According to the African Union, the continent’s food imports bill stands at an estimated 60 billion U.S. dollars annually, despite hosting about 60 percent of the world’s arable land. On Tuesday, experts gathered in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, to discuss harmonizing food safety standards across Africa, a step toward accelerating the continent’s agricultural trade and realizing […]

On Tuesday, a five-day global conference to promote food safety around the world opened in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi. RELATED: Kenya: African Ministers for Access to Water, Sanitation Services The 54th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene brought together more than 200 participants, including representatives of the World Health Organization (WHO) and […]