The document outlines the activities of the Safe Food, Fair Food 2 project in the East African Community during 2014, focusing on developing a vision for food safety in informal markets. Key actions included capacity building, policy consultations, and integrating food safety into academic curricula across several countries. The project aimed to address food safety challenges and enhance collaboration among policy makers, academia, and industry stakeholders.

1. Activities of Safe Food, Fair
Food 2 project in the East African
Community, 2014
Erastus Kang’ethe
University of Nairobi
Safe Food, Fair Food annual project planning meeting,
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15-17 April 2014

2. OM
 Develop a vision
EAC and Informal markets of ASFs
 Role of Informal markets
 Capacity building on food safety issues
 Build infrastructures
Standard Bodies
Practical, achievable incentive based standards
Cost element of evidence generation – use
appropriate risk tools

3. OM
Academia and research Institutions
Schooled professionals in risk analysis and food
safety frameworks
Partner to develop curricula that aims at
providing the needed professionals

4. OM STRATEGY
Selected Boundary partners:
Policy (Ministries, Bureau of standards, EAC)
 Academia (Universities, Research Institutions)
Actors along the VC nodes
Developed the progressive markers
(indicators)
Expect, Like and Love to see - Expect to see

5. OM – Progressive Markers
o Policy
o Interest in informal markets ASF (participating in
foras
o Academia
o Interest in curricula change
o Embracing new tools of doing risk analysis
o VC A
o Attend meetings
o Seek ways to be empowered

6. WhatsDone
• Policy – held 5 country meetings
• Food safety challenges under each of the informal
market system
• What opportunities exist that if we can introduce
food safety
• What evidence do we have that would allow us to
be effective in introducing food safety
• Is there any evidence lacking that would be crucial
to introduction

7. WhatsDone
Academia
Meetings with all the deans of Veterinary and
Public health schools
Part of policy teams also –supportive role
VCA
Not engaged yet.

8. 2014 activities
Feb held Kenya Country policy consultations
June/July training for Rwanda Burundi and
Uganda- Risk Analysis
September – Inclusion of food safety IFM of
ASF in University curricula,
Presentation of the policy outcomes to EAC
desk health and Livestock
 Feedback from country policy teams on
activities to address food safety of IFM of ASF