Facts and Figures Facts and Figures

• Population : ~28 000 000*• Capital : Riyadh• Area: 2,240,000 km2 (865,000 mi2).

SAUDI ARABIA

Population ~ 28 000 000Capital : RiyadhArea: 2,240,000 km2

(865,000 mi2).

SAUDI ARABIA

Major Livestock populationIn Saudi Arabia (2003-2008)

Camel and Cattle

Slaughtered domesticAnimals In Saudi Arabia (2008 - 2009)

Number of slaughteredAnimalsLocal Breeds VS

imported

Number of Slaughterhouses in all Provinces of Saudi Arabia

Production of Fresh Milk (liters)(2004-2007)

Estimated Numbers of Specialized Poultry Projects (2005-2007)

Production of Table Eggs (2005-2007)

Self Sufficiency of Domestic Foods in 2007

Production exceeded market demand

There are hundreds of highlymodernized food processing Plants i.e. Dairy, Meat, Wheat based, Fruit juice.

Saudi Arabia exportssome foods, e.g. dates, fresh milks, shell eggs, vegetables.

High quality aqua cultured shrimp.

Saudi Arabia Food Imports come from almost 200 countries

Imported foods represent 60-70 % of local consumption (with a value of ~ SR 40 billions).

I. Competencies of Veterinary (VS) Services in terms of Food Safety

FOOD SAFETY IS OVERSEEN BY

1. Ministry of Agriculture

2. Ministry of Municipalities and Rural Affairs

3. Saudi Arabian Standard Organization

3. Saudi Food and Drug Authority

1. Ministry of Agriculture is responsible for :- Animal production and Farms Control:

- Farms and Poultry projects inspections and control- Livestock control :

- Vaccination services- Veterinary Clinics and diseases control

- Border control for livestock- Animal Quarantine and inspection units- Animal Feed inspection and control

2. Ministry of Municipalities and Rural Affairs is responsible for :- livestock Market:

supervision, management, and control- Slaughterhouse

Antemortem, Postmortem inspection as well as slaughterhouse waste disposal.

- Retail Markets and Warehouses controlSupermarkets, Catering Facilities, Butcher shops and Restaurants.

3. Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) is responsible for :� Border inspection and control

for all Food items including Animal products- Meat (Chilled, Frozen cuts, Carcasses, and

processed meat)- Foods of animal origin ( Dairy products, Fish

and Fish products and Eggs)� Veterinary Drugs control:

- Veterinary Drug Registration and licensing- Veterinary Pharmacies Monitoring and control

Saudi Food and Drug Authority in Brief

Saudi Food and Drug Authority(SFDA)

• Saudi Food & Drug Authority (SFDA) was established on Nov, 3rd, 2003

• SFDA mandate was approved by the Saudi council of ministers on 12/2/2007.

• SFDA is an independent body with an independent budget.

• SFDA reports directly to the premier of the council of ministers.

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Executive President

*Possibly including the Reference Lab and the Research Center if allocated at the Corporate Level

See detailed section A

See detailed section D

See detailed section E

See detailed section F

Food sector Drugs sectorMedical devices sector

IT

Legal Affairs

Building & Maintenance

Public Affairs & Social Responsibility

See detailed section B

Finance

HR & Training

Lab Management*

General Services

Shared Services

Auditing & Quality Assurance

PMO

Corporate Core

See detailed section C

Consulting services

Executive President

Director

Director General

Assistant VP

Sector HeadVice President

Section Head

Assistant President

OLD PROPOSAL

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1Standard setting: Drafting laws, implementing regulations (by-laws), defining standards (mandatory, voluntary and Codes of Practice) for food & feed2Licensing and Compliance & Enforcement department managed (initially) by the same person

3Port of Entry labs: Jeddah, Al-Damman, Riyadh, Al-Jubail, Halit Ammar, Jizan, Al-Hadithah; Regional labs: Al-Bahah, Al-Shamaliya, Al-Jawf, Al-Madinah, Al-Quasim, Riyadh, Sharqiyah, Asir, Hail, Jizan, Makah, Najran, Tabuk

4SPS: Sanitary & Phytosanitary Measures; TBT: Technical Barrier to Trade5In close coordination with central communication function

Area of focus of VP Assistant Operations

Area of focus of VP Assistant Admin/Science

Assistant allocation to be discussedC

Food control laboratories, Research Centre and Reference labs3

VP Assistant Ops

VP Assistant Admin/Science

Producers

Importers & Exporters

Distributors

Food

Products

Producers & establishments

Licensing & Registration2

Manufacturers & establishments

Inspections

Enforcement

Producers

Importers & Exporters

Distributors

KSA ports of entry

Products (incl. contact materials)

Inspection & enforcement2

Food & Feed Market Monitoring & Crisis Management

SFDA internal collaboration

External collaboration

Consumers

Industry professionals

Emergency strategy & protocols

Governmental Agencies & Inter-national organizations

Centre for Rapid Alert & Crisis Management

Animal origin

Contact surfaces

Non-animal origin

Special monitoring tasks

Centre for Food & Feed Market monitoring

Crisis reaction stake-holder management

Centre for food born illness, surveillance

Pharma-, Toxi-, Pathology

Epidemiology & Statistics

Bacteriology & Virology

Immunology

Molecular biology

Exposure Assessment

Scientific database

Risk Assessment

Scientific evaluation

Liaison with technical committees

Technical Regulations & Standard Setting1

Technical Regulations

Voluntary Standards

Codex liaison

Standard settingConsumers

Business professionals

Centre Food & Feed inquiry & information

Communication & awareness

Food Sector

Strategy & planning

Scientific Advisory Committees

Sector Relation Office (liaison with shared/corporate core functions)

International relations and business support office5

Establishment registration

Pesticide licensing & registration

Pesticide vigilance

International coordination

Product licensing

Pesticides

Market monitoring

Inspections

Manufacturers &establishments

Products

Establishment registration

Feed licensing & registration

Feed vigilance

International coordination

Product licensing

Feed

Market monitoring

Inspections

Manufacturers &establishments

Products

Awareness

Complaints

Awareness & Business Support

Complaints

SPS & TBT4

Food & Feed database

Electronic library Enforcement Enforcement

Our Mission

To ensure the safety of food; the safety, quality and efficacy of drugs; and the safety and effectiveness of medical devices; for humans and animals, by developing and enforcing an appropriate regulatory system

To ensure the safety of food; the safety, quality and efficacy of drugs; and the safety and effectiveness of medical devices; for humans and animals, by developing and enforcing an appropriate regulatory system

Our Vision

To be the leading regional regulatory authority for food, drugs and medical devices with professional and excellent services that contributes to the protection and advancement of the health of Saudi Arabia’s public

To be the leading regional regulatory authority for food, drugs and medical devices with professional and excellent services that contributes to the protection and advancement of the health of Saudi Arabia’s public

SFDA Main Objectives

1. To insure safety and wholesomeness of food.

2. To insure safety, effectiveness, and availability of drug for human and animals.

3. To insure safety of biological, chemicals, Cosmetics, and pesticides.

4. To insure the safety of medical devices.

5. To perform research and studies to highlight the health problems and their causes

SFDA Main Objectives/cont.

6. To establish well defined policies and procedures for food , drug and medical devices and make the necessary plans to achieve these policies.

7. To establish a good communication and cooperation with various share holders both locally and internationally.

8. To establish a database for food,drug and medical devices.

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Challenges of Veterinary Services in Saudi Arabia

• Saudi Arabia imports huge number of live animals and vast amount of foods of animal origin from all parts of the world.

• Each year, during Hajj season the imports of live animals escalate drastically to more that one million Heads in less than3 months.

• There is no national residues monitoring program.• The responsibilities of veterinary services and control of foods

of animal origin are carried out by more than one competent authority.

• Farms are concentrated in one area.

• Increase the capacity of the quarantine services. • Limit the flow of imports of live animals to appointed

Borders’ Entry Points with good quarantine services.• Establish a Regional Rapid alert system for veterinary

services notifications on the rejected shipments or local emerging problems, in collaboration with competent authorities of VS in the Region.– SFDA is in the process of establishing a program for monitoring

and surveillance of residues of veterinary drugs and hormones inMeat (imported and locally produced)

• Establishment of modern Slaughterhouses in Makkah and Mena to facilitate the slaughtering activities of huge number of animals scarified during the 4 days of Hajj.

Solutions

The government of Saudi Arabia established a program to organize the slaughter and distribution of the scarified carcasses to the needy Islamic populations, in collaboration with the Islamic Bank for Development

• Increase the lab capacity to cope with the need.• Improve the personnel knowledge and skills in food

safety.

Solutions Cont.

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