Prakas No. Uath.Brk 868 - Inter-Ministerial Prakas on the Implementation and Institutional Arrangements ff Food Safety based on the Farm to Table Approach.

The purpose of this Prakas aims is: to improve the implementation of food safety system for the protection of consumer health and to enhance Cambodian food export competitiveness; and to set up institutional mechanisms for facilitating and coordinating activities from different ministries and competent authorities related to food safety.
The Prakas provides for the key principles for institutional arrangements and its implementation among relevant ministries on food safety matters. The provisions of this Prakas cover only food for commercial purpose and related activities at all stages of the food chain from primary production at farm to final consumer consumption. This excludes food for family or use for recreational purposes, animal feed and living modified organisms.
The Inter‐Ministerial Committee for Coordinating Inspection of Quality and Safety of Products and Services is responsible for coordinating the work and activities on food safety management of the competent authorities and other aspects of food safety. The institutional arrangements under this Prakas further provides for accountability and effective roles and responsibilities of ministries and competent authorities particularly with respect to: - Policy development, legal framework, standards and technical regulation development; - Regulation and enforcement of food safety including food business registration and licensing, inspection and other legal enforcement actions; - Verification and competent authority certification; - Development and implementation of risk analysis and risk management systems; - Data collection, scientific and technical research with the purpose of monitoring risk.