Food

Mandatory compliance with the Pesticide MRLs in food

Publication Date
Applying Date	2013-06-03

Announcement Regarding Food Allergens

Publication Date
Applying Date	2011-10-29

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

Publication Date
Applying Date	2015-11-10

SFDA Announcement concerning the import requirements for food contact packing and packaging materials

Publication Date
Applying Date	2010-03-29

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What is the purpose of registering external facilities?

Answer

To be eligible to export to KSA, the aim of controlling the entire food chain from the country of origin to Saudi Arabia in coordination with the competent authorities in the exporting countries based on the approved mechanisms where the factories are approved and published on the SFDA’s website.

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Are all external facilities required to register all the products they manufacture?

Answer

Yes it is

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Are all the external facilities exporting to the Kingdom required to be registered?

Answer

Yes, it is mandatory

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What are the requirements for food labeling?

Answer

The following technical regulations are related to food labeling: SFDA.FD/GSO 9 “Labeling of prepackaged food stuffs”. SFDA.FD/GSO 2233 “Requirements of nutritional labeling” SFDA.FD 2333 “Requirements for Health and Nutrition Claims”

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What is the approval number?

Answer

It is an accreditation number given by the external control authority as a registered accreditation number that is published on the SFDA’s website

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How is the disease spread?

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AI is primarily spread by direct contact between healthy birds and infected birds, and through indirect contact with contaminated equipment and materials. The virus is excreted through the feces of infected birds and through secretions from the nose, mouth and eyes. Contact with infected fecal material is the most common of bird-to-bird transmission. Wild ducks often introduce low pathogencicity into domestic flocks raised on range or in open flight pens through fecal contamination. Within a poultry house, transfer of the HPAI virus between birds can also occur via airborne secretions. The spread of avian influenza between poultry premises almost always follows the movement of contaminated people and equipment. AI also can be found on the outer surfaces of egg shells. Transfer of eggs is a potential means of AI transmission. Airborne transmission of virus from farm to farm is highly unlikely under usual circumstances. HPAI can be spread from birds to people as a result of extensive direct contact with infected birds. Broad concerns about public health relate to the potential for the virus to mutate, or change into a form that could spread from person to person. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is aggressively working to ensure public health is protected. More information about the joint efforts of the federal government is available at www.pandemicflu.gov

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