DUSHANBE, May 14, 2015, Asia-Plus – The fourth meeting of the Food Safety Coordinating Council, presided over by the Deputy Prime Minister, Azim Ibrohim, was held in Dushanbe today.
The meeting reportedly discussed the program of adaptation of Tajikistan’ economy to the post WTO accession conditions.
The program of adaptation of Tajikistan’s economy to the post WTO accession conditions was adopted on October 31, 2014. The main objective of this program is in creating favorable conditions for development of small and medium-size enterprises in the country, attraction of foreign investments, and expansion of bilateral and multilateral cooperation with the WTO member nations.
The meeting participants also discussed issues related to the implementation of the plan of actions to improve the investment climate and food safety in the country.
They also discussed the situation in veterinary, phytosanitary and plant protection quarantine, the source said.
According to him, a large amount of goods subject to quarantine has been delivered to the country over the first four months of this year.
The deputy prime minister ordered relevant agencies to intensify work on protecting domestic market against harmful and dangerous goods.
The Food Safety Coordinating Council was set up in November 2014 to monitor and assess safety of food products and provide expertise support for making specific decisions as well as work out food safety legislation.
The Food Safety Coordinating Council members include representatives of relevant ministries and agencies authorized to ensure food safety, researchers and experts.
The Council has the right to work out, endorse and implement joint events on providing control over safety of food products, considering disputable issues that occurred during control over safety of food products and implementing other tasks.
