The Authority has embarked on a campaign to increase knowledge on its role, Functions, Regulations and Guidelines related to food safety standards required by Rwanda FDA among its stakeholders.

Rwanda FDA has registered success stories over the past three years to ensure food safety, there is however still need to increase awareness about Rwanda FDA services, food regulations, as well as guidelines established to ensure food safety standards. Therefore, in collaboration with  Land O’Lakes venture 37, through Trade of Agriculture Safely and Efficiently in East Africa Project (TRASE) as well as Private Sector Federation (PSF), the Authority’s  Food and Drug Inspection and Safety Monitoring Department has this morning began a 2 days awareness creation workshop for the stakeholders involved in food business operations.

The campaign is expected to increase the turn up of applications for premise licensing, GMP, importation and exportation both in numbers and quality. It will also increase the compliance to different existing regulations and guidelines especially post marketing surveillance system, food promotion and advertisement control. In addition, a comprehensive data on possible issues facing industries towards safety compliance shall be compiled and a detailed report shall be produced and shared with the Management for planning purposes and decision making.