A Program for Developing Locally Food Supervision to Support Sanitary Monitoring Work

Abstract

Food supervision in Iraq is the responsibility of the Ministry of Health and Environment, which conducts
food supervision to all food establishments worked in Iraq by the department of sanitary monitoring in
Baghdad city as well as all directorates of health in Iraqi provinces. As a result of increasing the number
of food businesses national wide in last years, increasing the number of consumers, Iraq’s openness to the
international market, and using the policy of random import. Due to the mentioned reasons, many problems
related to consumer’s health has appeared, this matter pushed the Iraqi Government to establish committees,
organized seminars, and workshops related to this subject to resolve problems effected in consumer’s
health. This problem requires more effort from researchers and specialists in food supervision and sanitary
monitoring in Iraq to protect consumer’s health especially from foodborne diseases. The proposed program
is the start of the way towards new food safety policy in Iraq and it will be considered as the essential base
of reorganization food control authorities in Iraq and updating national food regulations and legislations.