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The ONSSA Regional Directorate of Laayoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra, Guelmim-Es Smara and Oued Ed Dahab-Lagouira, in close collaboration with the Regional Directors of Agriculture of the three southern regions, held three awareness meetings and information, with the Chambers of Agriculture, Local Authorities, elected officials and representatives of Associations of camel breeders, on the launch of the […]

As part of the cooperation between ONSSA and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in particular the integrated control program against the Mediterranean fruit fly (or Ceratitis), Professor Aldo Malavasi, Director of the TIS Program in Brazil carried out a mission to Morocco from 6 to 12 April 2014. During his visits (Agadir, Meknes, Rabat), […]

Mr. Ahmed Bentouhami, Director General of the National Office for Sanitary Safety of Food Products (ONSSA), has been appointed an Officer in the Order of Agricultural Merit by the French Ministry of Agriculture, Agrifood and Forestry. This appointment crowns the efforts of a senior official of the Moroccan administration who has actively participated in the […]

An American delegation from the USDA (United State Department of Agriculture) visited ONSSA from March 11 to 13, 2014 to take stock of veterinary and phytosanitary cooperation between the two countries. The US delegation was made up of officials from APHIS (Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services) in Washington and the APHIS Representation in Cairo, […]

The National Food Safety Office organized on Friday, March 28, 2014 in Rabat a ceremony in tribute to 80 employees of the Office retired for the year 2013. This ceremony took place under the chairmanship of the Director General of ONSSA in the presence of the Administrative and Financial Director and the Head of the […]

The Head of Government, Abdelilah Benkirane and the Minister of Agriculture and Maritime Fisheries, Aziz Akhannouch, gave, Thursday in the rural commune Houderrane, circle of Oulmès (province of Khémisset), the kick-off of the wheat treatment operation against leaf diseases. This second pilot operation, launched in the areas most vulnerable to leaf diseases, concerns in particular […]

On 02/05/2014, the Minister of Agriculture and Maritime Fisheries, Mr. Aziz Akhannouch, chaired a meeting organized by the National Office for Sanitary Safety of Food Products (ONSSA) in Casablanca devoted to the launch of the operation of issuing approvals and health authorizations to establishments and companies in the food and animal feed sectors. The objective […]

The National Codex Alimentarius Committee (CNC) held its 20th session on Thursday, December 26, 2013 at the headquarters of the National Food Safety Office. Under the chairmanship of the Director General of ONSSA, Mr Ahmed BENTOUHAMI, this session was attended by 37 members representing ministerial departments, the profession and consumer protection associations. Following the presentation of […]