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The Technical Sub-Committee for Horizontal Issues, a subsidiary body of the National Codex Committee held its 1st extended restitution meeting on March 17, 2016 in Rabat. 40 members representing ministerial departments (22), the profession (13), scientific institutes (3) and consumer protection associations (2) took part in this session. The session was opened by Mr. Ahmed […]

Pursuant to the provisions of Decree No. 2-03-140 of January 17, 2005 establishing the National Codex Alimentarius Committee (CNC), the CNC held its 21st session on Thursday, January 28, 2016 at the headquarters of the National Office of Health Safety of Food Products (ONSSA). 32 members representing ministerial departments, the profession and consumer protection associations […]

Ms. Orla Tunney, Irish Ambassador to Morocco, with residence in Lisbon, visited ONSSA on January 21, as part of a stay in Morocco to present her credentials. During this visit, Mr. Ahmed Bentouhami, Director General of ONSSA and the Ambassador took stock of the health certificates being negotiated between the health authorities of the two […]

For the 5th consecutive year, and as a Country of Honor, Morocco is participating in the 81st edition of the International Green Week in Berlin, which is being held from January 15 to 25, 2016. It should be noted that this is the first time since its creation in 1926 that a non-EU country has […]

The National Office for Sanitary Safety of Food Products (ONSSA) held, on Wednesday, December 23, 2015 in Rabat, its Board of Directors, chaired by Mr. Mohamed Sadiki, Secretary General of the Department of Agriculture, at the Ministry of Agriculture and Maritime Fisheries This meeting, which was attended by members of ONSSA’s Board of Directors and […]

The Ambassador of France to Morocco, Mr. Jean-François GIRAULT presented Monday, November 21, 2015 at the Residence of France, the medal of Officer of the National Order of Agricultural Merit to Mr. Ahmed BENTOUHAMI, Director General of the National Food Safety Office (ONSSA). In his speech delivered on this occasion, Mr. Bentouhami expressed his pride […]

The Regional Directorate of ONSSA in the South (provincial veterinary service of Dakhla and Aousserd) received on Monday, December 14, 2015 three executives from ONISPA (National Office for Sanitary Inspection of Fishery and Aquaculture Products) from the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, for a 5-day course on inspection techniques for bivalve molluscs (MBV). The Mauritanian delegation […]

The National Food Safety Office (ONSSA) organized on Friday, November 27, 2015 in Rabat, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Secretariat of the Rotterdam, a workshop to present and discuss the results of a study on monitoring the effects of pesticides on health and the environment. […]

the National Office for Sanitary Safety of Food Products (ONSSA) launched from the province of El Jadida on Wednesday, November 11, 2015, the operation of booster vaccination of cattle against foot-and-mouth disease, which will be generalized throughout the National territory. The media as well as the main local and regional players were present at this […]