Gambian parliament adopts food safety law
BANJUL, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Deputies at the Gambian National Assembly (parliament) on Friday passed a new bill entitled the "Food Safety and Quality Bill 2011".
Under the new act, food operators are obliged to ensure food safety, quality production, processing and distribution within the business under their control and that their products must satisfy the requirements and regulations as demanded.
Submitting the motion before deputies, Vice 1 President and Minister for Women Affairs Isatou Njie-Saidy warned that the well- being of "our citizenry is at stake."
"Giving our continuous drive to place health care on top of our development agenda, we call on all and sundry 2 to join the bandwagon in the implementation 3 of this bill," she said.
She told deputies that the bill and the establishment of the Gambia Food Safety and Quality Authority is consistent with the regulation worked out by the West African bloc 4 ECOWAS on the health and safety of plants, animals and food in the region.
The Gambia Food Safety and Quality Authority being established by this bill will be the sole national competent authority having unitary responsibility for food safety and quality, she declared.
"In order to achieve the general objectives of a high level of protection of human health and life, measures applied 5 under this Act shall be based on risk assessment," she added.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
- This cream can be used to treat sundry minor injuries.这种药膏可用来治各种轻伤。
- We can see the rich man on sundry occasions.我们能在各种场合见到那个富豪。
- A solid bloc of union members support the decision.工会会员团结起来支持该决定。
- There have been growing tensions within the trading bloc.贸易同盟国的关系越来越紧张。