Lab and Medicine Lab
• Food Lab:
• 7 staff available
• Tests food products for compliance with standards
• Help Environmental Health Unit in food sampling
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Quality Control Directorate
• Constraints:
• High-tech machinery, lack of basic equipment, and technical staff
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9. Food Product Market Authorization
Import
Purpose
To reduce and prevent food safety
hazards .
customs
EHD
Reject
food
Sampling
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Trader
QC
EHD
Compliance
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Release food
to market
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Ideal trader
The trader study national
law, regulations, standards, gu
idelines
Then, go a bring
samples, certificate of
analysis , certificate of origin
and register a pro-form
Then, import the food
The sampling is done, the QC
check for compliance
If the product is matching the
requirement, it is issued a
permit to the market
Result: profit!
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Afghan trader
The trader decides to import
a new food
Go to foreign country and do
the purchasing
Food arrives to Afghan
customs
Custom inform the EHD for
sampling
EDH take sample, QC test it
Then, it is decided whether
food should be released or
no.
Result: problems !
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11. Ideal
• Owner business idea
• Study all legal docs
• Refer for
experts(food, business, leg
al)
• Start up affairs
• Ask gov. for authorization
(docs)
• Gov. conduct location, staff
and technical inspection
• Offers the permit, ONLY if
the business meets the
legal requirements
In Afghanistan
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Owner Business Idea
Refer to AISA
Refer to EHD
EHD refer it to NEPA
More in
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Food Business Health Permit
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Recommendations/conclusion
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13. • Food safety is possible only when a farm to table concept is
implemented.
• Food safety is the responsibility of food business operator
(90%), and the consumer (10%)
• Food safety is achieved when all stakeholders give their inputs
for success.
• Food product authorization is tiny but IMPORTANT step
toward SAFE FOOD!
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Thank you!
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