The Eastern Africa Grain Council (EAGC) in collaboration with USAID PolicyLINK hosted a Regional Write shop to design a framework for establishing industry self-regulation for staple food value chains in East Africa to improve food safety compliance, on the 26th – 27th April 2022, at the Movenpick Hotel, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya.
The aim of the workshop was to come up with a draft industry self-regulation framework that covers all the main components of an ISR as well as come up with its implementation plan.
The workshop was a buildup on preceding country meetings held in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, that sought to discuss Industry Self-regulation to address the aflatoxin challenge in staple food value chains.
Over 40 participants representing key industry stakeholders were present in the workshop, cutting across: Government ministries and agencies, the private sector and development partners.
