How To Involve The Private Food Sector In The System Of Developing Technical Regulations And Standard Specifications

I have worked in the food sector for many years in prestigious international companies that have had and continue to have a large share in the food markets in the gcc, and my work has always been in the overall business of legislative, regulatory and technical affairs, and i have always asked myself this question. why are the legislative authorities in some countries of the region afraid of actively involving the private sector, represented by senior managers of regulatory affairs and legislation, rather than in the form of a sham procedure in the development of technical regulations and standard specifications? some believe that the dissemination of modular projects on their websites or survey platforms and the reception of observations achieves the desired goal, but this procedure is in fact insufficient and does not achieve its objectives, because it is often a routine procedure according to the requirements of publication only, without taking into account the substantive observations contained on those published projects, sometimes in the late stages of projects that have reached the stages of official notification. READ MORE …

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