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| Country | Legislation | Ministries, departments, and agencies involved in enforcement and monitoring (MDAs not in any particular order concerning the enforcement of food laws for each country. Mandates and functions overlap) |
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| Nigeria | Counterfeit and Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Food Decree (Act No. 25 of 1999) | Federal Ministry of Health |
| National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (Amendment) Decree 1999 (No. 19 of 1999) | Food and Drug Agency |
| Food and Drugs (Amendment) Decree 1999 (No. 21 of 1999) | Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) |
| National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control Decree 1993 (No. 15 of 1993) | Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON) |
| Public Health Ordinance Cap 164 of 1958 | National Codex Committee |
| The Standards Organisation of Nigeria Decree, No. 56 of 1971 | Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON) |
The Animal Disease Control Decree, No. 10 of 1988
The Marketing of Breast Milk substitute Decree, No. 41 of 1990 | Federal Ministry of Agriculture |
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| South Africa | Regulations relating to the labelling of alcoholic beverages (No. 109 of 2005) | Ministry of Health |
| Regulations governing general hygiene requirements for food premises and the transport of food of 12 July 2002 | Ministry of Health |
Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of South Africa on trade in spirits - November 2002
Meat Safety Act, 2000 | Dept. of Health and SABS |
| Foodstuffs, cosmetics and Disinfectant, Act No. 54 of 1972 | Dept. of Agriculture |
| Health Act No. 63 of 1977 | Ministry of Health |
| Standards Act No. 29 of 1993 | SABS |
| Food, Drugs and Disinfectant, Act No. 13 of 1929 | Dept. of Trade and Industry |
| Trade Metrology Act No. 77 of 1973 | Dept. of Trade and Industry |
| Regulations on Food Establish & Export/Import | Customs and Excise Division |
| The International Health Regulations Act, 1974 (Act 28 of 1974) | Ministry of Health |
The Medicines and Related Substances Act, 1965 (Act 101 of 1965) Wine and Spirits Control Act
Regulations governing general hygiene requirements for food premises and the transport of food (G. N. No. R.918 of 1999) | Ministry of Health |
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| Ghana | Food and Drugs Law (P.N.D.C.L. 305B, 1992) | Food and Drugs Board |
| Standards Decree (N.R.C.D. 173, 1973) | Ghana Standards Board |
| General Labelling Rules, 1992 (L.I. No. 1541, 1992) | Food and Drugs Board |
| Ghana Standards Board Certification Mark Rule, LI 662,1970 | Ghana Standards Board |
| Pest and Plant Disease Act 307, 1965 (L.I. No. 1541, 1992) | Plant Protection and Regulatory Services |
| Pesticides Act 528, 1997 | Ministries of Health, Food and Agriculture and Trade |
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| Ethiopia | Quality and Standards Authority of Ethiopia Establishment Proclamation (No. 102/1998) Emergency Food Security Reserve Administration Establishment Council of Ministers Regulations (No. 67/2000) | Emergency food security reserve administration |
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| Ivory Coast | Decree No. 86–454 establishing the power of the government to the municipalities and to the city of Abidjan on veterinary public hygiene measures | Ministries of Finance, Rural Development |
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