Workshops and Conferences

    - Dr.Nabih the director of EFSIC attended the Annual Meeting of Codex Alementarious at Geneva, Switzerland from 30/06- 04/07/08

     - Dr.Nabih the director of EFSIC attended the workshop for “The Safety of Imported and Exported Foods to Arabian Countries” at AL-Doha from 19-21/ 05/08 and he give two excellent presentations about “New Aspects in Food Inspection” and “Superior Experiment of Egypt in Assuring Food Safety System ”.     

   - Dr.Nabih the director of EFSIC attended India-Africa Cooperation for Sustainable Food Security from 10-12 November 2008 .

   - Dr.Nabih the director of EFSIC attended the workshop about “The Role of Arab and African Woman Facing the World Food Crises Challenges and Solutions” at 14/12/08 which organized by Institute of African Research & Studies with African Union Permanent Delegation to the League of Arab States.- Dr.Nabih talked about “Food Situation in Africa and the way to sustain food security ”

   - Dr.Nabih the director of EFSIC and some of EFSIC staff attended the 1st International European -Arab Conference for Improving Bread” from 15- 17/12/08 at ARC.The conference discusses the cultural history of bread and and the improved technology of bread.- Dr.Nabih talked about Safety and Security of Cereals and Cereal Products.

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1. ISO-22000 & Supplier Assurance System(SAS) to Port Said Investment Association,
2. Cakes and Bread to Port Said Investment Association,
3. General Food Safety, GMP, GCP, HACCP and Cleaning and Disinfections in Food Factories to 6th.Investment Association,
4. Chocolate and GHP to New Societies Development Association and
5. Food Microbiology to Food Processors and Exports Association

- The transnational training titled “Enhancement of Egyptian Participation in FP7 in context of MEDA GO TO EUROPE Project” held on 25/03/ 09 At the Federation of Egyptian Industries. The training is under the auspice of H.E. Eng. Rachid Mohammed Rachid Minister of Trade & Industry Food Technology Center (FTC) & Chamber of Food Industries (CFI) & Industrial. Modernization Center (IMC) in cooperation with Agriculture Research Center (ARC). The training program aims to achieve a faster and more balanced implementation of the FP7 framework programme from 2007 to 2013 (drawing on the experiences gained from the FP6 framework programme) which includes the participation of Mediterranean nations .Therefore, the project brings to gather partners from Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia, as well as European participants from Belgium, France, Italy, Slovenia,Spain, Romania andTurkey.

- The 8th. Conference and Exhibition on Food Industries between Quality and Competitiveness from 07- 09/04/09 at Al- Mahrousa Hotel, Alex-Egypt. The conference is Under the auspices of H.E. Rachid Mohamed Rachid Minister of Industry & Trade and Major General Adel Labib the Governor of Alex and organized by International Center for Research and Consultation (Comibassal)& Food Technology Research Institute(FTRI).

The aims of the Conference are as follows:

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• Discussing the problems that facing export and Competitiveness,
• Discussing problems, challenges and solutions of food industry in Egypt ,
• Achieving Arabian Integrity for  food industry and
• Exchanging experiences between scientists and researchers on the field of food industry.

- The 2nd. International Conference of Natural Resources in  Africa on Sustainable Development of Natural Resources in the Nile Basin Countries from11- 12/05/09 Under the auspices of Prof. Hossam Kaimel President of Cairo University .The conference aims to the following:

• putt more attention to the Nile Basin Countries Continuing research and scientific  cooperation for sustainable development,
• Evaluate the economic and environmental impact of management and conservation of natural resources,
• Help in sustaining national goals of cooperation with the Nile Basin countries,
• Provide the scientific support for the joined projects and
• Urge the donor organizations to support projects related to the African issues.

- Conference on Capacity Building to Support TVET Reform in Egypt Contract 5- Training Session at the Semiramis Intercontinental Hotel on 19/05/09. The conference is Under the auspices of H.E. Rachid Mohamed Rachid Minister of Industry & Trade. The Reform TVET System is a project co-funded by the The European Union and Egyptian Government Egyptian and aims to assist the reform of the technical and vocational education and training (TVET) system.

The Training Sessions Programme (TSP) gives emphasis to:

1. raising the capacities of Egyptian officials in the key institutions according to the Programme objectives,
2. assuring that key processes in TVET formulation and delivery are functional and
3. modernizing the training/guidance principles in TVET delivery.

And the subjects of training are as follows:

. Occupational Standardization, certification and accreditation(Coordinating RMG),

• TVET Centers Management/Centers of Competence Management [Coordinating ETP: Chemical Industries
•  Training of masters, trainers and tutors (Coordinating ETPs: RMG - Chemical Industries - Food Processing)
• job seeker guidance and vocational counseling (Coordinating ETP: Food Processing)

- The 14th. National Conference of the Egyptian Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (EGSPGHAN) In collaboration with  The World Food Program ,United Nation  The Pan-Arab Association of Pediatric Gastroenterology ,Hepatology and Nutrition And The Egyptian Society of Child And Environment from 04/07/ 2009 at Renaissance Hotel Alexandria – Egypt and Dr. Nabih the director of EFSIC gives a presentation titled" The Role of Agriculture Research Center and Ministry of Agriculture and land Reclamation on Combating Malnutrition in Egypt". The presentation discussed the role of Agriculture Research Center through Food Technology Research  Institute in carrying out and implementing the following to combat malnutrition in Egypt:

1. The project of Monitoring Food Consumption Pattern in Egypt and its impact on the health status of mothers and children (2-6 years old),
2. National Nutrition Education Program.
3. School Feeding Project (SFP)
4. childhood and Motherhood Development and Culture Enhancement Project in Egyptian Rural Areas (CMDCEP).



- Regional Workshop on "Harmonization of Food Hygiene Inspections within Africa" Cairo (Egypt), 18th.to 22nd. October 2009 as a technical assistant a detailed report about the workshop and the agenda were enclosed with this report.



 

Cairo Workshop Programme18-22 October(pdf)

Report of BTSF (pdf)

- Children Nutritional Status on 12/11/2009 with a presentation titled ' The Monitoring of the Food Intake and Nutritional Status in Egypt' the report about this presentation is enclosed with this report.

- JOINT FAO/WHO FOOD STANDARDS PROGRAMME CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION, Thirty-third Session, International Conference Center, Geneva (Switzerland ) 5-9 July 2010



Radio and T.V Programs

              - In  ̀ Camera 2 ́ T.V program in the channel 2 Egyptian T.V  Prof.Dr.Nabih A.Ibrahim the director of EFSIC talked about the importance of the training course in the common vision ̀Food Safety During Processing ́  which held in EFSIC and defines the essential elements for the development of the best safety practices and minimum standard acceptable during processing in food chain starting from the farm to the consumer (the topics and time frame of this training course are enclosed with this paper).Then he talked about the Spanish- Egyptian Cooperation in the field of ̀Food Safety ´where the Spanish party invited 4 groups each of 5 to attend training courses in Spain to; (1) become qualified to give training actions in the main; Good Agricultural Practices(GAP); Good Consumption Practices (GCP); Good Manufacturing Practices(GMP) and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control  Points (HACCP) systems; (2)to improve Egyptian staff awareness for these practices and (3) to train people of the primary sector improving their knowledge of these systems.

     - In BBC Broadcast Program Prof.Dr.Nabih A.Ibrahim the director of EFSIC talked about ̀ Avian Flue ́ and give a clear and complete concept about this issue in Egypt and he gives some advices for the consumer about the  percussions for safe handling and dealing with birds.

     - Prof.Dr.Nabih A.Ibrahim the director of EFSIC announced in Al-Ahram Newspaper at ̀ Green Misr Page´ about the training courses which organized by EFSIC members in the premises of Food Technology Research Institute (FTRI) during January & February 2006 in the common vision ̀Food Safety˝ for the development of the best safety practices and minimum standard acceptable in food chain starting from the farm to the consumer.

     -On Thursday 3 November05 at 8:30 am

  In Nile T.V / (New Day) program 

Prof. Dr. Nabih A-Ibrahim the director of EFSIC talked about the nutritional health , the daily recommended allowance for each person and how to prepare a meal sufficient in various nutrients-also , showed the simplest and easiest ways to reach the safety and healthy of food . Finally, he announced a bout who to mail or join to EFSIC to provide the clear information about food safety for all persons in food-chain .

     -On Saturday 20 August 05

 Prof. Dr. Nabih the director of EFSIC talked to radio on air about the nutritional health, food safety. And he answered all the listeners, questions in these topics.

*In Kuwait Broadcast Program Prof.Dr.Nabih A.Ibrahim the director of EFSIC talked about ̀Bird Flue´ and he gives comments about the preventive actions for the consumer about safe handling and dealing with birds.

*In one series of Egyptian TV program named ̀Health and Sport´ Prof.Dr.Nabih A.Ibrahim the director of EFSIC talked about:

(a)The implementation of Good Hygiene Practices (GHP) in the kitchen for introducing safe and healthy food for all of the family members.

(b)Choosing a balanced diets/food to insure health food for all ages.

*In other series of the same Egyptian TV program Prof.Dr.Nabih A.Ibrahim the director of EFSIC talked about meat substitutes in place of consuming expensive animal proteins.

            - On 10/4/2006, and in the program of " Good morning Egypt", Prof.Dr.Nabih A.Ibrahim discussed the problem of  Foot and Mouth Disease and whether it is harmful for human or not.

            -  EFSIC hosted the Channel 2 Camera and they attended the opening of HACCP course . Dr. Nabih, Dr. Amal Hassanein and Dr. Dalia El-sheikh talked in this program about food safety systems and the application of HACCP and GMP systems to assure food safety..

            - On 16/4/2006 , Family and Child Channel had a meeting with Prof.Dr.Nabih A.Ibrahim , the subject of the meeting was " Foot and Mouth Disease, it is effects on meat , dairy and health"

           - In Nile Cultural Channel  Prof.Dr.Nabih A.Ibrahim the director of EFSIC talked about the importance of nutrition, safety-health relations.

- During the Holy month of Ramadan (October,2006), Dr. Nabih A. Ibrahim and Mr. Mokhtar Harb had some meetings with Program" El-Hal Fi Edena" in the Egyptian TV Channel II . They discussed many topics regarding the safety of food during the month of fasting of Ramadan in about 8 episodes. The episodes were broadcasted in the same month.

   - In Nile Family Channel T.V (May/ 08) Prof.Dr.Nabih A.Ibrahim talked about the best practices of nutrition during student exam period.
- In BBC Channel T.V (29/08/08) Prof.Dr.Nabih A.Ibrahimtalked about Food crises and the use of biofoeles

- Sunday 02/08/09"Sabah El-Khier Ya Maser" about results of the monitoring of Food Consumption pattern and its importance on mothers and children (2-6 Y) and health status. Also, the proportion of stunted children 31%, waste 5%, underweight 10% causes and combating.

 - Monday 02/08/09 "BBC Radio" at 04 pm The differences between organic/natural cultivation and a comparison between them in nutritional value.

- Monday 02/08/09"BBC T.V" at afternoon:

1. The differences between organic/natural cultivation and a comparison between them in nutritional value.
2. Genetically Modified Organisms(GMO's).

- Saterday08/08/09 Nile News Canal"Sabah Gedeed"

1. The differences between organic/natural cultivation and a comparison between them in nutritional value.
2. The water contamination and who to avoid that.

- Thuresday13/08/09 in Public programme Broadcast from 1-2:30 pm variation on nutrition and nutrition Awareness.

- Tuesday 18/08/09 "Al-Hora T.V" 10 am
The fasting hours and the best kind of meals in the breakfast and who to avoid some syndromes of fasting like headache and vertigo.

- In Arabic BBC 14/10/09 8:30 pm about hunger in African countries and the specific polices to avoid this state.

- In Arabic BBC 16/10/09 8:30 pm about hunger in Egypt and the specific polices to avoid this state.

- In Al-Kaher Al-Kobra Broadcast 14/10/09

1. About the importance and the nutritious of  School Feeding Meals

  - In Al-Kaher Al-Kobra Broadcast 18/10/09 and In Channel 3 TV program 22/10l2009: About the Regional Workshop on "Harmonization of Food Hygiene Inspections within Africa" Cairo (Egypt).

- In Channel 3 TV program 22/10l2009: The importance of natural lactation.

Lectures, Forums and Seminars

  - On Monday 19 September 05 at 8:30 pm

In Cairo Capital club, Prof. Dr. Nabih the director of EFSIC give a lecture about food safety systems and how to apply these systems in different commodities from farm to consumer esp., for house-wife who considered small producer responsible for a family and also a consumer .

After that, two-way discussion stared between lecture , EFSIC members.

Also, some handouts and lectures were given.

     - On Monday 26 September 05 at 9:00 pm :

Prof. Dr. Nabih give the same later lecture in (Cultural Club) with regard to the suitable ways for buying and transporting food safety.

After lecture, two-way discussion and some hand outs were introduced

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    - Prof.Dr.Nabih A.Ibrahim the director of EFSIC make a presentation titled in ̀ Avian Flue ´which held in Cairo Cultural Club and he showed the following:     Precautions,    Preventions and Meat substitutions.

     - One of EFSIC members Dr. Mokhtar Harb  designed a flyer  contains special reports about ̀ Bird Flue ́. The  flyer in the way of some questions and brief answering of these questions. This flyer was given to the trainees of the Second Training Course in common vision ̀Good Consumption Practices (GCP)´

     - Some of EFSIC members prepared a lecture (~11 pages) about   ̀Avian Flue (e.g. What is avian influenza?; transmission and infection; how can bird flu infect people?; what are the symptoms?; who is at risk?; Prevention and what is the public health response.

     - EFSIC invited 15 chefs from ̀Egyptian Cooker Committee´ to attend the training course in ̀Good  Consumption  Practices (GCP) ´in the premises of Food Technology Research Institute(FTRI) from 05-09, February 2006. The objectives of this  course  are summarized as follows:

 *  To become qualified to give training actions in the main GCP recommendations.        

 *To improve Egyptian Staff awareness for good safety practices in  GCP recommendations.

* To train people and  improve their knowledge in kitchen, restaurants, and markets on in safe handling of food and GCP.The topics and time frame of this training course are enclosed with this paper.

   -Dr.Nabih the director of EFSIC and some of EFSIC staff attended the Panel Discussion of “Food Safety: Barrier or Enhancer to Trade” in Conrad Hotel at 23/12/08 which organized by AmCham Egypt and The Trade-Related Assistance Center (TRAC) the Speakers were  Dr. Hussein Mansour, Director, Food Safety Agency Management Unit ,Dr. Mahmoud Eissa, Chairman, the Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality Control (EOS), Ministry of Trade and Industry, Dr. Hisham Ragab, Legal Counselor to the Minister, Ministry of Trade and Industry and Mr. Tarek Tawfik, Chairman, Chamber of Food Industries they discuss the role of National Food Safety Agency and how it  will be a unifying supervisory authority concerned with implementing standards to ensure the health and safety of food in the domestic market as well as that of Egyptian food exports. Also, Food safety can act as a barrier as well as an enhancer to trade. It is important to ensure not only the safety of traded food but also that of food consumed domestically.

Other activities carried out by EFSIC staff:

*Periodic meeting of EFSIC staff:
On Tuesdays, Dr.Nabih always meets with EFSIC and FTRI staff putting the plan to organize working in "National Nutrition Awareness Project"

Coordination with other partners:
EFSIC coordinates with "The Consumer protection Agency (CPA)" from 15/04/09 to 11/05/09 in doing research surveillance considering 292 Food Retail Companies(mega, super, markets and groceries) in Cairo and Alexandria to assure the implantation of GHP, GSP. At the end of the surveillance study EFSIC members focused particularly on, the importance of raising the awareness of the workers in food retail companies to implement the good practices during storage and handling of food especially, personal hygiene via continuous training programs.

Coordination with other partners:

EFSIC will coordinate with "The Consumer protection Agency (CPA)" in doing research surveillance considering 35 Food Organic Products in Cairo to verify its origin and if there were any adulteration or not

Possibility of vitamin A fortification of ration cooking oil in Egypt A feasibility and stability"

Some of EFSIC members charred on study called "Possibility of vitamin A fortification of ration cooking oil in Egypt A feasibility and stability" at three levels:

1. Industry and distribution analysis ,
2. Household observation and
3. Fortification trial and vitamin A stability and retention.
The study aims to aassess the feasibility of vitamin A fortification of subsidizes oil in Egypt and quantify all possible losses of the added vitamin in fortified oil from the point of production and storage , through all the steps in the commercial distribution system and up to the household consumptio

Press/Newspapers:

In Al-Masry AL-Youm Newspaper 08/05/09 Dr. Nabih talked about meat substitutions to prepare balanced and nutritious meal. Also, he talked about the differences between cheep and swine meat and the best practices to avoid beard and swine flue (see attached report).

Al-Masry AL-Youm Newspaper

Better Training for Safer Food in Africa(BTSFA)

A STM mainly on meat and RTE establishments took place in Egypt from the 20/03 to 03/07/2010 split in three different legs lasting six, eight and six days respectively.

The scope of this project was to train FBOs and FBO Staff on the hygienic practices and processes that underpin HACCP principles and ultimately the production of safer food, and to directly train national experts that could continue with the work with the meat industry once this STM was finalized.

In all, 15 national experts and trainees were trained by the international expert so they could further cascade it to FBOs and their staff of which over 150 were trained. Their training was divided into 4 effective days of training per establishment ranging from basic GHP to the more complicated principles of meat technology. Such training was made to be of easy “digestion” by making it highly pictorial, using videos and encouraging participation.

Ten SME took part on this STM, two poultry slaughterhouses, six meat and RTE establishments, a caterer and a retailer. As a whole, differing levels of compliance were noted among the establishments visited, but based on the  impressions gathered the level of alignment with the principles governing the production of safe food by the FBOs was rather weak with the likely result of a significant increase on the probability of food poisoning among final consumers. Some of the shortcomings highlighted ranged from lack of basic staff hygienic routines and availability of hygiene facilities, to cross over of lines of raw and final product, and direct access to outside (no doors or windows) from production areas.

Significant improvements were noted at the majority of SME during and upon finalization of the STM. In some instances FBOs have taken the opportunity to schedule major refurbishments and training of their staff with the STM, in others they were eager to use all the material provided so they could start accessing national markets. Some of the improvements noted: clearer physical separation between cook and raw meat products, implementation of GHP by staff, and general maintenance of production areas.

Establishment	Type of Production	Size
Three Chiefs	Processed Poultry Products	200 T/Month
El-Shark	Meat products and RTE	30 T/Month
Ellohimey Ekhwan	Meat Cutting, Meat products and RTE	50 T/ Month
Salah & Abd El-fatah	Meat Products and RTE	30 T/ Month
Carrefour	Meat Cutting
Chicky Dodo	Processed and RTE Poultry Products	35 T/ Month
Egyswiss	Meat and RTE Products	60 T/ Month
Egyptian Slaughter	Poultry Slaughterhouse	15,000 Poultry/day
Masralkods	Poultry Slaughterhouse	20,000 Poultry/day
Palma	Caterer	180 meals/day

   Egyptian Food Safety Information Center (EFSIC)
المركز المصرى لمعلومات سلامة الغذاء  

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