Oman chairs preparatory meeting of GCC Food Safety Committee

Oman Wednesday 07/June/2023 18:46 PM
By: ONA
Oman chairs preparatory meeting of GCC Food Safety Committee

Muscat: The Sultanate of Oman on Wednesday chaired the 7th preparatory meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC )Food Safety Committee.

The committee comprises undersecretaries of ministries concerned with food safety in the Gulf Cooperation Council.

The Sultanate of Oman was represented during the meeting by Dr. Ahmed Nasser Al Bakri, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources for Agriculture.

The meeting discussed the unified food law of the Gulf Cooperation Council, the  Gulf Cooperation Council centre for assessing food hazards and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) guide for control on imported food, among other topics.

The meeting was attended by Khalid Ali Al Sunaidi, Assistant Secretary General for Economic and Development Affairs at the Secretariat General of the Gulf Cooperation Council.