Food Security

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    EAC harmonized sanitary and phytosanitary standards, measures and procedures
    (EAC Secretariat, 2006) East African Community
    The EAC recognizes the need for a comprehensive harmonized food safety measures to ensure a high level of consumer protection including restoration and maintenance of confidence in the safety and quality of both food and feed. EAC Partner States, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania have the desire to co-operate with one another in the area of health, social and cultural fields and, in particular, in the field of both human and animal medicines, and food and feed safety as detailed in the relevant provisions of Article 108 and Article 118 of the Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community. Similarly, the EAC recognizes the need for ensuring rational development of the agricultural sector and increased production to ensure food security and free trade in agricultural products within the Community and with other trading partners through adoption of harmonized food safety measures in pursuance of Articles 105 to 108 of the EAC Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community and Article 38 (1) ( c) of the Protocol on the Establishment of the East African Community Customs Union which are consistent with World Trade Organization Agreement on Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (WTO-SPS Agreement), International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC), World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), and other relevant agreements.
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    EAC simplified guide for MSMEs on cross-border trade of perishable agricultural goods
    (EAC Secretariat, 2021-11) Tuma, Dorothy M.
    Since operations began in July 2000, the East African Community (EAC) has continued to pursue the consolidation of key regional integration achievements. The EAC has thus implemented several measures to promote the free movement of goods and services across borders. In spite of the above however, one of the barriers to trade that makes it difficult for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) is the lack of easy access to information and inability to understand it where it exists. Traders find it difficult to obtain information on the goods and services allowed for trade in each EAC Partner State, the standards and authorization certifications required, the taxes and tariffs expected in each Partner State, the import and export laws of each Partner State, the trade processes and controls, the rules of origin and the customs procedures among other details that are important for successful trade within the region. Furthermore, traders do not know where to go to for help in addressing the challenges they face as they trade or where to go to file complaints.
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    Regional agricultural investment plan (RAIP) 2018 – 2025
    (East African Community, 2019) East African Community
    The EAC Partner States still suffer from challenges related to food and nutrition security and poverty despite the implementation of National Agriculture Implementation Plans which sought to actualize the objectives of the CAADP Compact between 2008 and 2016. This East African Community Regional Agriculture Investment Plan (EAC RAIP) 2017-2025 proposes key interventions required for the implementation of the EAC CAADP Compact and the EAC Food Security Action Plan I. The EAC RAIP draws from the commitment made to transform regional economy (Chapter 18, Article 105 to Article 110 of the EAC Treaty). The Compact is a statement by the EAC for actualization of the CAADP goals as enunciated in the Maputo Declaration, 2003 and affirmation and recommitment given in the Malabo Declaration, 2014. The EAC RAIP fosters a regional approach and is an instrument for coordinating, rather than undertaking and/or duplicating, investments in the EAC Partner States as envisaged in their NAIPS.
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    The East Africa Community draft standard operating procedures for food safety 2018
    (EAC Secretariat, 2019-04) East African Community
    Imported food control procedures are intended to protect the health of consumers and facilitate fair practices in food trade while avoiding unjustified technical barriers to trade. In the event of a conflict with other interests, precedence is given to protecting the health of consumers.