Food Safety and Hygiene

Food laws
Lec., 11-12

Dr. NABIL AL-HAJJ

 Food laws

Food law is the groups of

standards that govern food
production, distribution, storage
and consumption to ensure
availability of safe and health
food for human consumption.
 Food laws (Con.,)

Food laws contains branch laws are:

Food
regulations

Food laws contains

branch laws are:

Food Food
Standards Specifications
 Definitions

Food regulations is legislation which regulates the

production, trade and handling of food and hence covers the
regulation of food control, food safety and relevant aspects of
Definitions

food trade.

Food Standards is scientific information for manufacturing,

maintenance and operation and what ingredients that must
contain of a food product.

Food Specifications is Additional requirements

identification of testing methods to ensure conformity of
goods to approved standards.
 Who prepares and applies technical regulations?

Yemen Standardization and

Metrology Organization (YSMO)
services for food hazards
Colleges of Agricultures in
Yemen University
laboratory analysis

Ministry of Agriculture

Ministry of wealth Fish

The Ministry of
Environment

Ministry of Health

Other Institutes
 International Food Standards are:

International food standards

international standard
Organization (ISO)

Codex Alimentarius commission (

CAC)

Food and Agriculture Organization

(FAO),

World health Organization (WHO)

,

the Food and Drug Administration

(FDA)
International Standardization Organization )ISO(

The International Standardization

Organization (ISO) is an international
standard-setting body composed from 154
different countries member work together to
develop and approve standards.
 Types of ISO specifications

ISO 9001
ISO ISO 14001
27001

Types of ISO
Specifications
ISO ISO
13485 22000

ISO
50001 ISO
45001
 Yemen Food Laws are:

The Yemen Parliament issued the Food Safety

Yemen Food Laws are:
and Standards law, 2002

Law No. (44) for the year 1999 on specifications and

standards and quality control.

The decision No. (52) for the year 2000 regarding the
establishment of the Yemen Standardization and
Metrology Organization (YSMO)
The decision No. (2) for the year 2003 regarding the
regulation of conformity of goods and installations to
standard specifications.
The decision No. (19) for the year 2010 on the
regulation of controls for the production, import and
handling of non-alcoholic energy drinks.

https://www.yemen-nic.info/db/laws_ye/detail.php?ID=11766
 EVOLUTION OF FOOD SAFETY IN Yemen

Food inspection in the republic of Yemen is the

responsibility of:

Yemen Standardization
and Metrology
Organization (YSMO)

Environmental
Health (EH)
• YSMO and EH Officers in food field are university
graduates with Bachelor or Master or doctorate in:-

YSMO and EH Officers in food field are

university graduates with Bachelor or
Master or doctorate in:-

Food Science

Nutrition

Public and
Environmental Health
 FOOD-BORNE DISEASES SURVEILLANCE
• Food-borne disease surveillance is carried out by:

Yemen Standardization and

Metrology Organization
(YSMO)

Environmental Health
(EH)

• Statistics available on food-borne diseases in Yemen

are not well analyzed and documented
 LABORATORY ANALYSIS SERVICES FOR FOOD HAZARDS

Laboratory analysis services for food hazards in

YSMO are:

Radiation
laboratory analysis services

Pathogens
for food hazards

Mycotoxins

Heavy metals

Pesticides

Veterinary drugs residues

Chemical Additives
 Function of YSMO

industrial control of the local

products, and imports.

Function of YSMO

Providing scientific advice and

technical support to the Central
Identification of risks Government and the Local
and introduction of Governments in field the policy and
rapid alert system. rules food safety.